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The gift of a writer as good as Dickens is not to explain everything; that way, the reader has, in terms of their imagination, somewhere… — Ronald Frame
It is hard to explain the huge variety of diatoms - a microorganism that has 100,000 species - in terms of natural selection. — John Tyler Bonner
Those who deny human-caused climate change offer no compelling evidence to better explain the undeniable rise in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and global temperature. — Alan Lowenthal
I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language. — J.R.R. Tolkien
A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to each… — James Stephens
The reason why China forecasting has such a poor track record is that Westerners constantly invoke the model and experience of the West to explain… — Martin Jacques
Periods of nostalgia are impossible to predict or explain. — Russell Smith
How is justice served if the victim and the accused are working together to make it all go away? Somebody please explain that to me. — Jane Velez-Mitchell
I went through a period when I felt my film characters were having more fun than I was. It might partly explain why I ended… — Angelina Jolie
The Ahmadinejads of the world, the bin Ladens of the world, will not change their ways, regardless of how hard we try to explain to… — Shari Arison
Old cookbooks connect you to your past and explain the history of the world. — Jose Andres Puerta
Someone is going to have to explain to me at some time how raising taxes on job-creators is going to create more jobs. — Jim Jordan
A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to… — Pat Conroy
I wanted to make a film about my dad, a sort of love letter, and explain what I understood of his cinema, which was so… — Isabella Rossellini
In Staten Island, when you have video showing the alleged chokehold used on Eric Garner, why not go to trial and have the officer(s) explain… — Al Sharpton
No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull and it would… — Rachel Cohn
I explain at the parties that I believe knitting is a transformative and intriguing act that can change the life and brain of the person… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
If the present Mrs. Wogan has a fault - and I must tread carefully here - if she has a fault, this gem in the… — Terry Wogan
If memories were indeed like what a camera records, they could be forgotten, or they could fade so that they are no longer clear and… — Leonard Mlodinow
I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote… — Elie Ducommun

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