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• The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is?

  Nancy Pearl

  Superhero, Roles, World

  "An action figure for the books" by Devin Rose, articles.chicagotribune.com. August 3, 2003.

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• There are moments, particularly in times of stress, when haste does not make waste, when our snap judgments and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Stress, Mean, First Impression

  "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking". Book by Malcolm Gladwell, January 11, 2005.

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• Until the culture recognizes the legitimacy of growing down, each person in the culture struggles blindly to make sense of the darkness that the soul requires to deepen into life.

  James Hillman

  Struggle, Soul, Darkness

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• I know what I want to do and it makes sense to get going.

  Warren Buffett

  Want, Knows

  "Buffett to give away billions". www.cnn.com. June 26, 2006.

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• If you don't know how it works, find out. If you're not sure if it will work, try it. If it doesn't make sense, play with it until it does. If it's not broken, break it. If it might not be true, find out.

  Seth Godin

  Play, Broken, Trying

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• Sometimes God gives instructions that go against conventional wisdom, such as treating people kindly when they're hateful. Who really wants to do that? Instructions like that may not always make sense, so that's why I need to trust and obey the One who inspired them.

  George Foreman

  People, Giving, Needs

  George Foreman, Ken Abraham (2007). “God In My Corner: A Spiritual Memoir”, p.99, Thomas Nelson

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• In this modern world of ours many people seem to think that science has somehow made such religious ideas as immortality untimely or old fashioned. I think science has a real surprise for the skeptics. Science, for instance, tells us that nothing in nature, not even the tiniest particle, can disappear without a trace. Nature does not know extinction. All it knows is transformation. If God applies this fundamental principle to the most minute and insignificant parts of His universe, doesn't it make sense to assume that He applies it to the masterpiece of His creation, the human soul?

  Wernher von Braun

  Religious, Real, Thinking

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• The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.

  Natasha Lyonne

  Safe Haven, Blue, World

  "Natasha Lyonne, Locked Up". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 9, 2013.

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• I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don't know.

  Bill Gates

  Believe, Thinking, Decision

  "Bill Gates: The Rolling Stone Interview". Interview with Jeff Goodell, www.rollingstone.com. March 13, 2014.

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• People think in narratives - in beginnings, middles and ends. The danger when you edit something too severely is that it no longer makes sense; worse still, it leaves people with the disquieting impression that something is being hidden.

  Errol Morris

  Thinking, People, Narrative

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• Patience is fine, but I'm not going to stop asking the Universe to make sense!

  David Brin

  Asking, Fine, Universe

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• Gut level is a good level to deal with life, and for me, I have to say that Buddhism makes sense for me because it's how I'm an artist.

  Laurie Anderson

  Buddhism, Artist, Levels

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The goal is just to try to get better and better, and the only way that makes sense to do that is to work with the best people. Surround yourself with the best artists and learn from them, and try to sink your teeth into the best material possible.

  Jon Bernthal

  Artist, People, Goal

  Source: collider.com

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• We [people] are a species that's wired to tell stories. We need stories. It's how we make sense of things. It's how we learn.

  Steven Soderbergh

  People, Needs, Stories

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• When I'm directing, I can look at something that I wrote and say, "This doesn't make sense." There's a lot more intuition and gut involved.

  Craig Zobel

  Intuition, Looks, Guts

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I was doing a lot of web design at the time. And anybody that has an agent thinks, "Why do I need an agent?" Maybe it's a little different as an actor - of course you need an agent - but any kind of agency that's selling something for you, you think, "Why can't I sell this myself? It doesn't make sense."

  Jeff Vespa

  Thinking, Agency, Design

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Before you promise to change the world, it makes sense to do the hard work of changing your neighborhood.

  Seth Godin

  Hard Work, Promise, World

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• Although the universe is under no obligation to make sense, students in pursuit of a Ph. D. are.

  Robert Kirshner

  Students, Pursuit, Obligation

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• A prayer makes sense only if it is lived.

  Anthony of Sourozh

  Prayer, Ifs

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• The incarnation is in itself an unfathomable mystery, but it makes sense of everything else that the New Testament contains.

  J. I. Packer

  Mystery, New Testament, Incarnation

  J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2009). “Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide”, p.21, InterVarsity Press

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• Does it make sense for the U.S. to expend hundreds of billions of dollars to mount a new Apollo-style program to return to the moon? Or have we blazed that trail? Shouldn't we help other nations achieve this goal with their own resources but with our help?

  Buzz Aldrin

  Helping Others, Moon, Goal

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• When people get in your face and say, 'This will pass,' you think, Are they crazy? I'm never gonna feel any better than I feel right this minute and nothing's ever gonna make sense again... You see a lot of people play this blame game. Blame, blame, blame. You know? And it's a really easy thing to do, and I'm certainly guilty of it. [You have to] look at yourself and go, 'What part of this do I need to own? Which part of this is my responsibility?' And that's the painful work that you have to go through to hopefully get some real life knowledge out of it.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Real, Crazy, Responsibility

  Elle Interview, www.elle.com. March 4, 2009.

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• Don't make sense, make change.

  David Crowe

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• Economics is like the Dutch language - I'm told it makes sense, but I have my doubts.

  John Oliver

  Doubt, Dutch, Language

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• Grace is thickly counter-intuitive. It feels risky and unfair. It's dangerous and disorderly. It wrestles control out of our hands. It is wild and unsettling. It turns everything that makes sense to us upside-down and inside-out.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Hands, Grace, Down And

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