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"This is definitely a playoff team. There's no question about that. It's just a matter of how much we want it."

"This is definitely a playoff team. There's no question about that. It's just a matter of how much we want it."

Peter Bondra, Ukrainian Athlete

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"Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which is very serious."

"Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which is very serious."

Thabo Mbeki, South African Statesman

Question, Questions, Southafrican

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"One of the fundamental questions of today's world is undoubtedly the question of equitable globalisation."

"One of the fundamental questions of today's world is undoubtedly the question of equitable globalisation."

Janez Drnovsek, Slovenian Statesman

Question, Questions, Today, World

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"The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best."

"The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

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"But heat can also be produced by the friction of liquids, in which there could be no question of changes in structure, or of the liberation of latent heat."

"But heat can also be produced by the friction of liquids, in which there could be no question of changes in structure, or of the liberation of latent heat."

Hermann von Helmholtz, German Physicist

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"All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?"

"All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?"

Nicholas Johnson, American Commissioner

Question, Teaching, Television

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"Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself."

"Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself."

John Searle, American Philosopher

Question, Questions, Style

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"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question."

"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question."

Eugene Ionesco, French Dramatist

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"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."

"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."

John Tukey, American Scientist

Question, Right, Wrong

59

"To do or not to do... that is the question."

"To do or not to do... that is the question."

Jeff Rich, American Explorer

57

"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?""

"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?""

Jeremy Bentham, English Philosopher

Question, Reason, Talk

55

"I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection."

"I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection."

Peter Jennings, Canadian Journalist

Question, Questions

54

"I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel."

"I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel."

Colleen McCullough, Australian Author

Question, Want, Will, Writing

52

"The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself."

"The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Question, Questions

50

"That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer."

"That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer."

Anthony Eden, English Politician

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"I don't think a tough question is disrespectful."

"I don't think a tough question is disrespectful."

Helen Thomas, American Journalist

49

"That's a good question. Let me try to evade you."

"That's a good question. Let me try to evade you."

Paul Tsongas, American Politician

49

"I was unpopular at school just because I was an intellectual. I always answered all the questions off the top of my head but they nevertheless resented because of that."

"I was unpopular at school just because I was an intellectual. I always answered all the questions off the top of my head but they nevertheless resented because of that."

George Woodcock, Canadian Writer

Question, Questions, School

48

"I've been fortunate to come on places where the question isn't why did I do it? The question to me is always, why didn't anybody else do it before me? Those are the ones that I scratch my head about."

"I've been fortunate to come on places where the question isn't why did I do it? The question to me is always, why didn't anybody else do it before me? Those are the ones that I scratch my head about."

Todd McFarlane, Canadian Artist

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"Every clarification breeds new questions."

"Every clarification breeds new questions."

Arthur Bloch, American Author

Question, Questions

46

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."

Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist

Question, Questions, Years

45

"There are things that I won't do on the radio. I mean, the next logical question is, what won't you do. I say, well, you know, you've got to find out when you're on the air."

"There are things that I won't do on the radio. I mean, the next logical question is, what won't you do. I say, well, you know, you've got to find out when you're on the air."

Howard Stern, American Entertainer

45

"Then they held my mouth shut for a while and hit me in the face, and with a whip across chest and back. I then collapsed, rolled on the floor, always keeping face down and no longer replied to any of their questions."

"Then they held my mouth shut for a while and hit me in the face, and with a whip across chest and back. I then collapsed, rolled on the floor, always keeping face down and no longer replied to any of their questions."

Ernst Thalmann, German Politician

Question, Questions

45

"I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground that they're depicting. Of course, I can never get it precisely as it was."

"I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground that they're depicting. Of course, I can never get it precisely as it was."

Joe Sacco, Maltese Journalist

Question, Questions

43

"I like the big questions."

"I like the big questions."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Question, Questions

43

"The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process will raise questions."

"The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process will raise questions."

Alan Dershowitz, American Lawyer

Question, Questions, Will

42

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

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

Pete Seeger, American Musician

Question, Questions

41

"Never answer a question from a farmer."

"Never answer a question from a farmer."

Hubert H. Humphrey, American Politician

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"If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools."

"If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools."

Billy Higgins, American Musician

Question, Tools

41

"So it eventually became a question of WHEN they were going to make a movie."

"So it eventually became a question of WHEN they were going to make a movie."

Paul M. Glaser, American Actor

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"By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIA's overall charter."

"By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIA's overall charter."

Aldrich Ames, American Criminal

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"I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack."

"I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack."

Jesse Ventura, American Politician

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"The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years."

"The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years."

Ian Smith, British Prime Minister

Question, Risk, Years

40

"Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question."

"Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question."

e. e. cummings, American Poet

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"Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions."

"Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

Question, Questions, Soldiers

40

"I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations."

"I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations."

Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French Politician

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"Can postmodernism hold the perpetrators of genocide accountable?"

"Can postmodernism hold the perpetrators of genocide accountable?"

Catharine MacKinnon, American Activist

Question, Genocide

39

"The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would be. You probably wouldn't use dollars. But those are all questions that need to be explored."

"The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would be. You probably wouldn't use dollars. But those are all questions that need to be explored."

John Poindexter, American Public Servant

Question, Questions

38

"I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question."

"I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question."

Yogi Berra, American Athlete

38

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

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

Thomas Harrison, American Historian

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"There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important."

"There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important."

Mark Udall, American Politician

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"'What do you really think happens after you die?' That's the question that everyone, everyone, everyone asks. And I'm so sick of it. But my true answer is, I don't know. And there's no way I'm going to find out 'til it happens."

"'What do you really think happens after you die?' That's the question that everyone, everyone, everyone asks. And I'm so sick of it. But my true answer is, I don't know. And there's no way I'm going to find out 'til it happens."

Ellen Muth, American Actress

38

"To be a bitch or not to be a bitch, that is the question."

"To be a bitch or not to be a bitch, that is the question."

Shannen Doherty, American Actress

38

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"Many life-affirming questions lead to an endless spool of disconcerting propositions and contradictory conclusions, and even more troubling, some queries prove unanswerable."

"Many life-affirming questions lead to an endless spool of disconcerting propositions and contradictory conclusions, and even more troubling, some queries prove unanswerable."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Question, Life, Confusion, Philosophy

38

"We have to be that wedge that drives the question and asks the hard questions."

"We have to be that wedge that drives the question and asks the hard questions."

Danny Glover, American Actor

Question, Questions

38

"It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species."

"It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species."

David Attenborough, British Journalist

Question, Right

38

"Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all."

"Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all."

Linus Torvalds, Finnish Businessman

Question, Questions

37

"I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions."

"I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions."

Lou Holtz, American Coach

Question, Questions, Talking

37

"The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in ten years?"

"The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in ten years?"

Charles Eames, American Designer

Question, Questions, Years

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