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"To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat."

"If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know."

"Still the question remains of what actually speaks in a poem, if not subjectivity as historically constructed."

"Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions."

"And the sculptor woman was so clever in the way she did it. She had the beret just about to leave my hand. So it's attached to this finger and that's what will keep it there. And I'm looking up at it, so there's no question but that that beret is going to fly."

"I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer."
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"An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem."

"Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise."
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