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Never having thought of writing for the guitar, I asked Julian Bream for a chart which would explain what the guitar could do. I managed… — William Walton
Leibniz endeavored to provide an account of inference and judgment involving the mechanical play of symbols and very little else. The checklists that result are… — David Berlinski
I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for… — Anne Stevenson
Once you accept the existence of God - however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him - then you are caught forever… — Morris West
I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such a necessary connexion, especially among birds, and often with more… — Alfred Russel Wallace
Sure, women sportswriters look when they're in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a… — Bob Uecker
Among other things, [books by Bruce Doyle III and Mike Hernacki] explain the importance of the "winning attitude" I have been urged to adopt: a… — Barbara Ehrenreich
When I explain our company values and the foundation to prospective employees, they realize that they have an opportunity to do much more than change… — Marc Benioff
It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. — Barry Bonds
I remember standing on a street corner with the black painter Beauford Delaney down in the Village, waiting for the light to change, and he… — James A. Baldwin
We must explain the truth: There is no free lunch. — Grace Napolitano
Communists must listen attentively to the views of people outside the Party and let them have their say. If what they say is right, we… — Mao Zedong
I believe you shouldn't force the audience's interpretation of a character or a story. The more you explain things, the less intriguing and imaginable they… — Takeshi Kitano
If he [the Artist] were to take up the pen it would be...to better express his individuality and explain it to others; or else to… — Witold Gombrowicz
As I considered the matter carefully it gradually came to light that all those matters only were referred to mathematics in which order and measurements… — Rene Descartes
The configuration of the ocean-floor is of great interest to seismologists studying the movements of the Earth's crust. Oceanographers are also able to explain certain… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker
The reason I love the sea I cannot explain - it's physical. When you dive you begin to feel like an angel. It's a liberation… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
To speak of this subject you must... explain the nature of the resistance of the air, in the second the anatomy of the bird and… — Leonardo da Vinci
Some of the greatest advances in mathematics have been due to the invention of symbols, which it afterwards became necessary to explain; from the minus… — Aldous Huxley
I should consider that I know nothing about physics if I were able to explain only how things might be, and were unable to demonstrate… — Rene Descartes

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