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To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
―Anonymous
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I am lying.
―Liar paradox
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Everything I say is a lie.
―Epimenides paradox
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I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
―Jean Cocteau
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I know that I know nothing.
―Socrates
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“This statement is in quotation marks.”
―Douglas Hofstadter
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I’m not sure what I’m unsure about.
―Me, before coffee
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I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I can’t believe I’m saying this.
―Anonymous
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You are reading a sentence you are reading.
―Unknown
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I used to think I was indecisive,
but now I’m not sure.
―Anonymous
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―Unblank page
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The first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club.
―Anonymous
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A story is not about the event,
it is the event.
―Jorge Luis Borges
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We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
—Anaïs Nin
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The map is not the territory.
―Alfred Korzybski
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Two guys are standing on opposite sides of a wide river. One yells across to the other, "How do you get to the other side?" The other yells back, "You ARE on the other side!"
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One cow: What's a metaphor?
Other cow: For grazing.
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Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
—Edgar Allan Poe
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The other day I was…
Oh wait, that wasn’t me.
—Steven Wright
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