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Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it.… — John F. Kennedy
I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find Hollywood, in my… — Jane Lynch
Why shouldn't gay people be allowed to be able to marry? Those against gay marriages say marriage should only be between a man and a… — Elizabeth Taylor
Why must she dress that way? I think she's confused about her gender. — Tim Gunn
I'm for gay marriage. I don't want to do it, but I certainly think people should be allowed to, and I wouldn't vote for anybody… — John Waters
People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have a reward; but for my part, if I have done the hardest… — Herman Melville
You can't postpone sorrow, so why would you postpone happiness? — Robert Breault
I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures, but more in… — Sufjan Stevens
[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth at all. It… — Seth Shostak
Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog? ... or a cat, or a gazelle, or a lion, or any other animal… — Gerard De Nerval
Often the great scientists, by turning the problem around a bit, changed a defect to an asset. For example, many scientists when they found they… — Richard Hamming
As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're not wasting a… — John Fogerty
Most of the really good songs are dead true. ... It had to have happened to have the song be there. Every time I've tried… — Guy Clark
I don't really know why an idea comes to me. But all of a sudden, an idea comes and from experience I can intuit what… — Paul Simon
She knew the intensity of adolescence, and knew no cure for it except growing up. And then one has age and experience, and mourns the… — Sara Paretsky
There's something about comedy, funny things, that people want to pass them along. Serious things and personal things are much more privately enjoyed. That's why… — Jonathan Coulton
That's why I'm so passionate about making music for movies because you dive in and find the best ideas to bring tolife a collective piece… — Unknown Author
Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents… — Anne McCaffrey
I had a lot of time to myself, and I would listen to a lot of music, mostly music that I knew fairly well and… — Will Oldham
Some hit songs are really stupid, and who knows why they're hits. But a lot of hit songs are really good. I agree with Jim… — Jorma Kaukonen

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