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I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece of Tolkien's legacy.… — Patrick Rothfuss
In order to pass into other dimensions you need to really understand what is out there. A teacher of mysticism is able to explain how… — Frederick Lenz
When you can become completely impassive in play, then you become fluid and completely unpredictable. No one knows, including yourself, what you will do next.… — Frederick Lenz
Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn… — Nicolas Sarkozy
For more than 200 years, materialists have promised that science will eventually explain everything in terms of physics and chemistry. Believers are sustained by the… — Rupert Sheldrake
It's just not easy to explain to someone else what you don't understand yourself. — Wislawa Szymborska
Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come from nowhere… — Jim Talent
When we imagine our Universe to be just one out of a multitude of possible worlds we devalue this world, the one we see, the… — Roberto Unger
One of the primary motivations for the series is that I never really felt that I was a person who could explain verbally what I… — Lev Yilmaz
In the study of consciousness you cannot explain anything verbally. You can only allude to, point in a general direction of. — Frederick Lenz
These are the mysterious ways of knowledge, power and enlightenment. I can only allude to them in words. I cannot possibly explain what this process… — Frederick Lenz
A cardinal rule of writing is never interrupt yourself to explain something. If you must bring up an obscure topic, drop informative hints about it… — Florence King
Constantly stopping to explain oneself may expand into a frustrating burden for the rare individual, so ceasing to do so is like finally dropping the… — Criss Jami
Free men do not forfeit their security, contrary to Bush's claim that we hate freedom. If so, then let him explain to us why we… — Osama bin Laden
It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time. — Ray LaMontagne
I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I know how to meet them. — Anne Sullivan Macy
I want my books to last, to stand the test of time, and to do that I focus on the forces that shape the subject… — David Maraniss
I hate it when I'm reading a comic, and the dialogue looks like stickers stuck on top to explain what's going on. For me the… — Denise Mina
I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I… — St. Vincent
I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for… — St. Vincent

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