“painful ambiguities.”
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Emo Philips (1956) American comedian
E=MO² (1985), A Fine How Ya Do
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Milan Kundera (1929–2023) Czech author of Czech and French literature
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Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
“Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.”
Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist known for his critical theory of society
“A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.”
Herman Melville book Pierre: or, The Ambiguities
Bk. IV, ch. 5
Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852)
Source: Pierre: or, the Ambiguities
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Yahia Lababidi (1973)
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Paul Tillich (1886–1965) German-American theologian and philosopher
Vol.2, p. 4
Systematic Theology (1951–63)
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John Banville (1945) Irish writer
Oblique dreamer (2000)