Answer Quotes
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He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle of one man against the rest of the world.
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When a man says, "Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife?" there is no answer to be made.
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We must act as if we answer to, and only answer to, our Ancestors, our children, and the unborn.
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Go directly to work' means... when an idea strikes, you drop everything and when your work bell tolls, you answer it.
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An answer is always on the stretch of road that is behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.
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It was a quiet way - He asked if I was his - I made no answer of the tongue But answer of the eyes - And then He bore me on Before this mortal noise With swiftness, as of Chariots and distance, as of Wheels. This World did drop away As acres from the feet of one that leaneth from Balloon Upon an Ether Street. The Gulf behind was not, The Continents were new - Eternity was due. No Seasons were to us - It was not Night nor Morn - But Sunrise stopped upon the place And Fastened in Dawn.
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Oh, yes--you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side--unfortunately; but right it has not.
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Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.
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And now leave me in peace for a bit! I don't want to answer a string of questions while I am eating. I want to think!" "Good Heavens!" said Pippin. "At breakfast?
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When you know your work sells, then seeking a gallery or outdoor show is fine. Then, if an event or art gallery kicks sand in your face don't give up, keep moving forward. Use your brain and eliminate a lot of your personal agony. There are times when you should not take NO for an answer. But there are others when you should never put yourself in the place to be rejected to begin with. Seek the wisdom to know the difference and then go for it. Persevere in the face of disappointment.
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It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer.
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The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.
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... our purpose in founding our state was not to promote the happiness of a single class, but, so far as possible, of the whole community. Our idea was that we were most likely to justice in such a community, and so be able to decide the question we are trying to answer. We are therefore at the moment trying to construct what we think is a happy community by securing the happiness not of a select minority, but of a whole.
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A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.
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I'd say there are two kinds of theater: one you end with an answer, one you end with a question.
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When I was made CEO of Reynolds the first time, someone asked me what it was like to be a female CEO. But I said, 'I don't know what its like to be a male CEO, so I can't really answer that question.'
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There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.
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The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer.
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Young people are so positive and have an answer for everything.
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If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.
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The only useful answer to the question 'Who is smarter, a man or a woman?' is, which man and which woman?
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Over time he learned that the way to have a leg up on everyone else was to anticipate something before it happened and then have the answer to it.
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Once again, only religion can answer the question of the purpose of life. One can hardly be wrong in concluding that the idea of life having a purpose stands and falls with the religious system.
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The best answer to the question, 'What is the most effective method of teaching?' is that it depends on the goal, the student, the content, and the teacher. But the next best answer is, 'Students teaching other students.'
