"If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none."
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"Possibly the words materialism and spirituality express two sides of one and the same fact."
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"Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin"
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"Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. [They are the two sides of a coin, so learning how to manage fear through learning, understanding, rationality, controlled imagination, preparation, mental focus (including distraction) and a gratitude attitude is very helpful.]"
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"I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express."
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"Apology is only egotism wrong side out."
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"Courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin. Compassion without courage is not genuine. You may have a compassionate thought or impulse, but if you don’t do or say anything, it’s not real compassion."
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"Cause and effect are two sides of one fact."
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"People simplify 'Apollonian' into 'mild', and 'calm', and 'cool'. But 'Apollonian' and 'Dionysian' are two sides of one coin--a nun kneeling in her cell, holding perfectly still, can be in ecstacy more frenzied than any priestess of Pan Priapus celebrating the vernal equinox."
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"The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived."
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"One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and owned, they are like the two sides of a ghastly disease."
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"There are two sides of me, the bachata/tropical Latin side and the English pop as well. They're both equally important, so I'll always make sure to keep both roots in my music."
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"We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike."
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"The combination of fear and ignorance (two sides of the same coin) can be paralyzing."
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"Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg."
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"I know if someone is coming from my right side. I could feel it."
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"Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other."
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"Wonder and despair are two sides of a spinning coin. When you open yourself to one, you open yourself to the other. You discover a capacity for joy that wasn't in you before. Wonder is the promise of restoration: as deeply as you dive, so may you rise."
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"I've just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I'm now working on a collection of holiday stories as well as a memoir about my relationship with my father."
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"Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side."
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