7. Benedict
Cumberbatch
The actor recently held
up provocative signs
about democracy,
government, liberty,
security, and journalism.
“These are very complex
questions and very
difficult arguments to be
very clear about, so to
ask the questions is to
stimulate debate.”
8.
9. Kanye West
He questions not just
boundaries in music ,
but those in fashion, art,
and beyond.
“We have to rethink, re-inspire.
Wash the brain,
not brainwash.”
10.
11. Laura Linney
The actress says, “After
taking a part, I read the
script and ask ‘Why?’
I ask ‘Why?’ until there’s
no more “Why‘ to ask. I
read a script and it’ll say,
‘INTERIOR: Chicago
Tenement.’ I stop and
ask, ‘Why is it a
tenement’ ‘Why is it
Chicago?’”
12.
13. Muhammed
Ali
The former champ was
known for his smarts
and creativity inside
and outside the ring.
“I’m not just a boxer, I do
a lot of reading, a lot of
studying, I ask a lot of
questions, I watch how
people live. I was always
curious. I always
wondered, ‘Why?’”
14.
15. Matt Damon
The actor’s Water.org
project tackles the prob-lem
of the lack of safe
water for 1 billion people.
When the usual charitable
efforts weren’t reaching
people, Damon and
Water.org partner Gary
White asked: “What if local
communities could have
the means to create their
own sources of water?”
16.
17. Louis C.K.
Louis C.K. specializes in
observational humor,
and one of his most
famous bits concerns
the endless questions of
4-year-olds:
“A kid never says, ‘Okay
I get it.’ The questions
just keep coming. Why?
Why? Why? Til you don’t
even know who the #*@!
you are any more.”
18.
19. Key & Peele
Answering a simple
question can lead to big
things.
When the comedy duo
Key & Peele were
starting out, Jordan
Peele says, “We
recognized that we
would be compared to
‘Chapelle’s Show’ a lot.
So we asked ourselves
“What can we do that no
one else can do?”
20.
21. Richard
Sherman
The cornerback talks
about inheriting his
curiosity and problem-solving
skills from his
father Kevin, who
supplemented his job
with the city’s sanitation
dept by taking on odd jobs
around the neighborhood.
If Kevin was fixing a car,
Richard was underneath
it with him, learning.
22.
23. Claire Danes
Danes says, “Growing up
in New York City, I was
always encouraged to
question authority… If I
hadn’t been an actress, I
was thinking seriously
about going into
psychology. It’s just
really what I’m
interested in: The human
psyche and how we
process information.”
24.
25. Beyoncé
The entertainment
superstar loves to
challenge music biz
conventions. Her latest
release broke all the
rules—and records.
Her lyrics pose some
great questions, too:
“All the people on the
planet working 9 to 5
just to stay alive. How
come?”
26. Find out more about why
Einstein and so many
others are such believers
in questioning and
challenging the status quo,
27. and
how questioning can lead
to greater success and
happiness in all our lives.
28. and
how questioning can lead
to greater success and
happiness in all our lives.
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