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

Paul Tsongas

Political, Trying, Politics

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And so you ask a very good question. Why go on? Why even start off on such a path? What is to be gained from embarking on such a journey? Where is the incentive? What is the reason? The reason is ridiculously simple. There is nothing else to do.

Neale Donald Walsch

Inspirational, Religious, Simple

Neale Donald Walsch (1996). “Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue”, p.122, Penguin

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You're asking me how not to doubt. Good question.My answer is, you can't. This is life

Tariq Ramadan

Doubt, Asking, Answers

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I listen to all these complaints about rudeness and intemperateness, and the opinion that I come to is that there is no polite way of asking somebody: have you considered the possibility that your entire life has been devoted to a delusion? But that’s a good question to ask. Of course we should ask that question and of course it’s going to offend people. Tough.

Daniel Dennett

People, Asking, Way

"Dan Dennett and the New Atheism". Interview with Julian Baggini, www.philosophersmag.com. March 2010.

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That is a very good question. I don't know the answer. But can you tell me the name of a classical Greek shoemaker?

Arthur Miller

Names, Greek, Answers

The Guardian, January 25, 1990.

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Physicist Isador Isaac Rabi, who won a Nobel Prize for inventing a technique that permitted scientists to probe the structure of atoms and molecules in the 1930s, attributed his success to the way his mother used to greet him when he came home from school each day. "Did you ask any good questions today, Isaac?" she would say.

Richard Saul Wurman

Success, Mother, Home

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But it makes you wonder, doesn't it? Just how normal are we? Just who are the people we nod our hellos to as we pass on the street? A rather good question to ask - particularly in The Twilight Zone.

Rod Serling

Twilight, People, Normal

"Fictional character: Narrator". "The Twilight Zone/ The After Hours", www.imdb.com. 1960.

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If there is such a simple argument for physicalism, how come everybody hasn't always been a physicalist? That's a good question, and there is a good answer. The 'causal completeness of physics' wasn't widely accepted until recently.

David Papineau

Simple, Answers, Argument

"Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.

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Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus on global climate instability - droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here's the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse.

Van Jones

Leadership, Nature, Reality

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As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone.

Heather Bresch

Perseverance, Ideas, People

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Where did the world come from? The question has an answer, even though I cannot get to it. It is a good question. It is like a crime that has not been solved. There is an answer, even if police do not know it.

Jostein Gaarder

Police, Answers, World

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A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.

John Ciardi

Change, Ideas, Growth

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You might be thinking who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing up on stage at the UN. It's a good question and trust me I have been asking myself the same thing. I don't know if I am qualified to be here. All I know is that I care about this problem. And I want to make it better.

Emma Watson

Girl, Thinking, Feminism

"Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too". Speech at a special event for the HeForShe campaign, United Nations Headquarters, New York, www.unwomen.org. September 20, 2014.

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