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Brian Greene quote: "You should never be surprised by or feel the need to explain..."
You should never be surprised by or feel the need to explain why any physical system is in a high entropy state. Brian Greene
Altogether out of control. This can't be the work of just one newborn vampire. What's going on? It's as if they've never heard of the Volturi. Which is possible. No one has explained the rules to them . . . so who is creating them, then. Stephenie Meyer
It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous to make too much of his greatness without his vileness. It is still more dangerous to leave him in ignorance of both, but it is most valuable to represent both to him. Man must not be allowed to believe that he is equal either to animals or to angels, nor to be unaware of either, but he must know both. Blaise Pascal
Such movies are always a danger...falling in love is something most adults have actually experienced...The theme is universal and encourages...unhealthy comparisons...why can't our lives be like that? It's a box left unopened, and its avoidance explains the continued popularity of vampire epics and martial-arts extravaganzas. David Sedaris
The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian slaves. There are twenty thousand men, women and children in the bagnios of Algiers alone. I am not going to make it twenty thousand and one because your mother didn't allow you to keep rabbits, or whatever is at the root of your unshakable fixation."I had weasels instead," said Philippa shortly."Good God," said Lymond, looking at her. "That explains a lot. Dorothy Dunnett
Mark Twain quote: "Love is not a product of reasonings and statistics. It just..."
Love is not a product of reasonings and statistics. It just comes-none knows whence-and cannot explain itself. Mark Twain
Daisy looked up at him with the kind of expression that Jesus might have given someone who had just explained that he was probably allergic to bread and fishes, so could He possibly do him a quick chicken salad... Neil Gaiman
He could not understand why he had needed so many words to explain what he felt in war because one was enough: fear.~Jose Aracadio Segundo BuendiaAfter the second banana slaughter Gabriel Garcia Marquez
G. H. Hardy quote: "There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more..."
There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. G. H. Hardy
Christopher Wren quote: "Neither need we fear to diminish a miracle by explaining it."
Neither need we fear to diminish a miracle by explaining it. Christopher Wren
Haruki Murakami quote: "But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the..."
But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words. Haruki Murakami
Therefore the words in Psalm 72:7: "In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth," must not be explained as signifying such earthly peace as the world enjoyed under Caesar Augustus, as many believe, but "peace with God," or spiritual peace. Martin Luther
Johan Cruijff quote: "If I wanted you to understand, I would explain it better."
If I wanted you to understand, I would explain it better. Johan Cruijff
E. M. Forster quote: "Science explains people, but cannot understand them."
Science explains people, but cannot understand them. E. M. Forster
Who will marry me? No one wants a girl who is not a virgin."I will. I'll marry you."Ma non posso sposarti." "And why can't you marry me?"Perche sei pazzo!"And why am I crazy?"Perche vuoi sposarmi."Because I want to marry you. Carina, ti amo," he explained, and he drew her gently back down to the pillow. "Te amo molto."Tu sei pazzo," she murmured in reply, flattered. "Perche?"Because you say you love me. How can you love a girl who is not a virgin?"Because I can't marry you."She bolted right... Joseph Heller

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