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I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be part of why… — Frederick Buechner
Golf can be tougher than tennis when things go wrong, because you can't explain things by saying that your opponent played better than you. It's… — Caroline Wozniacki
I remember thinking, in Kansas my name will be Evett - which is my middle name. I didn't want to explain to anyone how to… — Emayatzy E. Corinealdi
Just got off the phone with my health care provider asking them to explain why my premium jumped up. No good answer! — Donna Brazile
I don't think that faith, whatever you're being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don't want to explain this whole life business… — Jane Goodall
I explain to you, exactly and truly, how we are circumstanced. A greater portion of our means is unavailable, consisting of a house in S.… — Mary Todd Lincoln
Studying doesn't have to happen in a silo. It can be a social experience. You can engage with your friends and family to find out… — Eric Lefkofsky
History shows us that the songs - the myth, the experience and the emotion - live longer the less you explain. — Sondre Lerche
Here is my theory on this one. If you write things down, if there is a mystery and you try and explain it, once you've… — Joey Santiago
Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible. — William Butler Yeats
My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to… — Thomas a Kempis
A living organism must be studied from two distinct aspects. One of these is the causal-analytic aspect which is so fruitfully applicable to ontogeny. The… — Gavin de Beer
Unless you see your nature, you shouldn't go around criticizing the goodness of others. There's no advantage in deceiving yourself. Good and bad are distinct.… — Bodhidharma
If we had intellectual vigour enough to ascend from effects to causes, we would explain political, economical and social phenomena less by credit sheets, balance… — Fulton J. Sheen
If they survive, today's children will inherit a world that our fathers and grandfathers have ravaged, where the seas are acidic cesspools that the whales… — Mumia Abu-Jamal
On one project I was hanging out with Brad Pitt, and Ryan Gosling, and Steve Carrel, and Christian Bale, and trying to explain economics to… — David Plotz
Marco Rubio, I think, will be president some day. Whether 2016 is his time, time will tell. He embraced immigration reform. He seems to have… — Lindsey Graham
The masterpiece should appear as the flower to the painter - perfect in its bud as in its bloom - with no reason to explain… — James Whistler
I do not presume to explain how to paint, but only how to get enjoyment. — Winston Churchill
We have this terrible struggle to try to explain things to people who have no reason to want to know. — Richard P. Feynman

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