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When a child is born, I once explained to the kids, some dads lay down bottles of wine for them that will mature when they… — Mordecai Richler
I was told that I had very likely been clinically depressed for a long, long time, probably since I was 15, or even 14. It… — Marianne Faithfull
Once my doctor began treating my kidney disease, my greatest challenge was the constant exhaustion. Fortunately, my doctor explained that anemia was causing my exhaustion… — Alonzo Mourning
A gifted small girl has explained that pins are a great means of saving life, "by not swallowing them. — Charles Edward Montague
Why is it, do you suppose, that an Englishman is unhappy until he has explained America? — Elwyn Brooks White
Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations… — Thomas B. Macaulay
There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed. — Baltasar Gracian
W. C. Fields, a lifetime agnostic, was discovered reading a Bible on his deathbed. ''I'm looking for a loop-hole,'' he explained. — W.C. Fields
Pressed, I would define spirituality as the shadow of light humanity casts as it moves through the darkness of everything that can be explained. — John Updike
Looking back, you realize that everything would have explained itself if you had only stopped interrupting. — Robert Breault
The Americans are violently oral. That's why in America the mother is all-important and the father has no position at all -- isn't respected in… — Wystan Hugh Auden
There were sins that were too subtle to be explained, and there were others that were too terrible to be clearly mentioned. For example, there… — George Orwell
To give a name to a thing is as gratifying as giving a name to an island, but it is also dangerous: the danger consists… — Primo Levi
History is all explained by geography. — Robert Penn Warren
One of the least arduous but most productive of gardening jobs, the magic of deadheading never fails to delight me. It was a revelation when… — Tom Hodgkinson
Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Words are deceptive. You think you understand something because it's explained to you and now you are under no obligation to do anything because you… — Frederick Lenz
There are other options that no one ever told you about. These are things mom and dad never explained to you; your teachers didn't know;… — Frederick Lenz
The magic of life, of course, is not something that can be explained. Structures can only take us to the point where they begin or… — Frederick Lenz
Fellow senators balked at punishing Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York though he was caught in a series of transactions that earned him the label… — William Greider

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