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Quote by George Moore
Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something,

Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do. – George Moore

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All concords born of contraries. – Ben Jonson

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Contradiction

I happen to feel that the degree of a persons intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic. – Lisa Alther

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Contradiction

I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. – Georges Bataille

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Contradiction

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes). – Walt Whitman

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