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Quote by George Eliot
But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruou

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. – George Eliot

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Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare ones self to do without it. – George Eliot

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But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience. – Immanuel Kant

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Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion thats there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile. – Edward Zwick

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