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Magical realism is based on magical magic, that is, the happening of things that cannot be explained by the characters and are not explained by the author.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about magic, things

Their football is not like our football, and I was asking...

Their football is not like our football, and I was asking Vinnie to explain cricket to me and he asked me to explain American football to him.

Quote by Dennis Farina about football, americans

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a...

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about pasion, blind, light, people

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK...

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about children

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be...

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, need

The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.

Quote by Douglas Adams about difficulties, conversation

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. Get up...

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. "Get up early, work late and strike oil"

Quote by Joey Adams about secret, work

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately...

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is....

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about wish, time

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell

How explain my knowledge of ancient Hebrew and Spanish...

How explain my knowledge of ancient Hebrew and Spanish and Italian, languages I never knew?

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about old, knowledge

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

Quote by Winston Churchill about ability

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before...

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

Quote by Charles Dickens about idea

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about sky

You've got to explain very clearly to someone working for...

You've got to explain very clearly to someone working for their family why all this open space is important to us.

Quote by Jim Fowler about univers, family

It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so...

Quote by Arthur Henderson about nation, opinion, world, fear, peace, war, power

Never complain. Never explain.

Never complain. Never explain.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to...

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

Quote by Joseph Joubert about god

The time a teacher takes in explaining is inversely...

The time a teacher takes in explaining is inversely proportional to the information retained by students.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education, teachers, time

The network would snap just when you were explaining an...

The network would snap just when you were explaining an important point over a NetMeeting conference call.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

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