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You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

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For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature. ↗

— Ann Druyan

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Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Let me explain something when I'm talking about sin, and I'm talking about all sin. One of the biggest ones that has been talked about that has really become a debate in America is homosexuality. ↗

— Reggie White

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Feature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn't have the same factory machinery up and running, teams of writers putting familiar characters through permutations - but that doesn't explain the widening quality gap that makes movie humor look like a genetic defective. ↗

— James Wolcott

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How do you explain the bond between man and wife? Well, for one thing, it's private. What people do in their own marriage is their own business. ↗

— Robin Gibb

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I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one of the 24 proofs, the one for 'I'm So Tired,' which I have on my piano at home. ↗

— Arthur Godfrey

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It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

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One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds. ↗

— G. H. Hardy

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