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> [There are no embarrassing answers-just embarrassing questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-t-rowan/there-are-no-embarrassing-answers-just-embarrassing-questions/)

[Carl T. Rowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-t-rowan/)

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> [Embarrassed journalists ask me embarrassing questions, and they get embarrassing answers, and then hand out embarrassing stories to the embarrassing editors, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yao-ming/embarrassed-journalists-ask-me-embarrassing-questions-and-they-get/)

[Yao Ming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yao-ming/)

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> [It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/it-is-not-without-fear-and-trembling-that-a-historian-of-religion/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

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> [There aren't any embarrassing questions — just embarrassing answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-t-rowan/there-aren-t-any-embarrassing-questions-just-embarrassing-answers/)

[Carl T. Rowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-t-rowan/)

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> [ The central fact for me is, I think, that the \[role of the\] intellectual... cannot be played without a sense of being… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-said/the-central-fact-for-me-is-i-think-that-the-role-of-the-intellectual/)

[Edward Said](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-said/)

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> [I much preferred the peaceful life on the road, where I didn't have to ask embarrassing questions and do all the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kuralt/i-much-preferred-the-peaceful-life-on-the-road-where-i-didn-t-have-to/)

[Charles Kuralt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kuralt/)

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