"Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking."

-- Edward de Bono

#Thinking Quotes #Important Quotes #Asking Quotes

“REDEF is dedicated to my mother, who nurtured and encouraged my interest in everything and slightly regrets the day she taught me to always ask 'why?'”
“The objective of our religious foundations is to teach people that they are hurting themselves when they say they believe something. What we should realize is we know almost nothing about God and therefore we should be eager to search and to learn.”
“Because words were hills and valleys you traveled, so lovely sometimes that they hurt your eyes.”
“Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to use the language that was spoken during the period, for I refuse to whitewash history. The language was painful and life was painful for many African Americans, including my family. I remember the pain.”

Source : Mildred D. Taylor (2001). “The Land”, p.17, Penguin
“I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy.”
“I just don't want to be famous. I feel like there's a lot of sacrifice in that I'm not really willing to make.”
“We say that money talks, but it speaks a broken, poverty-stricken language. Hearts talk better, clearer, and with wider intelligence.”
“I don't have lots of things in the background. I do like large faces. I find them strong and contemporary.”

Source : "Kate portrait: First painting gets mixed reviews". BBC Interview, www.bbc.com. January 11, 2013.

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