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• The real question one should ask when presented with a puzzle is, ‘Should I solve it? Do I really need to know the answer?

  Tony DiTerlizzi

  Real, Needs, Answers

  Tony DiTerlizzi (2012). “The Search for WondLa”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• - Every time someone cries out in prayer and I can't answer, I feel guilty about not being God. - That doesn't sound good. - I understand that I have a problem, and I know what I need to do to solve it, all right? I'm working on it. Of course, Harry hadn't said what the solution was. The solution, obviously, was to hurry up and become God.

  Eliezer Yudkowsky

  Prayer, Sound, Needs

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• As long as you're neurotic and crazy, he's great. But once he solves all your problems, he becomes the problem.

  Candace Bushnell

  Crazy, Long, Problem

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• We are trained to analyze problems and create solutions. We forget that marriage is a relationship, not a project to be completed or a problem to solve.

  Gary Chapman

  Problem, Inspirational Marriage, Forget

  Gary Chapman (2010). “The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set”, p.41, Moody Publishers

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• Five hundred years before Christ was born, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus told his students that "everything changes except the law of change". He said: "You cannot step in the same river twice." The river changes every second; and so does the man who stepped in it. Life is a ceaseless change. The only certainty is today. Why mar the beauty of living today by trying to solve the problems of a future that is shrouded in ceaseless change and uncertainty-a future that no one can possibly foretell?

  Dale Carnegie

  Men, Years, Law

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• Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19)

  Erin Gruwell

  Fighting, Diaries, Matter

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• Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness, a conundrum that she couldn’t even begin to solve.

  Kate Atkinson

  Loneliness, Solitude, Conundrums

  Kate Atkinson (2013). “Life After Life”, p.251, Random House

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• ...remember the dangers of the New Groupthink. If it's creativity you're after, ask your employees to solve problems alone before sharing their ideas. If you want the wisdom of the crowd, gather it electronically, or in writing, and make sure people can't see each other's ideas until everyone has had a chance to contribute.

  Susan Cain

  Writing, Creativity, Ideas

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.266, Broadway Books

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• All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.

  Daniel Handler

  Book, Problem, Enough

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• He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything.

  J. K. Rowling

  Ideas, Used

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• Many theories of the ancient world seem terribly childish today, a hodge-podge of fables and false comparisons.But our theories will seem childish five-hundred years from now.Every theory is based on some analogy, and sooner or later the theory fails because the analogy turns out to be false. A theory in its day helps to solve the problems of the day.

  Jacob Bronowski

  Years, Analogies, World

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• I told you before, Katsa. I won't fight when you're angry. I won't solve a disagreement between us with blows." He lifted the ice and fingered his jaw. He moaned and held the ice to his face again. "What we do in the practice rooms-that's to help each other. We don't use it against each other. We're friends, Katsa. We're too dangerous to each other. And even if we weren't, it's not right.

  Kristin Cashore

  Fighting, Blow, Ice

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.122, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It would be a miracle to solve this case. Luckily, I believed in miracles. No, wait, that was testicles. I believed in testicles.

  Darynda Jones

  Waiting, Miracle, Would Be

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• If you can't solve a problem, it's because you're playing by the rules

  Paul Arden

  Breaking Rules, Problem, Paradox

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• When trouble strikes, head to the library. You will either be able to solve the problem, or simply have something to read as the world crashes down around you.

  Daniel Handler

  Library, World, Able

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• Class warfare or soaking the so-called rich may make for good populist demagoguery and serve the political ends of the governing masterminds, but it does nothing to solve the grave realities of the federal government's insatiable appetite for spending and its inability to reform itself.

  Mark Levin

  Reality, Government, Class

  Mark R. Levin (2013). “The Liberty Amendments”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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• Want a Coke?” Abra asked. “Sugar solves lots of problems, that’s what I think.

  Stephen King

  Thinking, Want, Sugar

  Stephen King (2014). “Doctor Sleep”, p.330, Simon and Schuster

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• We weren't friends[...]We were more like jigsaw pieces, each of us part of the same big picture. There are people like this wherever you go. They are part of the same mystery as you are, but you can't quite tell how you fit together. The world is a puzzle, and we can't solve it alone.

  Daniel Handler

  People, Together, Pieces

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• She had to face the fact that she couldn't protect everyone she loved. She couldn't solve every problem.

  Rick Riordan

  Faces, Facts, Problem

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• But we were talking about me and my problems." Sophronia looked Monique up and down gravely. "I don't think we're going to solve those in the space of one carriage ride.

  Gail Carriger

  Thinking, Talking, Space

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• Then why are you crying?” “Because of you!” I beat my fists on his chest. “Because I love you, and I don’t know what to do! I can solve almost any problem, but I can’t solve this. I don’t know how to deal with that. And I’m afraid! Afraid for you! Do you know what it’d do to me if something happens to you?” I stopped hitting him and clasped my hands over my own chest, as though there was a danger my heart might fall out. “This! This would break. Shatter. Crumble. Crumble until it was dust.” I dropped my hands. “Blown away on the wind until there was nothing left.

  Richelle Mead

  Fall, Love You, Heart

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Fiery Heart: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.98, Penguin

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• You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door.

  Robert Collier

  Positive, Opportunity, Thinking

  Robert Collier (2012). “The Secret of the Ages”, p.89, Courier Corporation

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• God has enough grace to solve every dilemma you face, wipe every tear you cry, and answer every question you ask.

  Max Lucado

  Inspirational, God, Christian

  FaceBook post by Max Lucado from Aug 01, 2016

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• To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.

  W. Clement Stone

  Inspirational, Motivational, Clear Goals

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• Open your mind up to things that have no connection with the problem you're trying to solve: subscribe to an unusual magazine; spend a morning at an elementary school; go to work two hours early; test drive an exotic car; attend a city council meeting; ...try an Indonesian recipe.

  Roger von Oech

  Inspirational, Morning, School

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