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Everyone is born a poet - a person discovering the way words sound and work, caring and delighting in words. I just kept on doing… — William Stafford
I mused for a few moments on the question of which was worse, to lead a life so boring that you are easily enchanted, or… — Bill Bryson
Volumes can be and have been written about the issue of freedom versus dictatorship, but, in essence, it comes down to a single question: do… — Ayn Rand
How could I do it, how could a person go that low? And I understand your question, to which I reply, Are you kidding? That's… — Denis Johnson
Why?' is always the most difficult question to answer. You know where you are when someone asks you 'What's the time?' or 'When was the… — Douglas Adams
. . . What do you wish to be? What would you like to become?â€ I did not know, and I told her so, but… — Louis L'Amour
Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How… — Leo Buscaglia
There are certain people in whom you can detect the seeds of madness - seeds that have remained dormant only because the people in question… — ZoÃ« Heller
The true test of liberty is the right to test it, the right to question it, the right to speak to my neighbors, to grab… — Gerry Spence
It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you… — Betty Friedan
Many years later, another Marxian rephrased this as the choice between socialism and barbarity. Which of these will prevail is a question which the twenty-first… — Eric Hobsbawm
Can a magician kill a man by magic?â€ Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. â€œI suppose a magician might,â€… — Susanna Clarke
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. — Benjamin Franklin
The kingdom of God is available to you in the here and the now. But the question is whether you are available to the kingdom.… — Nhat Hanh
[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
The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anti-colonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance. What matters today, the issue which… — Frantz Fanon
I should like to know which is worse: to be ravished a hundred times by pirates, and have a buttock cut off, and run the… — Voltaire
- Why me? - That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this… — Kurt Vonnegut
The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how… — Bill Hicks
Christianity is a life, not a doctrine . . . I'm not saying never doubt or question. The Lord gave you a mind so that… — Marilynne Robinson

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