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• I like to edit my sentences as I write them. I rearrange a sentence many times before moving on to the next one. For me, that editing process feels like a form of play, like a puzzle that needs solving, and it's one of the most satisfying parts of writing.

  Karen Thompson Walker

  Moving, Writing, Editing

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• But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within.

  Sigmund Freud

  Effort, Affection, Conscious

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• BJJ is like trying to solve a puzzle that keeps changing..so magnificent... yet completely humbling.

  Phillipe Nover

  Mma, Trying, Humbling

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• The discovery which has been pointed to by theory is always one of profound interest and importance, but it is usually the close and crown of a long and fruitful period, whereas the discovery which comes as a puzzle and surprise usually marks a fresh epoch and opens a new chapter in science.

  Oliver Lodge

  Science, Discovery, Long

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• I've written quite a few things, but I've put it on hold for now to see how everything fits together. Then I'll approach it and write specifically to see how the pieces fit in the puzzle.

  Matt Sharp

  Writing, Together, Pieces

  "Ex-Weezer bassist Matt Sharp reuniting rentals for 'the long haul'" by Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. March 20, 2006.

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• Canada is like several puzzles that we are all working on at the same time. Everyone has a part to add, but no one has seen the whole picture yet.

  B. W. Powe

  Canada, Add, Whole Picture

  "Towards a Canada of Light". Book by B. W. Powe, 2006.

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• It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But deeper into each and every piece, you no longer hesitate to call it work. It's passion. A poet's sense of lyrical accomplishment is then his food and water, his means of survival.

  Criss Jami

  Fun, Passion, Writing

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.58, Criss Jami

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• Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom; therefore, when we are in doubt and puzzle out the truth by our own exertions, we have gained a something that will stay by us, and which will serve us again. But, if to avoid the trouble of the search we avail ourselves of the superior information of a friend, such knowledge will not remain with us; we have not bought but borrowed it.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Doubt, Information, Temples

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.144

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• As a means of variation from a normal type, sickness in childhood ought to have a certain value not to be classed under any fitness or unfitness of natural selection; and especially scarlet fever affected boys seriously, both physically and in character, though they might through life puzzle themselves to decide whether it had fitted or unfitted them for success.

  Henry Adams

  Character, Mean, Boys

  Henry Adams (2015). “The Education of Henry Adams”, p.10, Booklassic

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• It's the people we love the most who can make us feel the gladdest ... and the maddest! Love and anger are such a puzzle!

  Fred Rogers

  People, Feels

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.23, Penguin

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• Because as much as I love figuring out other people's puzzles, and love putting words together in ways that feel good to sing and sound good together and suit the melody, I think most of the best songs in the world are fairly clear about what they mean to say.

  J. Robbins

  Song, Mean, Thinking

  "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.

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• My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People love puzzles; it's human nature to want to solve puzzles.

  Michael Loceff

  Math, Thinking, People

  "The Worst Day Ever". Interview with James Surowiecki, www.slate.com. January 17, 2006.

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• There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.

  Christopher Bollen

  Games, Creating, Stories

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize.

  Gary Coleman

  Creativity, People, Brain

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• My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.

  Lisa Gardner

  Parent, Secret, Vices

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• I'm patient with crossword puzzles and the most impatient golfer.

  Brett Hull

  Sports, Patient, Impatience

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• I enjoy walking my dog and completing crossword puzzles.

  Brian Jacques

  Dog, Enjoy, Crosswords

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• Every film is a puzzle really, from an editorial point of view.

  Walter Murch

  Views, Film, Point Of View

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• I try to make puzzles range all the way from easy to hard, and to leave many open at once.

  Graham Nelson

  Trying, Way, Easy

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• The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.

  Randy Neugebauer

  Important, President, Signatures

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• Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.

  Elizabeth Olsen

  Tools, Actors, Pieces

  Interview with Sarah Paulson, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 7, 2012.

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• Murder mysteries are puzzles that are fun to resolve.

  Kathy Reichs

  Fun, Murder Mysteries, Mystery

  "Face to face with death" by Liz Hoggard, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2006.

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• Perhaps art can help us to look beyond the immediate beauty with all its puzzles, and to glimpse that new creation which makes sense not only of beauty but of the world as a whole, and ourselves within it ... The artist can then join forces with those who work for justice and those who struggle for redemptive relationships, and together encourage and sustain those who are reaching out for a genuine, redemptive spirituality.

  N. T. Wright

  Art, Struggle, Justice

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• I've never been a big cinephile, which may be why I could treat 'The Clock' like a puzzle and force the pieces to fit together in odd ways.

  Christian Marclay

  Together, Way, Pieces

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• To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.

  Sophy Burnham

  Believe, Eye, Stupidity

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