"A child is an adult temporarily enduring conditions which exclude the possibility of happiness."
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"How great a Possibility, how small a realized Result."
"Living for ever would be like marrying yourself, with no possibility of a divorce."
"I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything especially as I am now so much occupied with theology but I don't see my way to your conclusion."
"When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's just one damn thing after another."
"Responsibility is the possibility of opportunity culminating in inevitable fulfillment."
"On the other side of the fear live your possibilities."
"All possibility of understanding is rooted in the ability to say no."
"I'm interested in the possibility of fiction which straddles narrative and essay."
"Limitations imply possibilities. A problem is a challenge."
"Consciousness is the awareness that emerges out of the dialectical tension between possibilities and limitations."
"You can sit in front of a computer and have a blank slate and be completely overwhelmed by the possibilities and not get anywhere."
"There is a strong possibility I will release another volume of ARTPOP and I'm really hoping that it's soon."
"Choice was dangerous: you had to forgo all other possibilities when you chose."
"The future is full of possibility, whether you make one tiny change - or a whole invigorating, thrilling, inspiring bunch of them."
"A world of possibilities awaits you. Keep turning the page."
"Liberty is the possibility of isolation."
"I feel that my life and therefore my writing accept the possibility of all the mystery. Everything we don't know; everything that can possibly happen."
"As pathetic as it was, she'd rather hold on to the possibility of something perfect than be hit with the reality of nothing much."
"It is virtue itself that produces and sustains friendship, not without virtue can friendship by any possibility exist."