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• Our lives don't really belong to us, you see -- they belong to the world, and in spite of our efforts to make sense of it, the world is a place beyond our understanding.

  Paul Auster

  Effort, Understanding, World

  Paul Auster, James M. Hutchisson (2013). “Conversations with Paul Auster”, p.14, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I'm a winner...I'm a competitor. That's what I do. It doesn't make sense for me to go over and shake somebody's hand.

  LeBron James

  Hands, Winner, Shakes

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• All our problems are theological ones, William Temple said. All of them have to do with our relationship to God and his to us, and this is precisely why it makes sense to come to God with them.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Christian, Prayer, Temples

  Elisabeth Elliot (2006). “God's Guidance: Finding His Will for Your Life”, p.50, Revell

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• Obsessed people are more concerned with obeying God than doing what is expected or fulfilling the status quo. A person who is obsessed with Jesus will do things that don't always make sense in terms of success or wealth on this earth.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Jesus, People

  Francis Chan, Mark Beuving (2011). “Living Crazy Love: An Interactive Workbook for Individual or Small-Group Study”, p.91, David C Cook

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• It is a mindless philosophy that assumes that one's private beliefs have nothing to do with public office. Does it make sense to entrust those who are immoral in private with the power to determine the nation's moral issues and, indeed, its destiny? One of the most dangerous and terrifying trends in America today is the disregard for character as a central necessity in a leader's credentials. The duplicitous soul of a leader can only make a nation more sophisticated in evil.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Christian, Philosophy, Character

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• If I make a decision it is a possession. I take pride in it, I tend to defend it and not listen to those who question it. If I make sense, then this is more dynamic, and I listen and I can change it. A decision is something you polish. Sensemaking is a direction for the next period.

  Paul Gleason

  Change, Pride, Science

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• Retailers are treating everyone the same way who walks in their stores and this doesn't make sense in the world we live in where all customers are not equal.

  Peter Fader

  Smart, Retail, World

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• I am part of the Fellowship of the Unashamed... My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is in God's hands... I am a disciple of Jesus. I must go till he comes, give until I drop, speak out until all know, and work until he stops me.

  Patrick Madrid

  Faith, Jesus, Inspiration

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• Real life isn't required to be logical, but fiction has to make sense.

  Leigh Michaels

  Life, Real, Fiction

  Leigh Michaels (2007). “On Writing Romance: How to Craft a Novel That Sells”, p.28, Writer's Digest Books

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• Knowing how to use your voice so it makes sense to your dog, using words in a way your dog can understand, correcting him without creating fear, praising him properly, and doing it all at the proper time are critical skills to develop if your dog is to learn from you.

  Brian Kilcommons

  Dog, Skills, Voice

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• I’m actually trying to make sense of the world. There’s nothing cynical or absurd in what I do.

  Yue Minjun

  Meaningful, Cynical, Chinese

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• No one has a monopoly on knowledge the way that, say, IBM had in the 1960s in computing, or that Bell Labs had through the 1970s in communications. When useful knowledge exists in companies of all sizes and also in universities, non-profits and individual minds, it makes sense to orient your innovation efforts to accessing, building upon and integrating that external knowledge into useful products and services.

  Henry Chesbrough

  Communication, Effort, Innovation

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• Nothing makes sense, why should I?

  Suad Amiry

  Should, Should I, Nothing Makes Sense

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• People always think of Chinese food as the go-to ethnic food when everything else is closed during the holidays, but Indian is a nice alternative. Plus - Indians? Thanksgiving? Kinda makes sense.

  Erin Gibson

  Nice, Holiday, Funny Thanksgiving

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• It don't make sense: either you a soldier from the start,
  Or a actor with a record deal tryin' to play the part.

  Xzibit

  Rap, Play, Hip Hop

  Song: Paparazzi

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• I call it like the domino theory of reality. If you can go one step at a time and it seems to make sense, you can then take your audience into an area that is relatively outlandish.

  Ivan Reitman

  Reality, Steps, One Step At A Time

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• I think Samuel Johnson had it right when he observed that hope is itself a species of happiness. So if we want to be happy it only makes sense to discipline ourselves to choose our attitudes, to think positively and to be hopeful.

  Michael Josephson

  Life, Attitude, Thinking

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• Something must have form to be seen but must make sense to be understood and used.

  Klaus Krippendorff

  Design, Used, Form

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• Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent working hard and contributing to the greatness of our nation, every American should have a secure retirement.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Retirement, Work, Greatness

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• Poetry, plays, novels, music, they are the cry of the human spirit trying to understand itself and make sense of our world.

  Laura Elliott

  Music, Our World, Play

  "Annie, Between the States". Book by L. M. Elliott, March 31, 2009.

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• Sometimes the world is just out of our control and we like to blames ourselves so that we can make sense out of it.

  Joel Surnow

  Life, World, Blame

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• You must find your treasure in order to make sense of everything you discovered on the path.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Order

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• Military intelligence, two words combined that cant make sense

  Dave Mustaine

  Military, Two, Cant

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• Obviously one of the things that poets from Northern Ireland and beyond - had to try to make sense of was what was happening on a day-to-day political level.

  Paul Muldoon

  Political, Trying, Levels

  Interview with John Redmond, www.poetrymagazines.org.uk. November 2, 1995.

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• I oppose the spending of trillions in Iraq and Afghanistan, I strongly oppose Islamic extremism but don't believe that sending troops to die in two unwinnable wars makes sense.

  Roger Stone

  War, Believe, Islamic

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