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• Okay," I said, "what's your biggest fear?" As always, he took a second to think about the answer. "Clowns," he said. "Clowns." "Yup." I just looked at him. "What?" he said, glancing over at me. "That is not a real answer," I told him. "Says who?" "Says me. I meant a real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that. Something that keeps you awake nights, questioning your very existence." He thought for a second. "Clowns.

  Sarah Dessen

  Regret, Real, Night

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• I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me.

  Skeet Ulrich

  People, Skins, Want

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• Like squirrels, the best in every business do what they have learned to do without questioning their abilities - they flat out trust their skills, which is why we call this high-performance state of mind the "Trusting Mindset."

  John Eliot

  Business, Skills, Squirrels

  John Eliot, PhD (2015). “Overachievement: The Science of Working Less to Accomplish More”, p.26, Diversion Books

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• With every issue, the coverage of [Barack] Obama is: "Will he get? How will he look? Does this help or does this hurt Obama?" There's never any questioning of what he wants in terms of is it good, bad for the country or not.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, Hurt, Issues

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Instead of replying, Alec reached down and took Magnus's hands. Magnus let Alec pull him to his feet, a questioning look in his eyes. Before he could say anything, Alec drew him closer and kissed him. Magnus made a soft, pleased sound, and gripped the back of Alec's shirt, rucking it up, his fingers cool on Alec's spine. Alec leaned into him, pinning Magnus between the table and his own body. Not that Magnus seemed to mind. 'Come on,' Alec said against Magnus's ear. 'It's late. Let's go to bed.

  Cassandra Clare

  Eye, Hands, Feet

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1828, Simon and Schuster

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• The path to holiness lies through questioning everything.

  M. Scott Peck

  Lying, Grace, Holiness

  M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.194, Simon and Schuster

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• I think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling into their projects. And I think we are seeing almost weekly or even daily scientists are coming forward and questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change.

  Rick Perry

  Men, Thinking, Numbers

  "Rick Perry accuses scientists of 'manipulating' climate data". www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2011.

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• What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.

  Werner Heisenberg

  Nature, Mean, Science

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• So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so.

  Eddie Izzard

  Greek, Yeah

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• The hallmark of an authoritarian idiot is yelling TERRORIST-LOVER! at anyone questioning the definition of Terrorist.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Yelling, Definitions, Lovers

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• Maybe that's what is means to be human . . . forever questioning our certainties.

  Kay Hooper

  Mean, Forever, Certainty

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• Everyone I looked at, their whole lives, did exactly what they were supposed to do without even questioning it, without even wondering if they could do something different.

  Catherine Gilbert Murdock

  Different, Wonder, Whole Life

  Catherine Gilbert Murdock (2007). “Dairy Queen”, p.132, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• But always and sometimes questioning the old modes
  And the new wondering, the poem, growing up through the floor,
  Standing tall in tubers, invading and smashing the ritual
  Parlor, demands to be met on its own terms now,
  Now that the preliminary negotiations are at last over.

  John Ashbery

  Life, Growing Up, Demand

  John Ashbery (1985). “A Wave: Poems”, p.79, Ardent Media

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• The entire force of the Conciliar revolt comes from the fact that it has apparently been imposed by the authority of the Church. How many bishops, priests, religious, and laymen, would have swallowed the lies of the heretics if they had not believed themselves bound to do so by the voice of Christ's Vicar on earth? Questioning the authority of these men renders their revolution of doubtful authenticity.

  John Lane

  Religious, Powerful, Lying

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• Many psychologists ... thought by turning their attention to their own consciousness to be able to explain what happened when we were thnking. Or they sought to attain the same end by asking another person a question, by means of which certain processes of thought would be excited, and then by questioning the person about the introspection he had made. It is obvious ... that nothing can be discovered in such experiments.

  Wilhelm Wundt

  Mean, Psychology, Would Be

  Wilhelm Wundt, (2013). “An Introduction to Psychology”, p.75, Read Books Ltd

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• I am not second-guessing or questioning my understanding of the issue.

  Christine Maggiore

  Issues, Understanding, Guessing

  "A Mother's Denial, a Daughter's Death" by Charles Ornstein and Daniel Costello, articles.latimes.com. September 24, 2005.

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• It [motherhood] has changed absolutely everything. I mean, it's changed my life. I think I've changed as a human being more since I've had Kai than in any other period in my life...It's such an incredible catalyst for growth. I found myself questioning absolutely everything: how I spend my time, how I speak, what kind of projects I work on, how I look at the world.

  Jennifer Connelly

  Mean, Motherhood, Thinking

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• I'm questioning it. We're trying to get a lot of money for health and education and I'm wondering... You look at these gangs, and I look back at Prohibition. When we didn't allow alcohol, what did we have? We had gangs. We had big gangs. It's something that needs to be discussed a little more. It's an economic issue and a violence issue.

  Michael Douglas

  Weed, Marijuana, Issues

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• I have underscored my commitment to dialogue and cooperation with our neighboring Turkey, a country that plays an important role for the future of our region. But I still stress that the promotion of this important relations can only take place on the basis of mutual respect without threats of war and questioning of sovereign rights.

  Alexis Tsipras

  Country, War, Stress

  Source: time.com

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• In reality, a person questioning the existence of the Satanic conspiracy is merely pointing out that the emperor is wearing no clothes. In that case, one can understand why the emperor's tailors get upset and suggest the person doing the pointing is a tool of the devil. Then the question comes down to one of whether the crowd will believe the evidence they have before them, or if they will buy into the tailors' fantasies.

  Michael A. Stackpole

  Believe, Reality, Clothes

  "The Pulling Report". limsk.tripod.com. 1990.

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• For me, every book is a journey - questioning a really difficult topic that most people don't want to talk about, much less write about. And that's what I need; that works for me as a writer.

  Jodi Picoult

  Book, Writing, Journey

  Source: www.goodreads.com

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• Fiction allows for moral questioning, but through the back door. Personally, I like books that make you think - books you're still wondering about three days after you finish them; books you hand to a friend and say "Read this, so we can talk about it."

  Jodi Picoult

  Book, Thinking, Doors

  Jodi Picoult (2008). “Nineteen Minutes”, p.467, Simon and Schuster

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• Religions, of course, have their own demanding intellectual traditions, as Jesuits and Talmudic scholars might attest.... But, in its less rigorous, popular forms, religion is about as intellectually challenging as the average self-help book. (Like personal development literature, mass market books about spirituality and religion celebrate emotionalism and denigrate reason. They elevate the "truths" of myths and parables over empiricism.) In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity but a frequent cause of it.

  Wendy Kaminer

  Book, Self, Average

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• Whenever you are questioning a person's desire for something, consider what he does, not necessarily what he says.

  David J. Lieberman

  Desire, Doe, Persons

  David J. Lieberman (2007). “You Can Read Anyone: Never be Fooled, Lied To, Or Taken Advantage of Again”, p.61, David Lieberman

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• Credulity as a character trait is encouraged in every child who grows up with religious training, which invariably insists on the virtue of blind faith and the sinfulness of doubting and questioning.

  Barbara G. Walker

  Religious, Children, Growing Up

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