Know Why Quotes

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I rang the bell and she opened the door, dried her hands, and said heartily: 'Hello, stranger. I was just saying to Cliff only tonight,… — Cornell Woolrich
I wish they would use English instead of Greek words. When I want to know why a leaf is green, they tell me it is… — John Ruskin
If I get too comfortable, I will wake one morning and everything around me will have shifted overnight. All I knew? I know no longer.… — Rebecca Lim
The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how I… — Amiri Baraka
The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it's natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach that madness as… — Dario Argento
Your ears will always lead you right, but you must know why. — Anton Webern
'These boat people,' says the government of Hong Kong, 'they all want to go to America.' Well, I swear I don't know why, do you?… — Linda Ellerbee
I always knew I was going to be successful in some way with films. I don't know why. I had no particular talent, but I… — Robert Osborne
How the hell do I know why there were Nazis? I don't know how the can-opener works. — Woody Allen
Maybe you know why a child can reject a hot dog with mustard served on a soft bun at home, yet eat six of them… — Erma Bombeck
I don't know why I run so fast. I just run. — Wilma Rudolph
I want to know why, if men rule the world, they don't stop wearing neckties. — Linda Ellerbee
I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I… — Wangari Maathai
The first thing I didn't understand was my life. It's a mystery. And today I don't understand economy or politics. I don't know why politics… — Alejandro Jodorowsky
In the late-'80s, there was a big push to make American football big in Scotland. The Super Bowl was on TV, but it didn't really… — Kevin McKidd
We don't know why, but there are some gradients of infection. — Luc Montagnier
I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it. — Robert Mapplethorpe
I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get asked if they… — Chris O'Dowd
Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, you're just drawing like a farmer and you don't know… — Pat Oliphant
When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go… — Tea Obreht

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