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• Laughter would appear to be a physical reflex, although even if it is, this still leaves unanswered the question of why the human response to humor is a convulsive spasm of the respiratory mechanism rather than a crossing of the eyes or a waving of the arms.

  Steve Allen

  Laughter, Eye, Arms

  Steve Allen, Jane Wollman (1992). “How to be funny: discovering the comic you”

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• Some unanswered prayers are only because God doesn't want to do something for us. He wants to do something through us.

  Bill Johnson

  Prayer, Want, Answered Prayers

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• I tried not to write about the O.J. Simpson case too much because so much has already been said about it, but there are a lot of questions left worth asking. However, the case is very useful to illustrate other points. The case is a common reference point because everybody knows the ins and outs of it, more than any other case in this generation, so it becomes useful to reference other points. In itself, there aren't that many questions about it that remain unanswered.

  Bill James

  Writing, This Generation, Generations

  "Writer Bill James". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 20, 2011.

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• Science has penetrated the constitution of nature, and unrolled the mysterious pages of its history, and started again many, as yet, unanswered questions in respect to the mutual relations of matter and spirit, of nature and of God.

  Noah Porter

  Nature, Science, History

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• Our purpose is to be able to measure the intellectual capacity of a child who is brought to us in order to know whether he is normal or retarded. ... We do not attempt to establish or prepare a prognosis and we leave unanswered the question of whether this retardation is curable, or even improveable. We shall limit ourselves to ascertaining the truth in regard to his present mental state.

  Alfred Binet

  Children, Science, Intelligent

  Alfred Binet (1977). “Works on Psychometrics”, Greenwood Publishing Group

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• To assign unanswered letters their proper weight, to free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home.

  Joan Didion

  Running, Lying, Home

  FaceBook post by Joan Didion from Jul 14, 2011

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• When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side

  Christopher Paolini

  Hate, Ignorant, Pieces

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1719, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Heart, Waiting, Unanswered Questions

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• One could argue that there exist certain questions that are best left unanswered.

  Dan Brown

  Arguing, Certain, Left

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• Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and concentration in the later phases, which thenselves come about through an accumulation of small accidents: examples of general injustice, misfortune falling upon the godly, prayers of one's own unanswered.

  Thomas Pynchon

  Prayer, Fall, Godly

  Thomas Pynchon (2012). “V.”, p.219, Penguin

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• I got back in my car, starting the engine, then drove off. It wasn't until I pulled onto the highway that it all really sunk it, how temporary our friendship had been. We'd been on our breaks, after all, but it wasn't our relationships that were on pause: it was us. Now we were both in motion again, moving ahead. So what if there were questions left unanswered. Life went on. We knew that better than anyone.

  Sarah Dessen

  Moving, Car, What If

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.316, Penguin

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• I don't like coming home. It keeps me from being nostalgic, which by nature I am. Even before the plane begins its descent, I find myself dreading the questions left unanswered by my childhood.

  Stewart O'Nan

  Home, Childhood, Nostalgic

  Stewart O'Nan (2003). “Snow Angels: A Novel”, p.15, Macmillan

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• I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even the moments of emptiness, even the unanswered-and that I loved it, that is the unanswered in my life.

  Ayn Rand

  Regret, Emptiness, Moments

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.524, Penguin

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• I just think that trusting God means we're going to have unanswered questions, and God is so much bigger than us, we're never going to understand them all.

  Joel Osteen

  Mean, Thinking, Unanswered Questions

  "Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. June 20, 2005.

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• He was near tears, 'Who do I blame?' he kept asking me. 'There is no God.I can only blame myself.'" The Reb's face tightened, as if in pain. "That," he said, softly, "is a terrible self-indictment." Worse than an unanswered prayer? "Oh yes. It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody's out there.

  Mitch Albom

  Prayer, Pain, Thinking

  Mitch Albom (2009). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, Hyperion

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• Others of us are lost. We're forever seeking. We torture ourselves with philosophies and ache to see the world. We question everything, even our own existence. We ask a lifetime of questions and are never satisfied with the answers because we don't recognize anyone as an authority to give them. We see life and the world as an enormous puzzle that we might never understand, that our questions might go unanswered until the day we die, almost never occurs to us. And when it does, it fills us with dread.

  Lisa Unger

  Philosophy, Giving, Forever

  Lisa Unger (2010). “Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You”, p.695, Crown

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• Our Lord never referred to unanswered prayer. He taught that prayers are always answered: “Everyone who asks receives”. And He implied that prayers are answered rightly because of the heavenly Father's wisdom: “Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him”.

  Oswald Chambers

  Prayer, Father, Taught

  "Christian Disciplines: Building Strong Character".

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• When we pray "in the Name of Jesus" the answers are in accordance with His nature, and if we think our prayers are unanswered it is because we are not interpreting the answer along this line.

  Oswald Chambers

  Jesus, Prayer, Thinking

  Oswald Chambers (1997). “God's Workmanship: And, He Shall Glorify Me”, Discovery House Pub

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• If God can bring blessing from the broken body of Jesus and glory from something that's obscene as the cross, He can bring blessing from my problems and my pain and my unanswered prayer.

  Anne Graham Lotz

  Hope, Jesus, Pain

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• The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, buy unoffered prayer.

  F.B. Meyer

  Prayer, Tragedy, Life Is

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• If there are questions that are unanswered by research, they will be answered by a strategy division, a data-mining group or someone else within the organization. We need to be more effective at collaborating with these groups.

  Stephen Jin-Woo Kim

  Business, Data, Organization

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• Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh;
  Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear;
  To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;
  Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.

  George Croly

  Patience, Art, Prayer

  George Croly (1851). “Scenes from scripture: with other poems”, p.13

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• There was a message written in pencil on the tiles by the roller towel. This was it: What is the purpose of life? Trout plundered his pockets for a pen or pencil. He had an answer to the question. But he had nothing to write with, not even a burnt match. So he left the question unanswered, but here is what he would have written, if he had found anything to write with: To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Writing, Eye, Pockets

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• You never let things go unanswered for too long. Emails. Phone calls. Questions. As if you know the waiting is the hardest part for me.

  David Levithan

  Phones, Long, Waiting

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.181, Macmillan

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• Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies.

  Rick Warren

  Prayer, Character, Promise

  Rick Warren (2004). “What on Earth Am I Here For?”

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