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    A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.

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A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his read more

A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor.

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Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.

Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.

by Ernest Gaines Found in: Questioning Quotes,
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The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it read more

The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth revealing, on national television, that you have the ethical standards of a slime-coated piece of industrial waste?

by Dave Barry Found in: Questioning Quotes,
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You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you read more

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel.

by Richard Bach Found in: Questioning Quotes,
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Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.

Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.

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Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in read more

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?

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How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to read more

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become -- to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.

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There are two sides to every question, because, when there are no longer two sides it ceases to be a read more

There are two sides to every question, because, when there are no longer two sides it ceases to be a question

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If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

by Seneca Found in: Questioning Quotes,
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