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5201 quotes by 2862 authors
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There were times when I asked myself whether I was being principled or simply a coward.... I was wrapped in the cocoon of tennis early…
— Arthur Ashe
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I asked my Dad once, "How did you and Mum stay married for 33 years?" He said. "Well, we never wanted to get divorced at…
— Gwyneth Paltrow
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Diplomacy, of course, is a subtle and nuanced craft, so much so that it's said that when the most wily diplomat of the nineteenth-century passed…
— Ronald Reagan
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May it not be asked of every intelligent friend to the liberties of his country, whether the power exercised in such an act as this…
— James Madison
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I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.
— Billy Bob Thornton
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I went to Columbia University because they were doing a study on people who suffered from panic attacks, and because I suffered from panic attacks…
— Unknown Author
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I hated being photographed and never wanted to go on red carpets, even though they always asked me to. My place was behind the scenes.…
— Giovanna Cau
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If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I don't…
— Michael J. Fox
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A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at…
— Pope Francis
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
— Viktor E. Frankl
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Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. After my…
— Al Franken
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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven…
— Al Franken
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I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of…
— Ace Frehley
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Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always…
— Robert Frost
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I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse to doing one…
— Noel Gallagher
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Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got work…
— Frank Gehry
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Dave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his mind?'
— Marla Gibbs
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Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half…
— William Glasser
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Bain also asked Kansas City for a $3 million tax break. The Bain executives were taking home $36 million in borrowed funds and were asking…
— Jennifer Granholm
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But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's…
— Amy Grant
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