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Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life. — Barbara Kingsolver
I emphasize teachers because they are largely left out of the debate. None of the bombastic reports that come from Washington and think tanks telling… — Jonathan Kozol
Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. — Tommy Lasorda
The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live?… — John Lennon
The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions. — Claude Levi-Strauss
When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie? — Lisa Loeb
If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them. — John Lydon
'The Brady Bunch' asks nothing of you as a viewer. Sometimes is just what the doctor ordered. — Seth MacFarlane
When an employee asks why the company does things a certain way, and you can explain the logical reason, then the employee knows what she's… — Harvey Mackay
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. — W. Somerset Maugham
The most evocative thing to me is probably when a writer and a group of performers can collectively put together something compelling that asks the… — John Malkovich
When somebody asks me a question, I try to be as straightforward about it as possible. I try not to overthink what I'm going to… — Shirley Manson
Each time we cooperate with God, we take one more giant step forward. Because when God asks us to change, it means that He always… — Joyce Meyer
We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire;… — Maria Mitchell
Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of… — Richard M. Nixon
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you… — Barack Obama
We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's… — Barack Obama
I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000… — Barack Obama
But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. — Thomas Paine
The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your… — Pope John Paul II

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