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It skims in through the eye, and by means of the utterly delicate retina hurls shadows like insect legs inward for translation. Then an immense… — John Updike
Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my scotch, I say, I'm thirsty, not dirty. — Joe E. Lewis
The salesman thanks the customer for patronizing his shop and asks him to come again. But the socialists say: Be grateful to Hitler, render thanks… — Ludwig von Mises
The tragedy of young-earth creationism is that it takes a relatively recent and extreme view of Genesis, applies to it an unjustified scientific gloss, and… — Francis Collins
Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing. Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love. Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love,… — Marc Estrin
When you sign up for Facebook, the service first searches for any mentions of your name and suggests you befriend anyone who has mentioned you… — Ethan Zuckerman
If your husband asks what you think, tell him. If you have a preference, voice it. If you have a question, ask it. If you… — Kristin Armstrong
Nobody asks me about what male musicians I think about; I only ever get asked about females. — Lorde
Today, technology asks too much of people. — Chad Hurley
Whenever Disney asks if you want to do a fairy tale musical, you say yes. — Robert Lopez
A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a… — Anne Fortier
When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin. — Lou Holtz
If someone asks me to go to speak at, say, Princeton, I might or might not go. But if someone asks me from Norman, Oklahoma,… — Simon Schama
Novelists who pretend to understand what keeps them scribbling are really just guessing. A profound, unmet childish need to be acknowledged? Maybe. It hardly matters,… — Walter Kirn
God is limitless in His love, and asks that we at least make the effort to be limitless in ours. — Marianne Williamson
My mother asks when I will do some theatre, and there is something about getting your 15 minute call. That is what you become an… — Jonas Armstrong
No one asks the cow or the chicken where it gets its protein. I eat about 4,000 or 5,000 calories a day, and I cook… — John Salley
When a deeply sympathetic American president asks for concessions and compromises and appears able to cajole some from the Palestinians, which was the Clinton/Rabin and… — Elliott Abrams
When a governor asks you to come and serve... or a president, subsequently in my life - you do so. — Ann Wagner
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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