Curious quotes
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"It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far."
"Breathe properly. Stay curious. And eat your beets."
"It is a curious thing to be a woman in the Caribbean after you have been a woman in these United States."
"I'm very curious and being childlike is vital in our industry"
"The old should be explorers, be curious, risk transgression, explore oldness itself."
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"If you are curious, you will learn. If you are desperate, you will discover."
"In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world."
"Tis curious that we only believe as deeply as we live."
"I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious."
"I have a notion that if you are going to be spiritually curious, you better not get cluttered up with too many material things."
"Even if you don't feel appreciation, just look. Feel what you feel; take an interest and be curious."
"It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed any longer."
"Its a crazy world out there. Be curious."
"Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. That's all it was curiosity."
"I'm no longer curious about things that will upset me."
"I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least."
"I think you're always subjective because you always have a point of view, but I'm always sort of curious about what is the point of view I don't agree with. There is a truth in that because there always is."
"When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge."
"I think we should be passionately curious about what we do."
"It is curious how often one prefers his enemies to his friends."
"I have throughout been curious about how much we can be said to know and with what degree of certainty or doubtfulness."
"Unfortunately, the highly curious student is a small percentage of the kids."
"Human beings are curious by nature."
"I am not lesbian, I am not bisexual, I am not straight. I am just curious"
"What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words."
