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In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's a spy and… — Rowan Atkinson
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I… — Saint Augustine
You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain. — Stanley Baldwin
Even if I don't always behave as I should, this still doesn't explain why so many people have something against me. But you know how… — Mario Balotelli
I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my character,… — Drew Barrymore
If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed… — Jacques Barzun
Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by the beauty of events I… — Martha Beck
In Darwin's time all of biology was a black box: not only the cell, or the eye, or digestion, or immunity, but every biological structure… — Michael Behe
And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course. Not my fault. They taught… — Lewis Black
You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in one sentence, what it does... it's illegal. — Lewis Black
I am angry that the Democrats don't have the ability to explain to Republicans that we should be able to feed people in this country,… — Lewis Black
To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something has to happen… — Bobby Bowden
We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands.… — Barbara Boxer
Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves. — James Buchan
'Stress' was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened… — Julie Burchill
Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends. — A. S. Byatt
Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it. — Taylor Caldwell
Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life. — Jeanne Calment
I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt to explain how… — Caleb Carr
I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does… — Emily Carr

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