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- Nov 07, 2020
Elude Quotes
On chasing what keeps slipping away.
Some things elude us no matter how hard we chase them, whether it's popularity, understanding, or truth itself, and these quotes sit with that alone-feeling frustration.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
My approach has never been to start from theories to arrive at facts, but on the contrary, to try to bring out from the facts the explanatory thread without which they appear incomprehensible and elude effective action.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020