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Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous. (Qutoe by - Pier P. Pasolini)

The government asked for the conference call in order to get more time. The government wants more time because they realize how vague, ambiguous, and poorly written their proposal is after reading our filing yesterday. (Quote by - Jim Cullinan)

If the nature of the report paves the way for some sort of permanent mechanism, that could help tremendously. But if its ambiguous or hostile towards the idea, then we will be in the exact same position as we were this time around. (Quote by - Robert Hartwig)

We're bringing the real world insofar as we can through stories into your living room, and we're trying to use the power of stories to illuminate morally complicated and morally ambiguous situations in the grand tradition. (Quote by - Chris Gerolmo)

I think the governor's going to be in a difficult position, because during the campaign his positions were ambiguous on the issue. (Quote by - Arnold Steinberg)

It is crucial to recognize that abortion is a symptom, not a disease. It is a very nasty symptom, it is a horrific thing -- but it isn't the disease. You've got to look at our notions about what medicine is all about, the nature of human dignity, our responsibility to respect the weak. Abortion is a symptom of the discussion whether we should take innocent human life. Historically, we've always said no. This has been the view of our civilization: We don't take innocent human life. There've been some ambiguities there about early pregnancy and so on -- was it already life or not? But that isn't the point. When life is there, you don't deliberately take it. (Quote by - Nigel Cameron)

It's not designed to change anything necessarily, but rather to clarify so that in the future we don't have any ambiguity in the code. (Quote by - Susie Wiles)

This takes the ambiguity out of it as far as the insurance commissioner is concerned. (Quote by - Dr. Vic Wood)

Let us declare the right to water, without ambiguity, as an essential element of human dignity. (Quote by - Loic Fauchon)

The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes. (Quote by - Aldrich Ames)

We would like uniformity in the form of federal standards. This is a heavily regulated industry already. We're not unaccustomed to regulations within the chemical industry. In fact, many times regulations are helpful because they provide clarity on how we're supposed to comply. The worst thing you can have in the chemical industry is ambiguity in regulations. (Quote by - Chris Spear)

It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world. It is great good health to want to understand one's dreams. It is great good health to desire the ambiguous and paradoxical. (Quote by - Clive Barker)

We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do. (Qutoe by - Fred Thompson )

What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers. (Quote by - Marina Horner)

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity. (Quote by - Paul Tillich)

The reason they both got the offer is that it's (the ownership) ambiguous. (Quote by - Robert Davis)

I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity. (Quote by - Vernon A. Walters)

The Butcher Boy is a very great novel indeed and a very important Irish novel. The ambiguity of that is, he's writing a book about an appalling situation and he does it in a hilarious way. (Quote by - Stephen Rea)

The Russian proposal is ambiguous. If they want to propose enrichment (only) in Russia we have said it is not acceptable. But if it is a complementary or parallel plan, we will study that. (Quote by - Hamid-Reza Asefi)

We do have some concerns about the ambiguity of the language. (Quote by - Amanda Jones)

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity. (Quote by - John Le Carre)

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be. (Quote by - Roger Von Oech)

Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace. (Quote by - Hugh Prather)

The film is ambiguous, an ambiguity that reflects on Japan today, and a world in which nothing is clear. Once I made the film, I realized it was about this feeling of vague disquiet in Japan and in the rest of the world, a feeling that is gaining on us, getting less vague. (Quote by - Takeshi Kitano)

Ambiguity is the devil's volleyball. (Quote by - Emo Phillips)

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