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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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"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 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

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

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

Jeff Rich, American Explorer

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"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

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"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

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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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"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

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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

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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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"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

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"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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"That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer."

"That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer."

Jacob Bronowski, English Scientist

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"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

15

"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

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"The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'"

"The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'"

Alice Walker, American Author

Question, World

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"Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price."

"Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price."

Joan Didion, American Author

Question, Self, Worth

13

"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

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

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

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

Question, Questions, Soldiers

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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

12

"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

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"To be or not to be. That's not really a question."

"To be or not to be. That's not really a question."

Jean-Luc Godard, French Director

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"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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"Every clarification breeds new questions."

"Every clarification breeds new questions."

Arthur Bloch, American Author

Question, Questions

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"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

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"It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it."

"It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it."

George H. W. Bush, American President

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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

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"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

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"No question about that, the radicals are in charge."

"No question about that, the radicals are in charge."

Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician

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"Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions."

"Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions."

Isaiah Berlin, Russian Philosopher

Question, Questions

10

"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

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"Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much."

"Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Question, Questions

10

"There's no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if you want to communicate a complex concept clearly, you need words, too."

"There's no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if you want to communicate a complex concept clearly, you need words, too."

Galen Rowell, American Photographer

Question, Want, Words

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"The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question."

"The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question."

Stephen Jay Gould, American Scientist

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"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

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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

10

"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

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"The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous in the movie is made clear? It doesn't get you anywhere."

"The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous in the movie is made clear? It doesn't get you anywhere."

Joel Coen, American Director

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"There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one."

"There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Question, states, United

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"I don't tend to question things that much. If it feels right, I go for it."

"I don't tend to question things that much. If it feels right, I go for it."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

Question, Right

9

"Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal."

"Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal."

Malcolm Mclaren, English Musician

Question, Trying

9

"It is not the question, what am I going to be when I grow up; you should ask the question, who am I going to be when I grow up."

"It is not the question, what am I going to be when I grow up; you should ask the question, who am I going to be when I grow up."

Goldie Hawn, American Actress

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"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

9

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

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

Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher

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