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“The answer is meaningless unless you discover it for yourself.” W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
“For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle does not exist. If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered.” Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
“I always deserve the best treatment, because I never put up with any other; and, therefore, you must give me a plain, direct answer.” Jane Austen, Emma
“'it depends' is almost always the right answer in any big question.” Linus Torvalds
“Were all instructors to realize that the quality of mental process, not the production of correct answers, is the measure of educative growth something hardly less than a revolution in teaching would be worked.” John Dewey, Democracy and Education
“If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.” Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.” Albert Camus, The Fall
“I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even the moments of emptiness, even the unanswered—and that I loved it, that is the unanswered in my life.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
“We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be answered, the problems of life have still not been touched at all.” Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
“I love you so much that nothing can matter to me—not even you. Can you understand that? Only my love—not your answer. Not even your indifference.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.” Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi

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