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The reason why we believe that change is possible is not because we are idealists but because we believe we have made it, so other… — Romeo Dallaire
Problems will always torment us because all important problems are insoluble: that is why they are important. The good comes from the continuing struggle to… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it --… — Julia Child
It is easy to think of potatoes, and fortunately for men who have not much money it is easy to think of them with a… — M.F.K. Fisher
You must stop worrying about why things happen and wonder what they mean when they do. — Joy Williams
I’m a bit of an expert on anger, having suffered from it all through my youth, when I was both brunt and font. It’s certainly… — Deborah Eisenberg
People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to sit… — Shunryu Suzuki
The next time you encounter fear, consider yourself lucky. This is where the courage comes in. Usually we think that brave people have no fear.… — Pema Chodron
Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live? — Jack Kornfield
That's why I love philosophy: no one wins. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
When you are frightened by something, you have to relate with fear, explore why you are frightened, and develop some sense of conviction. You can… — Chogyam Trungpa
I do think that the badmouthing and alienating of a child from a parent is one of the few unforgivable sins. I do think those… — Dennis Prager
I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with… — Jeane Kirkpatrick
I think people talk too much; that's the truth of the matter. I do. I don't believe in words. People use too many words and… — Michelangelo Antonioni
If we do not allow free thinking in chemistry or biology, why should we allow it in morals or politics? — Auguste Comte
Those externalized costs have always included labor. It is only the decline over time of the minimum wage in real dollars that's made the fast… — Michael Pollan
God makes me play well. That is why I always make the sign of the cross when I walk out onto the field. I feel… — Diego Maradona
Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function? — Robert Sheckley
It [the Iraq invasion] was absolutely an error. It's obviously clear the evaluation of weapons of mass destruction proved not to be correct. That's absolutely… — Stephen Harper
Wordsworth was right when he said that we trail clouds of glory as we come into the world, that we are born with a divine… — Harper Lee
Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand. — Harper Lee
Why was I feeling this way? Why was everything so bad in my life? I had no answers to these questions — Susan Smith
My inspirations don't come from outer space, they just come to me. I have no idea why they come when they do. — Joe Satriani
Basic anatomy. That has got to be the ongoing frustration: Why can't my fingers do what I want them to do? Not being able to… — Joe Satriani
I am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why we search for heaven, — Anselm Kiefer

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