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title: "45 Clarifying Quotes by 40 authors"
description: "Browse 45 Clarifying quotes by 40 authors. Discover the best Clarifying sayings and thoughts."
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> [All decision-making is a values-clarifying exercise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robbins/all-decision-making-is-a-values-clarifying-exercise/)

[Tony Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robbins/)

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> [My name is always just added into any controversy without clarifying with me first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riya-sen/my-name-is-always-just-added-into-any-controversy-without-clarifying/)

[Riya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riya-sen/)

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> [Not all negativity is bad. In politics, it's a necessary clarifying tool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-weisberg/not-all-negativity-is-bad-in-politics-it-s-a-necessary-clarifying-tool/)

[Jacob Weisberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-weisberg/)

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> [Clarifying your identity helps you just talk to ladies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/clarifying-your-identity-helps-you-just-talk-to-ladies/)

[Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/)

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> [In some ways clarifying a vision is easy. A more difficult challenge comes in facing current reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-senge/in-some-ways-clarifying-a-vision-is-easy-a-more-difficult-challenge/)

[Peter Senge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-senge/)

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> [If the president signs any of it, good. If he vetoes, it will be clarifying. Who then will be the party of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/if-the-president-signs-any-of-it-good-if-he-vetoes-it-will-be/)

[Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/)

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> [When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-fey/when-humor-works-it-works-because-it-s-clarifying-what-people-already/)

[Tina Fey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-fey/)

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> [Logic issues in tautologies, mathematics in identities, philosophy in definitions; all trivial, but all part of the vital work of clarifying and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/logic-issues-in-tautologies-mathematics-in-identities-philosophy-in/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It's better for me to go up against someone's passion with my passion and then clarifying something that he wrote. Then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-marshall/it-s-better-for-me-to-go-up-against-someone-s-passion-with-my-passion/)

[Penny Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-marshall/)

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> [Ani told them all...telling more than needed telling, the stories clarifying and unifying themselves in her mind as she let them spill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-hale/ani-told-them-all-telling-more-than-needed-telling-the-stories/)

[Shannon Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-hale/)

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> [I encourage all you superior seekers in the secret depths to devote yourselves to penetrating and clarifying the self, as earnestly as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hakuin-ekaku/i-encourage-all-you-superior-seekers-in-the-secret-depths-to-devote/)

[Hakuin Ekaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hakuin-ekaku/)

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> [What you feel when you're writing is the relief of thinking: if you write the sentence correctly, you're clarifying. If you write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivian-gornick/what-you-feel-when-you-re-writing-is-the-relief-of-thinking-if-you/)

[Vivian Gornick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivian-gornick/)

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> [Reducing every issue to an argument can become stale but it's often a very good way of clarifying issues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-davis/reducing-every-issue-to-an-argument-can-become-stale-but-it-s-often-a/)

[Evan Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-davis/)

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> [Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-swift/guarding-your-heart-and-protecting-your-dignity-are-a-little-bit-more-2/)

[Taylor Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-swift/)

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> [The faithful witness, like...Socrates, Voltaire, and Swift and Christ himself, is at his best when he is questioning and clarifying and avoiding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ralston-saul/the-faithful-witness-like-socrates-voltaire-and-swift-and-christ/)

[John Ralston Saul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ralston-saul/)

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> [Rather than managing by clarifying events, the creative process may require raising the level of uncertainty. Sometimes this can be done by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/rather-than-managing-by-clarifying-events-the-creative-process-may/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

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> [What Joe Hamilton lacked more than anything else in the world was some one to kick him. Many a man who might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-laurence-dunbar/what-joe-hamilton-lacked-more-than-anything-else-in-the-world-was/)

[Paul Laurence Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-laurence-dunbar/)

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> [My films are intended as polemical statements against the American 'barrel down' cinema and its dis-empowerment of the spectator. They are an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/my-films-are-intended-as-polemical-statements-against-the-american/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

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> [Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/matisse-makes-a-drawing-then-he-makes-a-copy-of-it-he-copies-it-five/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

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> [Before my encounter with Thomist philosophy through Maritain, I had almost reached the same conclusions through the logical development of my work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gino-severini/before-my-encounter-with-thomist-philosophy-through-maritain-i-had/)

[Gino Severini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gino-severini/)

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> [So if we look at progress, or evolution, or we look at accomplishment in our life, the key is to be continually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-merzel/so-if-we-look-at-progress-or-evolution-or-we-look-at-accomplishment/)

[Dennis Merzel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-merzel/)

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> [And with each step my heart broke for the person I would never find, the person who'd love me. And then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-johnson/and-with-each-step-my-heart-broke-for-the-person-i-would-never-find/)

[Denis Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-johnson/)

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> [Not the least of the problems in clarifying one's consciousness is developing the stoic determination to criticize one's own softness or sentimentality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-smith/not-the-least-of-the-problems-in-clarifying-one-s-consciousness-is/)

[Kenny Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-smith/)

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> [The ideological are individuals ultimately swamped by the complexities of modern life and political and economic relations; they have deliberately attached themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-smith/the-ideological-are-individuals-ultimately-swamped-by-the/)

[Kenny Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-smith/)

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> [We embark unhesitatingly on the path, in a direction that is absolutely right and urgent, supported by everyone, in the knowledge that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/we-embark-unhesitatingly-on-the-path-in-a-direction-that-is/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

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> [Nothing will serve you better than a strong work ethic. Nothing. And it's something that you can't teach. You have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-downey-jr/nothing-will-serve-you-better-than-a-strong-work-ethic-nothing-and-it/)

[Robert Downey, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-downey-jr/)

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> [I have always been spurred on by my not finding expressed anywhere the kinds of perspectives that I thought these issues most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-smith/i-have-always-been-spurred-on-by-my-not-finding-expressed-anywhere/)

[Kenny Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-smith/)

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> [Everyone defends his treasure, and will do so automatically.The real questions are, what do you treasure, and how much do you treasure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-defends-his-treasure-and-will-do-so-automatically-the-real/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The first undeniable reality is that every living thing dies, and the second undeniable reality is that we suffer throughout our lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kosho-uchiyama/the-first-undeniable-reality-is-that-every-living-thing-dies-and-the/)

[Kosho Uchiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kosho-uchiyama/)

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> [Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-a-maxwell/trials-and-tribulations-tend-to-squeeze-the-artificiality-out-of-us/)

[Neal A. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-a-maxwell/)

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> [Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-senge/personal-mastery-is-the-discipline-of-continually-clarifying-and-2/)

[Peter Senge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-senge/)

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> [When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-b-rosenberg/when-we-focus-on-clarifying-what-is-being-observed-felt-and-needed/)

[Marshall B. Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-b-rosenberg/)

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> [Universities are very clarifying places of power, because everyone is focused on trying to figure out exactly what to do with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/universities-are-very-clarifying-places-of-power-because-everyone-is/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [Having first rate people on the team is more important than designing hierarchies and clarifying who reports to whom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/having-first-rate-people-on-the-team-is-more-important-than-designing/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

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> [During periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/during-periods-of-relaxation-after-concentrated-intellectual-activity/)

[Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/)

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> [Fresh and clarifying, cool and refreshing, Lucite Green has a minty glow. Light in weight and also in tone, Lucite Green seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leatrice-eiseman/fresh-and-clarifying-cool-and-refreshing-lucite-green-has-a-minty/)

[Leatrice Eiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leatrice-eiseman/)

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> [Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying. "You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/pretend-to-be-a-delinquent-i-asked-clarifying-you-can-do-it-dave/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

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> [The discipline of personal mastery...starts with clarifying the things that really matter to us (and) living our lives in the service of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-senge/the-discipline-of-personal-mastery-starts-with-clarifying-the-things/)

[Peter Senge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-senge/)

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> [When I was overweight and unhappy, I thought about being smaller, I thought about fitting into different clothes and feeling comfortable in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-vincent/when-i-was-overweight-and-unhappy-i-thought-about-being-smaller-i/)

[Ali Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-vincent/)

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> [In a museum in El Paso, Texas, there's a map that shows all the places the border between the U.S. and Mexico…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mullen/in-a-museum-in-el-paso-texas-there-s-a-map-that-shows-all-the-places/)

[Laura Mullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mullen/)

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