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In 1986, I was asked by the then-Dean of Science at the University of British Columbia, Dr. R.C. Miller, Jr., to establish a new interdisciplinary… — Michael W. Smith
No one ceases to be a man, no one forfeits his rights to civilization merely by being more or less uncultured, and since the Filipino… — Jose Rizal
In my family, there was one parent you asked for money and the other for permission to do things. You could never get both out… — Julianne Moore
As poet laureate, I was asked to be a spokesman for literature. — Robert Hass
My friends asked me to be a reverend at their wedding in France a few years ago. I went on the Internet, and within 15… — Lucy Punch
In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I… — John Edwards
My very first records, I was very interested in how you get the particular quality you want out of it, and I began to learn… — Todd Rundgren
We asked our friends and relations to lend us their children, and, because we lived in London, children loved to come and stay for their… — Maeve Binchy
Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what… — W. Edwards Deming
When President Ronald Reagan asked me a stupid question once, I called him an idiot in public! I thought I was going to be arrested,… — Bikram Choudhury
When actress Shirley Maclaine arrived 30 minutes late for a class, I asked her to leave. — Bikram Choudhury
I was in Estonia when a professor asked me if I was aware that making any criticism of the Red Army during the war was… — Antony Beevor
I bought a tape recorder and some stuff and went to Europe for three months when I was 18. The puppeteering was only there as… — Frank Oz
For the first few months, I was a comically inept parent. The first night home from the hospital, I held her bare body against my… — Nick Flynn
Because I teach and write about depression and bipolar illness, I am often asked what is the most important factor in treating bipolar disorder. My… — Kay Redfield Jamison
I went to junkyards, abandoned car lots. I asked supermarkets for the big jugs they put pig guts in, to make cabinets for my bass… — Grandmaster Flash
As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort. — Martin Freeman
Grant Dalton, constantly, whenever he gets asked something in the media about Oracle, he makes the statement that we have got unlimited resources, and we… — James Spithill
A lot of people have asked me to do answer phone messages for them. — Andy Serkis
When I had a fellowship at the Smithsonian, I asked for a couch in the office because I liked to lie down and take a… — Gloria Steinem
In the ongoing celebration that is literature, we are asked to imagine ourselves as other selves, for better or worse. — Joanna Scott
For celebrities, privacy is utterly nonexistent. You are asked intrusive questions about your personal life. You can be photographed at any moment. — Roxane Gay
Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked. — Unknown Author
Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked. — Gary Ryan Blair
The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties… — Bill Lee

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