All ultimately intermarried to produce a race of many strains, which may account for the paradox that a people famed for stolid, patient, practical common-sense; a nation as Napoleon said, of "shopkeepers", has produced more adventurers, explorers and poets than probably any other in history.

Arthur Bryant

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Toyota wound up with this paradox. They're selling a car meant for young people to older people. It's not where they wanted to be.

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The paradox about narcissism is that we all have this streak of egotism. Eighty percent of people think they're better than average.

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But I behold a fearful sign,To which the white men's eyes are blind;Their race may vanish hence, like mine,And leave no trace behind,Save ruins o'er the region spread,And the white stones above the dead.

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