PA R A D OX At the most basic level, a paradox is a statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time.
A Visual Essay
PA R A D OX :
arranged by Robert Jamal Gamby
“The idea that somebody could just walk! He can jog perhaps in the morning, but he can’t walk anywhere! The world has become inaccessible because we drive there.” – Ivan Illich
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“There are no pleasures in a fight, but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.”
– Muhammad Ali
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“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubts.” – Bertrand Russell
“Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…
...living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you.
He loves you and he needs money.” – George Carlin
“No one knows what’s next,
but everybody does it.”
– George Carlin
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SOURCES:
TEXT: http://jamesaquilone.com/101-greatest-george-carlin-quotes/
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/82952.Marilyn_Monroe
IMAGES: KU LUNA Collections/ http://luna.ku.edu:8180/luna/servlet/kuvc1kcp~1~1
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http://www.muhammadaliquotes.org/
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/36507.Ivan_Illich
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Bertrand_Russell/