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It is in that spirit, the spirit of '76, that I ask you to rise and join me in a toast to Chairman Mao, to…
— Richard M. Nixon
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If you ask the fish whether they'd rather have an oil spill or a season of fishing, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd vote for…
— Carl Safina
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When I hear a grown man or woman say, "Once I had faith in men, now I have not," I am inclined to ask, "Who…
— Henry David Thoreau
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There never seems to be any trouble brewing around a bar until a woman puts that high heel over the brass rail. Don't ask me…
— Humphrey Bogart
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Spreadsheet: a kind of program that lets you sit at your desk and ask all kinds of neat "what if?" questions and generate thousands of…
— Dave Barry
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Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems.
— Peter Bichsel
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What we ask of music, first and last, is that it communicate experience - experience of all kinds, vital and profound at its greatest, amusing…
— Roger Sessions
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The majority of us do not enthrone God, we enthrone common sense. We make our decisions and then ask the real God to bless our…
— Oswald Chambers
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If someone were to ask me whether I believed in God, or saw God, or had a particular relationship with God, I would reply that…
— Robert Fulghum
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Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we…
— Gwen Ifill
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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated."Mark McCormack, Author and sports entrepreneur"Psychologists tell us that money is a satisfier, not…
— John Baldoni
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We should ask ourselves; What are the Brethren saying? The living prophets can open the visions of eternity; they give counsel on how to overcome…
— James E. Faust
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We have learned how to develop five-minute and even one-minute managers. But we would do better to ask ourselves what it takes to be an…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
— W. Edwards Deming
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You've got to take risks if you're going to succeed. I would much rather ask forgiveness than permission.
— Richard Branson
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You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to…
— Tiffeny Milbrett
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Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it.
— Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
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As the warden of San Quentin, I presided over four executions. After each one, someone on the staff would ask, 'Is the world safer because…
— Jeanne Woodford
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You ask me how, with so much study, I manage to retene my health. ... Morpheous is my last companion ; without 8 or 9…
— Isaac Newton
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Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind,…
— Herb Kohl
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Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs.
— James Levine
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If you ask people to do things and they usually don't get around to them, stop asking yourself, "What's the matter with people these days?"…
— Ed Bliss
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The incredible story of progress that is America has always been built by those who ask why, what if, and why not. Our schools must…
— Barack Obama
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To seduce most anyone, ask for and listen to his opinion.
— Malcolm Forbes
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Benedict Cumberbatch is not only the best name in show business, it's also the response you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben…
— Neil Patrick Harris
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