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> [Being able to elicit the feeling of the unfathomable in intelligent adults is like falling in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drummond-money-coutts/being-able-to-elicit-the-feeling-of-the-unfathomable-in-intelligent/)

[Drummond Money-Coutts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drummond-money-coutts/)

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> [“In the end… he would choose Campisi. In the end… she would choose Abandonato. In the end… there would be bloodshed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/in-the-end-he-would-choose-campisi-in-the-end-she-would-choose/)

[Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/)

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> [Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-adler/act-so-as-to-elicit-the-best-in-others-and-thereby-in-thyself/)

[Felix Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-adler/)

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> [You have to learn to ask questions in a way that will elicit more nuanced answers, rather than the answers you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-novogratz/you-have-to-learn-to-ask-questions-in-a-way-that-will-elicit-more/)

[Jacqueline Novogratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-novogratz/)

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> [I think a lot of the most interesting work in art and in films are often kind of polarized opinions and affect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-cole/i-think-a-lot-of-the-most-interesting-work-in-art-and-in-films-are/)

[Lily Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-cole/)

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> [The real difference between literature and pulp is the kind of emotional responses they elicit. Dan Brown can't pierce your heart. Patricia…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/the-real-difference-between-literature-and-pulp-is-the-kind-of/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

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> [Moreover, only a strong and united scientific opinion imposing the intrinsic value of scientific progress on society at large can elicit the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-polanyi/moreover-only-a-strong-and-united-scientific-opinion-imposing-the/)

[Michael Polanyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-polanyi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/michael-polanyi-17316_elicit_moreover-only-a-strong-and-united-scient_2102185.jpg)

> [I do not - I never believed it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. We want to detain as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-brennan/i-do-not-i-never-believed-it-s-better-to-kill-a-terrorist-than-to/)

[John O. Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-brennan/)

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> [As a work progresses, its power to elicit and dictate response mounts. There seems to be an optimum moment when this power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-diebenkorn/as-a-work-progresses-its-power-to-elicit-and-dictate-response-mounts/)

[Richard Diebenkorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-diebenkorn/)

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