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To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices such as fasting… — John Ortberg
Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility… — Bruce Barton
Do you know what directors go through? It's just hell. Like, why do I work so hard - to think I'm only going to see… — Michael Bay
Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse social impact... These young people… — Richard M. Nixon
I wish I could show you what a small marihuana cigarette can do to one of our degenerate Spanish-speaking residents. That's why our problem is… — Harry J. Anslinger
The federal war on drugs is a total failure... The federal government's going in there and overriding state laws... Why don't we handle the drugs… — Ron Paul
O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my… — William Shakespeare
The importance of insomnia is so colossal that I am tempted to define man as the animal who cannot sleep. Why call him a rational… — Emile M. Cioran
Like being a woman, like being a racial religious tribal or ethnic minority, being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why… — Hillary Clinton
You see, it's been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. Why didn't we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the… — Adolf Hitler
Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like… — Annie Lennox
Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking,… — Andrew Carnegie
Broke is normal. Why be normal? — Dave Ramsey
The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them,… — Mother Teresa
Why should a woman cook? So her husband can say 'My wife makes a delicious cake' to some hooker? — Joan Rivers
Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving — Steve Winwood
And why not do something new every day of your life? Change! Change! — Elaine Stritch
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero? — Thomas Carlyle
People ask: Why should I care about the ocean? Because the ocean is the cornerstone of earth's life support system, it shapes climate and weather.… — Sylvia Earle
I'm haunted by the thought of what Ray Anderson calls 'tomorrow's child,' asking why we didn't do something on our watch to save sharks and… — Sylvia Earle

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