Simone de Beauvoir
Philosopher, Writer
"From the very beginning, existentialism defined itself as a philosophy of ambiguity."
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Ambiguity
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Abraham Lincoln
Political Leader
"I fear explanations explanatory of things explained."
Jonah Hill
Actor, Producer, Director
"The great thing about 'Allen Gregory' is that we try to make it really questionable that the things he says have happened, have really happened. We like that ambiguity."
Terence McKenna
Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer
"People are concrescences of ambiguity."
Milan Kundera
Writer
"The greater the ambiguity, the greater the pleasure."
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"The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it."
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"We must be clear. White supremacy is repulsive. This bigotry is counter to all America stands for. There can be no moral ambiguity."
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"...I am much better now at ambiguities."
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"I think that being mindful of your own biases tends to lead you into ambiguity, not clarity, and that following those ambiguities is the only way to approach the universal."
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