"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

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"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

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"But as I said to Dr. Rice following her testimony, and I think she appreciated it, we had our job to do and we did it best we could, trying to get answers to the important questions that the 9/11 Commission must answer."

Richard Ben Veniste, American Lawyer

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"I want to 'think' that I have all the answers. But if I 'think', I soon realize that what I thought to be answers were guesses. And if I 'think' yet again, I begin to realize that since God has all the answers He never hands me a guess."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"I don't think you want to give all the answers, but I think every answer you do give should bring up another question, and not all questions should be answered."

Kim Novak, American Actress

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"The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do."

Sam Donaldson, American Journalist

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"Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position."

Malcolm Boyd, American Clergyman

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"The critics tend to forget their own answers after a while."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

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"An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions."

Levi Strauss, American Businessman

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"It is the answers, not the questions, that are embarrassing."

Helen Suzman, South African Politician

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"I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

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"Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open."

Laura Bush, American First Lady

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"The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition."

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"I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things."

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"Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization."

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"I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening."

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"If we reject science, we reject the common man."

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"We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems."

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"As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak."

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"Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story."

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