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Colonel Parker asked Henry and me to come to Elvis' suite and have breakfast. There were at least five policemen stationed up there. He was… — Minnie Pearl
I remember being at Greenblatt's on Sunset, and some guy just walked straight up to me, and he had some bling on and whatever, and… — Yvonne Strahovski
When asked by a prospective donor how much he should give, the best reply is, "Give until you are proud." — Paul Ireland
On Sept 15th [1852] Mr Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, asked my opinion on the utility of Mr Babbage's calculating machine, and the propriety of… — George Biddell Airy
Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole… — Gerald Vann
[In geology,] As in history, the material in hand remains silent if no questions are asked. The nature of these questions depends on the "school"… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
Frequently, I have been asked if an experiment I have planned is pure or applied science; to me it is more important to know if… — William Shockley
Were I asked to define it, I should reply that archeology is that science which enables us to register and classify our knowledge of the… — Amelia B. Edwards
What Is Mathematics? This question, if asked in earnest, has no answer. — Salomon Bochner
MY INSPIRATION has always been Jeanne Calment, a Frenchwoman who smoked and drank every day and died a few years ago at the age of… — Victoria Coren Mitchell
A heathen philosopher once asked a Christian, 'Where is God'? The Christian answered, 'Let me first ask you, Where is He not?' — Aaron Arrowsmith
Good people are seldom fully recognised during their lifetimes, and here, there are serious problems of corruption. One day it will be realised that my… — Alice Stewart
If asked how to cope with a great host of the enemy in orderly array and on the point of marching to the attack, I… — Sun Tzu
A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to… — Abraham Lincoln
Whether humanity is to comprehensively prosper...depends entirely on the integrity of the human individuals and not on the political and economic systems. The cosmic question… — R. Buckminster Fuller
I shall go wherever I am asked to participate for freedom. — Mary Tyler Peabody Mann
There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something… — Anton Chekhov
I have been asked what I mean by my word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone… — Karl G. Maeser
You ask: What is it that philosophers have called qualitative states? I answer, only half in jest: As Louis Armstrong said when asked what jazz… — Ned Block
Make the decision to do what Jesus Christ has asked you to do. — M. Russell Ballard

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