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Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of view I had about consciousness… — Roger Penrose
I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food. — Robert Orben
Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for a horn and… — P.J. O'Rourke
One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. — George Archer
I've been doing everything I can to reach out and understand why people voted against me. They were trying to send a message. I have… — Jim Moran
It will be hard for you not to ask why this must be. God knows why, and that may be as good to us as… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
You ask me why I spend my life writing? Do I find entertainment? Is it worthwhile? Above all, does it pay? If not, then, is… — Sylvia Plath
I don't know what's going to happen to me tomorrow. That's why I don't save my best for last. — Paulo Coelho
It is so inspiring to see a new group coming together not to focus on a particular war or weapons system, but on all war-everywhere.… — Medea Benjamin
There was no identity crisis in the life of Jesus Christ. He knew who He was. He knew where He had come from, and why… — Howard G. Hendricks
Jesus Christ is the outstanding personality of our time. Every act and word of Jesus has value for us. He became the light of the… — Sholem Asch
What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say goodnight and then his mother put her face down. That… — James Joyce
What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: the sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love. — Robert Herrick
A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal?… — Maggie Grace
Why is history important? Without history, many people have no idea how many of today's half-baked ideas have been tried, again and again - and… — Thomas Sowell
Why kill good people just to get a bad man? — Loudon Wainwright III
We got food stamps. Glad to get the food stamps. Why wouldn't you want to get free money? — Ol' Dirty Bastard
That Americans are entitled to freedom is incontestable on every rational principle. All men have one common original: they participate in one common nature, and… — Alexander Hamilton
Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined to the moment… — Jacques Ellul
Why is it important that you are with God and God alone on the mountain top? It's important because it's the place in which you… — Henri Nouwen

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