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"Let us not despair but act. Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past - let us accept our own responsibility for the future."
"Silence gives answers."
"Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach."
"What do you want to avoid? Such an easy answer: sloth and unreliability. If you're unreliable it doesn't matter what your virtues are. You're going to crater immediately. Doing what you have faithfully engaged to do should be an automatic part of your conduct. You want to avoid sloth and unreliability."
"I can deal with everything. I got the answer for anything."
"Do you know that hope sometimes consists only of a question without an answer?"
"Love is the answer At least for most of the questions in my heart Why are we here and where do we go And how come it's so hard"
"Wisdom is a love affair with questions. Knowledge is a love affair with answers."
"I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand."
"Her curiosity instructed her more than the answers she was given."
"If you want to know what you think of yourself, then ask yourself what you think of others and you will find the answer."
"I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question."
"A wise person is full of questions. A dull person is full of answers."
"There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows and whys about things."
"We need a variety of input and influence and voices. You cannot get all the answers to life and business from one person or from one source."
"There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one."
"If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach."
"Perhaps this is what it was all about. Leaning on God when life made no sense, as well as when the answers seem clear."
"Life is not about good answers, it is about interesting questions."
"Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power."
