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• But I'm really enjoying my retirement. I get to sleep in every day. I do crossword puzzles and eat cake.

  Derek Landy

  Retirement, Sleep, Cake

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• That was a perfectly reasonable explanation," she said grumpily. "Perhaps my advisers don't lie to me." "Isn't that what you'd want?" asked Giddon. "Well, yes, but it doesn't elucidate my puzzle!" "If I may say so, Lady Queen," said Giddon, "it's not always easy to follow your conversation." "Oh, Giddon," she said, sighing. "If it's any comfort, I don't follow it either.

  Kristin Cashore

  Queens, Lying, Comfort

  Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.87, Penguin

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• Some dogs could play fetch all day long, while others have absolutely no interest in chasing a ball. Some might love "find the treat" type puzzle toys and others may completely ignore them. The important things are that your dog finds the toy interesting without becoming obsessed over it, and that it is size and safety appropriate for your dog. A Chihuahua is probably not going to be a good match to a Kong as big as she is, and you wouldn't want to risk having your Malamute swallow one of those smaller size tennis balls.

  Cesar Millan

  Dog, Play, Long

  Source: thecelebritycafe.com

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• Now I basically just read spy stories because they're about solving a puzzle within the constraints of history. It's the tick tock, the clockwork that I'm interested in.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Spy, Stories, Tick

  Interview with Malcolm Gladwell, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 13, 2017.

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• Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to work out in words; but the words will not fit the spaces, or, if they do, they will not match the design.

  Helen Keller

  Writing, Space, Work Out

  Helen Keller (2016). “The Story of My Life”, p.46, Om Books International

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• When I Asked God for Strength He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face When I Asked God for Brain & Brawn He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve When I Asked God for Happiness He Showed Me Some Unhappy People When I Asked God for Wealth He Showed Me How to Work Hard When I Asked God for Favors He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard When I Asked God for Peace He Showed Me How to Help Others God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted He Gave Me Everything I Needed.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Hard Work, Helping Others, Opportunity

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• The beginning and the end are never really the journey of discovery for me. It is the middle that remains a puzzle until well into the writing. That's how life is most of the time, isn't it? You know where you are and where you hope to wind up. It's the getting there that's challenging.

  Anna Quindlen

  Writing, Journey, Discovery

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• Thinkers aren't limited by what they know, because they can always increase what they know. Rather they're limited by what puzzles them, because there's no way to become curious about something that doesn't puzzle you.

  Daniel Quinn

  Way, Curious, Increase

  Daniel Quinn (2009). “My Ishmael”, p.65, Bantam

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• My job is to make a film that can sit as a standalone piece, that if it's the only Marvel film you see, it's a great film with a great story in and of itself. The lucky thing is that there's a bunch of geniuses who run Marvel that make sure, even if it's a standalone piece, that it's part of a great big jigsaw puzzle that could be appreciated as a whole as well.

  Taika Waititi

  Running, Lucky, Genius

  Source: collider.com

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• I love words. Sudoku I don't get into, I'm not into numbers that much, and there are people who are hooked on that. But crossword puzzles, I just can't - if I get a puppy and I paper train him and I put the - if all of a sudden I'd open the paper and there's a crossword puzzle - 'No, no, you can't go on that, honey. I'll take it.'

  Betty White

  Numbers, People, Goes On

  "Actress-author Betty White". "The Tavis Smiley show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. May 12, 2011.

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• It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Skills, People, Computer

  "They call me a criminal" by Kevin Mitnick, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2000.

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• If you know what you're looking for, the illustrations might give you a tip about what is coming in that section. But it takes a lot of study and familiarity with the work for anyone to really "decode" it, and there are also images that are just thematically important, and not necessarily pointing to specific poems, so mainly it was just a fun puzzle for ourselves.

  Sarah Kay

  Fun, Illustration, Giving

  Source: journalwomenwriters.wordpress.com

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• When I use electronic beats and program things, there's something quite brain about that - you're feeling it in your body but it's like a puzzle you wanna solve, and it gets very detailed. I really enjoy that side of music.

  Bat for Lashes

  Feelings, Brain, Use

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• It’s the leftover humans. The survivors. They’re the ones I can’t stand to look at, although on many occasions I still fail. I deliberately seek out the colors to keep my mind off them, but now and then, I witness the ones who are left behind, crumbling among the jigsaw puzzle of realization, despair, and surprises. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs. Which in turn brings me to the subject I am telling you about tonight, or today, or whatever the hour and color. It’s the story of one of those perpetual survivors –an expert at being left behind.

  Markus Zusak

  Heart, Jigsaw Puzzles, Color

  "The Book Thief". Book by Markus Zusak, 2007.

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• As economists have long noted, the puzzle is not that so few people vote, it's that so many do. After all, no individual's vote has ever tipped the balance in a presidential election.

  Robert H. Frank

  Long, People, Presidential

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Families are like puzzles. They fit together in a certain way, and if one piece is missing, it throws everything off.

  Richard Schiff

  Family, Missing, Together

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• The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.

  Richard Dawkins

  Beautiful, Turns, Solutions

  Richard Dawkins (2000). “Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder”, p.41, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Actually solving the puzzles in the book isn't going to improve anyone's writing, but "trying to solve the puzzle" is one way to think about what a lot of us - writers and other artists - do every day. Step one is to recognize the problem, step two is deciding what constraints you want to impose or respect, and step three is finding a pleasing/surprising/exciting solution.

  Peter Turchi

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  "Something to be shared". Interview with Reed Turchi, logger.believermag.com. November 11, 2014.

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• [Providences] often puzzle and entangle our thoughts, but bring them to the Word, and your duty will be quickly manifested. "Until I went into the sanctuary of God, then understood I their end" (Ps. 73:17). And not only their end, but his own duty, to be quiet in an afflicted condition and not envy their prosperity.

  John Flavel

  Christian, Envy, Sanctuary

  John flavel, Rev Terry Kulakowski (2017). “The Mystery of Providence”, p.142, Lulu.com

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• It's like a puzzle or a painting or music. When I ski, it's like a song. I can hear the rhythm in my head, and when I start to ski that rhythm and I start to really link my turns together, all of a sudden there's so much flow and power that I just can't help but feel amazing. That's where the joy comes from.

  Mikaela Shiffrin

  Song, Joy, Together

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• It is presentation which lifts the card trick from the level of the commonplace puzzle to the status of an unforgettable and inexplicable mystery.

  Jean Hugard

  Magic, Cards, Levels

  Jean Hugard, Frederick Braué (2012). “Expert Card Technique”, p.573, Courier Corporation

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• As an actor, you're only one little piece of the puzzle; you're fulfilling someone else's vision. If you're involved earlier on, you're kind of creating your own.

  Julia Stiles

  Creating, Vision, Littles

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Why do people do crossword puzzles? There's no reward for completing one, but some people just like the challenge.

  Scott D. Anthony

  People, Challenges, Rewards

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Good innovators like to solve business crossword puzzles.

  Scott D. Anthony

  Solve, Crosswords, Innovators

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Kids are great in that they keep you on your toes. They're like a puzzle... in a blender, haha. You have to take the pieces out and try to put it together on the fly.

  Raheem Jarbo

  Kids, Trying, Together

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