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Any person without invincible prejudice who had the same experience would come to the same broad conclusion, viz., that things hitherto held impossible do actually occur. ↗

— Oliver Joseph Lodge

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It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf. ↗

— Robert Wilson Lynd

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And it's impossible for me to read Henry James. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

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I find it's impossible for me to read Proust. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

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What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it. ↗

— Robert Morgan

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Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible - for us to share information with the Central Intelligence Agency, with NSA, with the other intelligence agencies, and likewise, for them to share information with us. ↗

— Robert Mueller

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However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson; nothing is impossible. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

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Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

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A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat. ↗

— Gary Neville

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Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

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