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I believe things happen that can't be explained, but so many people seem intent on explaining them. Everyone has an answer for them. Either aliens… — Harold Ramis
I never talk about 'Harry Potter' because I think that would rob children of something that's private to them. I think too many things get… — Alan Rickman
If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well… — Donald Rumsfeld
Like a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don't run on a clock like football. No previous generation was so… — Thomas Sowell
I went to a psychoanalyst. He explained things about my love life that I found very impressive... almost scary. — Britney Spears
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. — Mark Twain
Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now,… — Jesse Ventura
When Richie Cunningham drank too many beers, his parents sat him down and explained their concerns. If you live on this earth, you find out… — Henry Winkler
There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. — Edward Young
They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy. — Muhammad Yunus
God's purpose in creation was to let us prove ourselves. The plan was explained to us in the spirit world before we were born. We… — Henry B. Eyring
Explaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is left after you have explained everything else. — Edward Gorey
Build a house?" exclaimed John. "For the Wendy," said Curly. "For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!" "That," explained Curly, "is… — James M. Barrie
Thurber was asked by a correspondent: "Why did you have a comma in the sentence, 'After dinner, the men went into the living-room'?" And his… — Lynne Truss
But why do only unimportant things?" asked Milo, who suddenly remembered how much time he spent each day doing them. "Think of all the trouble… — Norton Juster
This is the greatest gift God can give you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you… — Mitch Albom
What can be explained is not poetry. — William Butler Yeats
October knew, of course, that the action of turning a page, of ending a chapter or of shutting a book, did not end a tale.… — Neil Gaiman
[Moishe] explained to me, with great emphasis, that every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer.... And why do you pray, Moishe?'… — Elie Wiesel
I honestly believe that people who never have children or never love a child are doomed to a sort of foolishness because it cant be… — Haven Kimmel

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