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An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? No, said the… — Annie Dillard
When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree." — Martin Luther
Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them. You may dam… — Olive Schreiner
I have not been able to find a single useful institution which has not been founded either by an intensely religious man or by the… — Roger Babson
George Stigler Nobel laureate and a leader of Chicago School was asked why there were no Nobel Prizes awarded in the other social sciences, sociology,… — Robert Kuttner
One of the special beauties of America is that it is the only country in the world where you are not advised to learn the… — Quentin Crisp
Even under the most favorable circumstances no mortal can be asked to seize the truth in its wholeness or at its center. — George Santayana
"Don't you want to join us?" I was recently asked by an acquaintance when he ran across me alone after midnight in a coffeehouse that… — Franz Kafka
In many shamanic societies, people who complain of being disheartened... or depressed would be asked,... When did you stop dancing? ... This is because dancing… — Gabrielle Roth
Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked… — Ian Mckellen
Quite low down in the list is "How much am I going to be paid?"... my main feeling about money is that I don`t want… — Ian Mckellen
People talk about getting lucky breaks in their careers. I'm living proof that the 'lucky breaks' theory is simply wrong. You get to make your… — Steve Blank
You have to get something that is beyond, something special, something unique that happens to you, by which you become one with the whole. This… — Nirmala Srivastava
In the school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity and he threw the teacher out of the window. — Rodney Dangerfield
If a man, holding a belief which he was taught in childhood or persuaded of afterwards, keeps down and pushes away any doubts which arise… — William Kingdon Clifford
"My former master taught me to accept birth and death." "Then what have you come to me for?" asked the master. "To learn to accept… — Anthony de Mello
I told my wife 'hey honey come on, let's make love like the old days.' She asked me for 50 bucks. — Rodney Dangerfield
The master never seemed to have his fill of gazing at his firstborn child. "What do you want him to be when he grows up?"… — Anthony de Mello
I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says - "Yes; the little ones does". — Mark Twain
I never asked for stimulus. — Paul Ryan

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