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paradox
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Travels with Charley
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- It is obvious that within a very short time a whole new method of taxation will have to be devised, else the burden on real estate will be so great that no one will be able to afford it; far from being a source of profit, ownership will be a penalty, and this will be the apex of a pyramid of paradoxes.†
Part 3paradoxes = situations or statements that may be true but are surprising or seem impossible because parts of them seem to contradict each other
- And this is true to the extent that people either passionately love Texas or passionately hate it and, as in other religions, few people dare to inspect it for fear of losing their bearings in mystery and paradox.†
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- By its nature and its size Texas invites generalities, and the generalities usually end up as paradox—the "little ol' country boy" at a symphony, the booted and blue-jeaned ranchman in Neiman-Marcus, buying Chinese jades.†
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- Politically Texas continues its paradox.†
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- But the more I inspected this American image, the less sure I became of what it is. It appeared to me increasingly paradoxical,
Part 4 *paradoxical = a situation or statement that seems impossible because parts of it seem to contradict each other
- It appeared to me increasingly paradoxical, and it has been my experience that when paradox crops up too often for comfort, it means that certain factors are missing in the equation.†
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Definitions:
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(paradox) a situation or statement that seems to contradict itself but may still be true
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, paradox may refer to a statement that contradicts itself -- such as "I always lie."