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[Why] should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book? Its morals are pure, its examples captivating and noble. The… — Fisher Ames
Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life? — Mary Chapin Carpenter
So I wonder this, as life billows smoke inside my head This little game where nothing is sure Why would you play by the rules?… — Dave Matthews
The master and the student on the journey to mastery, knows that the illusions are the illusions, decides why they are there, and then consciously… — Neale Donald Walsch
I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs. — Alexis de Tocqueville
In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a… — C.S. Lewis
Why didn't kill me it never made me stronger at all. — Ed Sheeran
I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only… — Alexander Hamilton
Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion clinics? — William Blum
I know why the caged bird sings. — Maya Angelou
The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because the enemy has sent men to invade our shores, but rather… — Joseph McCarthy
If you love a woman, you can dominate her. That's why lovers go on playing politics with each other, dominating, possessing; the fear is there… — Rajneesh
Surrender is just like love. That's why I say only lovers can become sannyasins - because they know a little of how to surrender. Love… — Rajneesh
I was just confused about why I was feeling overwhelmed all the time and trying to adjust to having people work for me. Surprisingly, I… — Felicia Day
Why has mankind had such a craving to be imposed upon? Why this lust after imposing creeds, imposing deeds, imposing buildings, imposing language, imposing works… — D. H. Lawrence
Go isn't functional, it's pragmatical. Why pure paradigms like FP or OOP are always a must? (sigh) — Frank Muller
Why would you have a language that is not theoretically exciting? Because it's very useful. — Rob Pike
One of the fundamental reasons why so many doctors become cynical and disillusioned is precisely because, when the abstract idealism has worn thin, they are… — John Berger
I cannot love anyone if I hate myself. That is the reason why we feel so extremely uncomfortable in the presence of people who are… — Carl Jung
O world, world! thus is the poor agent despised. O traitors and bawds, how earnestly are you set a-work, and how ill requited! Why should… — William Shakespeare

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