Quotes with non-reason

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  • Boris Johnson The only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Marlon Brando The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.
    Marlon Brando
    American actor, film director, and activist (1924 - 2004)
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  • Clark Gable The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great - and they know I know it.
    Clark Gable
    American actor (1901 - 1960)
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  • Joan Baez The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.
    Joan Baez
    American singer, songwriter (1941 - )
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  • Bill Burr The only time I get sick of making people laugh is when I'm in a non-writing-joke mode, and I just can't seem to come up with anything new that's funny. That's a tough place to be as a comedian.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Cyril Connolly The person who is master of their passions is reason's slave.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • Walter Lippmann The principles of the good society call for a concern with an order of being - which cannot be proved existentially to the sense organs - where it matters supremely that the human person is inviolable, that reason shall regulate the will, that truth shall prevail over error.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Tom Wolfe The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not true with non-fiction.
    Tom Wolfe
    American author and journalist (1930 - 2018)
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  • Boris Sidis The psycho-physiological hypothesis is both inductively and deductively the sine qua non of the science of psychology.
    The Foundations of Normal and Abnormal Psychology (1914)
    Boris Sidis
    Ukrainian-American psychologist, psychiatrist, and philosopher (1867 - 1923)
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  • Billy Collins The public is probably more suspicious of poets than women, and maybe for good reason.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Billy Gibbons The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people's radar, and for good reason. It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go 'round and 'round.
    Billy Gibbons
    American musician, record producer, and actor (1949 - )
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  • Lord George Byron The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Thomas Wolfe The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.
    Thomas Wolfe
    American writer and journalist (1900 - 1938)
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  • Karl Lagerfeld The reason American cars don't sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That's why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.
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  • Edmond de Goncourt The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.
    Edmond de Goncourt
    French writer and critic (1822 - 1896)
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  • Anselm Kiefer The reason for this project comes from my childhood, that is clear to me. I did not have any toys. So, I played in the bricks of ruined buildings around me and with which I built houses.
    Anselm Kiefer
    German painter and sculptor (1945 - )
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  • Sam Levenson The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
    Sam Levenson
    American author (1911 - 1980)
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  • Carine Roitfeld The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Bjork The reason I do photographs is to help people understand my music, so it's very important that I am the same, emotionally, in the photographs as in the music. Most people's eyes are much better developed than their ears. If they see a certain emotion in the photograph, then they'll understand the music.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Campbell Scott The reason I got into acting was not to explore myself. I was a reader, I didn't care about acting. I got into it in college, but I had no interest really in that, in getting up in front of anybody.
    Campbell Scott
    American actor, director and producer (1961 - )
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