#curious

No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had. ↗

— Donald Sutherland

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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ↗

— Carl Rogers

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I have no pretence to greater physical courage than my neighbours, but familiarity with a subject robs it of those vague and undefined terrors which are the most appalling to the imaginative mind. The human brain is capable of only one strong emotion at a time, and if it be filled with curiosity or scientific enthusiasm, there is no room for fear. ("The Brown Hand") ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Nothing whets the intelligence more than a passionate suspicion, nothing develops all the faculties of an immature mind more than a trail running away into the dark. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

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Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient. ↗

— Eugene S. Wilson

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The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working with a musician, especially on a project for radio. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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The human capacity to be curious has always existed. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

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I'd be curious to find out, but I don't think people in the entertainment industry are proportionally more or less serious politically than anyone in the landscaping industry. ↗

— David Cross

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Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. ↗

— Marie Curie

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We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. ↗

— Walt Disney

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