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Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why. — James Joyce
Advertising is the edge of what people know how to do and of human experience and it explains the latest ways progress has changed us… — Jaron Lanier
So for instance it becomes clear why space and time and even the properties of matter itself depend on the observer in consciousness. In fact… — Robert Lanza
I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never quite the truth… — Steve Martin
My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar... how would that look in lights? — Mercedes McCambridge
Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime… — Thomas Francis Meagher
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. — William Arthur Ward
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders. — Sloan Wilson
The thing to remember about love affairs," says Simone, "is that they are all like having raccoons in your chimney." ... We have raccoons sometimes… — Lorrie Moore
She's in tenth grade,' he said. 'I hear she's been homeschooled till now.' Maybe that explains it,' I said. — Jerry Spinelli
Adam was but humanâ€”this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden.… — Mark Twain
It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are… — Albert Camus
Something went klunk. Like a nickel dropping in a soda machine. One of those small insights that explains everything. This was puberty for these boys.… — David Gerrold
If I stand here, I can see the Little Red Haired girl when she comes out of her house... Of course, if she sees me… — Charles M. Schulz
Elizabeth A. Johnson explains that including divine female symbols and images not only challenges the dominance of male images but also calls into question the… — Sue Monk Kidd
The show's writers had peppered the piece with words like "savage," "wild," and "animalistic." What bullshit. Show me the animal that kills for the thrill… — Kelley Armstrong
Eventually scientists will discover something that explains ghosts, just like they discovered electricity, which explained lightning, and it might be something about people's brains, or… — Mark Haddon
Capricious and unfaithful, the king wished to be called Louis the Just and Louis the Chaste. Posterity will find a difficulty in understanding this character,… — Alexandre Dumas
That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have… — Gideon Defoe
I just thought of a great theory that explains everything. When I went to that party, I was abducted by aliens. They have created a… — Laurie Halse Anderson

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