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"The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions."
Susan Sontag
"The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions."
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"I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally."
Calvin Trillin
"I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally."
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"Good questions outrank easy answers."
Paul Samuelson
"Good questions outrank easy answers."
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"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers."
Thomas Pynchon
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers."
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"We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers."
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"Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers."
Rainer Maria Rilke
"Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers."
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"Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers."
Robert Half
"Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers."
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"What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers."
Lars Ulrich
"What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers."
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"Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt."
Paul Tillich
"Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt."
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"Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard."
Edgar R. Fiedler
"Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard."
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"Everyone has the answers."
Robin Wright Penn
"Everyone has the answers."
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"The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions."
Claude Levi-Strauss
"The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions."
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"We have a world that is searching for answers, that is searching for a way back to spirituality."
Moira Kelly
"We have a world that is searching for answers, that is searching for a way back to spirituality."
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"Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself."
Patrick McGoohan
"Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself."
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"I have to laugh internally when I'm asked in interviews what nightspots I like to hit. I just don't have answers... so sometimes I make them up."
Wentworth Miller
"I have to laugh internally when I'm asked in interviews what nightspots I like to hit. I just don't have answers... so sometimes I make them up."
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"The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions."
Claude Levi-Strauss
"The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions."
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"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers."
James Thurber
"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers."
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"I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre."
Paul Haggis
"I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre."
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"All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord."
Earl Nightingale
"All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord."
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"I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation."
Clifton Fadiman
"I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation."
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"When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'"
Robin Williams
"When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'"
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"I like to write about things about which I have no answers, questions that trouble me. These things trouble me."
Paul Haggis
"I like to write about things about which I have no answers, questions that trouble me. These things trouble me."
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"I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about."
Arthur C. Clarke
"I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about."
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"Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one."
Felix Frankfurter
"Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one."
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"The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do."
Sam Donaldson
"The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do."
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"When I photograph, what I'm really doing is seeking answers to things."
Wynn Bullock
"When I photograph, what I'm really doing is seeking answers to things."
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"In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear."
Abdolkarim Soroush
"In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear."
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"There are no pat answers - we're pushing through some new frontiers, and lessons of the past don't always apply."
Jim Barksdale
"There are no pat answers - we're pushing through some new frontiers, and lessons of the past don't always apply."
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"We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again."
Charles Rangel
"We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again."
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"An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions."
Levi Strauss
"An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions."
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"The critics tend to forget their own answers after a while."
Gina Gershon
"The critics tend to forget their own answers after a while."
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"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."
Voltaire
"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."
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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."
Naguib Mahfouz
"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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"The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that."
Lester Bangs
"The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that."
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"I still don't have all the answers. I'm more interested in what I can do next than what I did last."
Charlie Sheen
"I still don't have all the answers. I'm more interested in what I can do next than what I did last."
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"Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers."
Joan Baez
"Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers."
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"The world's philosophers and theologians searched for answers to the same mysteries."
Robert Vaughn
"The world's philosophers and theologians searched for answers to the same mysteries."
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"I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere."
Paul Allen
"I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere."
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"If you ask questions that interest you, you'll get answers that interest your audience."
Kurt Loder
"If you ask questions that interest you, you'll get answers that interest your audience."
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"I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers."
Edgar Bergen
"I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers."
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"As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself, And myself replied to me; And the questions myself then put to myself, With their answers I give to thee."
Bernard Barton
"As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself, And myself replied to me; And the questions myself then put to myself, With their answers I give to thee."
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"You never have to know all the answers because you won't be asked all the questions."
Herbert Prochnow
"You never have to know all the answers because you won't be asked all the questions."
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"The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions."
Claude Levi-Strauss
"The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions."
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"Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers."
Janis Joplin
"Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers."
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"Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers."
Vanessa Redgrave
"Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers."
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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
"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."
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"Conversely, beware the man who does nothing but ask you questions about yourself and offers no information about himself. Not only is he keeping you at bay, he is probably not listening to your answers."
Merrill Markoe
"Conversely, beware the man who does nothing but ask you questions about yourself and offers no information about himself. Not only is he keeping you at bay, he is probably not listening to your answers."
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"There are no explanations, there are no answers."
Jessica Lange
"There are no explanations, there are no answers."
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"Scare answers to scare, and force begets force, until at length it comes to be seen that we are racing one against another after a phantom security which continually vanishes as we approach."
Henry Campbell Bannerman
"Scare answers to scare, and force begets force, until at length it comes to be seen that we are racing one against another after a phantom security which continually vanishes as we approach."
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"The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions."
Antony Jay
"The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions."
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