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When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.' — Steven Wright
Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter? — Steven Wright
I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, 'What for?' I said, 'I'm going to buy some sugar.' — Steven Wright
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, 'Well, what do you need?' — Steven Wright
When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules? — Steven Wright
Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring... 'How to Build a Boat.' — Steven Wright
I would think: Stay close to the implants! They must know something because they keep getting asked backstage! — Moon Unit Zappa
Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of… — Henry B. Eyring
People have often asked me whether what I know about love has spoiled it for me. And I just simply say, 'Hardly.' You can know… — Helen Fisher
Do you know a cure for me?" Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water." Salt water?" I asked him. Yes,"… — Isak Dinesen
[The doctor] peeked into the trauma room and saw the situation: the clerk - that is, me - standing next to the orderly, Georgie, both… — Denis Johnson
Nobody's ever asked me to a party before, as a friend. Is that why you dyed your eyebrow, for the party? Should I do mine… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
We talked, she and I. She asked about my work and it was a pretense, she was not interested in my work. And when I… — John Fante
I always want to know the things one shouldn't do." "So as to do them?" asked her aunt. "So as to choose." said Isabel — Henry James
Each time he took a walk, he felt as though he were leaving himself behind, and by giving himself up to the movement of the… — Paul Auster
A foolhardy lot, we accepted it all, as we always do, never asked: "What is going to happen to us now, with this invention of… — Doris Lessing
Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like. — Daniel Handler
In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in his cosmic loneliness. And God said, "Let Us make living creatures out… — Kurt Vonnegut
This is the sixty-nine," I told him, presenting the magazine in front of him. I put my fingers -- two of them -- on the… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Do you girls have hope chests?' Lloyd asked. We certainly do.' I don't,' said Betsy. 'My husband and I are going to use paper plates… — Maud Hart Lovelace
Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour. “No, I’m not,” retorted Hermione. “I’m hoping to do some good… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Alister McGrath has now written two books with my name in the title. The poet W. B. Yeats, when asked to say something about bad… — Richard Dawkins
You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given me cake. I… — Oscar Wilde
He wandered into the Newsroom and asked for a job the same way he’d walk into a barbershop and ask for a haircut, and with… — Hunter S. Thompson
Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him… — Adlai E. Stevenson

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