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5201 quotes by 3036 authors
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Nobody asked you to flip burgers for the rest of your life.
— Bill Cosby
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I first met Bev Shea while in Chicago when he was on Moody Radio. As a young man starting my ministry, I asked Bev if…
— Billy Graham
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Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things: (1)…
— Greg Iles
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My entry into the field of hydrogen came as a great surprise. President Bush of the United States was interested in hydrogen for energy applications,…
— Mildred S. Dresselhaus
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I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we…
— Shirley Temple
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What if democracy does not serve liberty? This question is seldom asked in the West, where democracy is often seen as synonymous with liberalism.
— Mustafa Akyol
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Serial tasking is hard because switching tasks is hard, even when the tasks are easy and similar. In some experiments, bilingual speakers are asked to…
— Sendhil Mullainathan
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Over the years, many people on a spiritual journey have asked me why I keep going on about politics, and many people involved in politics…
— Marianne Williamson
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My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the…
— Ronaldinho
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Sometimes, and I hate to say it, you do feel things are asked for in the most ludicrously unrealistic fashion. The time you are expected…
— Darren Boyd
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After the assassination of my wife, our nation was perilously close to civil strife. If I, as the co-chairman of the Party, had asked my…
— Asif Ali Zardari
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Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where that language is spoken, but…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.
— Robert Zoellick
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When President Obama asked Congress to raise the debt ceiling $2 trillion and offered sequestration as an offset, I opposed it. I did not believe…
— Mike Turner
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When I finally went to Ireland, I had to go. It was 1993. My father was finally too old to travel alone, and he asked…
— John Patrick Shanley
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Every time I have visited the U.S., I have been asked to let loose my hair and remove the hair pins. Each time, I have…
— Preneet Kaur
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Research In Motion, the owner of BlackBerry, has been asked by a range of governments to comply with surveillance requirements.
— Rebecca MacKinnon
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Once I accidentally left my passport in Nice, France, when I was on my way to Prague. Upon arriving in Vienna, after taking an overnight,…
— Megalyn Echikunwoke
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In 1906, I developed pleurisy and was unable to get into condition. So I asked for my release and obtained it. So ended my Major…
— Kid Nichols
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I believe that all students, when asked to be accountable for their actions and to be socially aware citizens, will become agents for change!
— Erin Gruwell
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