Ask Me Quotes - Page 8

• I'm not saying that there weren't other inherent problems with the score that couldn't have been overcome with a bit of remixing, but why did they ask me to do it, and why did Griffin ask me to do it this way, for a film that had nothing to do with American vernacular?

  Michael Nyman

  Overcoming, Way, Problem

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• Don't ask me something if the answer doesn't truly matter to you.

  Ken Weber

  Answers, Matter, Asks

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• I remember things that happened sixty years ago, but if you ask me where I left my car keys five minutes ago, that's sometimes a problem.

  Lou Thesz

  Keys, Years, Car

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• People ask me 'what was going through your mind in the race?' and I don't know. I try and ...let my body do what it knows

  Ian Thorpe

  Motivational, Sports, Swimming

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• Raising your level of performance requires a proper mentality and meaning from within. This gives you the ability and drive to work on the things necessary to go to a higher level. When people ask me how to raise their level of performance, the first thing I ask is, How important is it to you?

  Dan Gable

  Perseverance, People, Giving

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• Be humble about it. Paint the color tones as they come against each other, and make them sing, vibrate. Don't ask me to look at those self-satisfied, pretty things.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Humility, Humble, Pride

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• When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and in a previous life I was Johann Sebastian Bach's guide dog.

  George Shearing

  Music, Dog, People

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• People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.

  Damon Hill

  Sports, Athlete, People

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• You ask me why I spend my life writing? Do I find entertainment? Is it worthwhile? Above all, does it pay? If not, then, is there a reason?... I write only because there is a voice within me. That will not be still.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Sylvia Plath (2011). “Letters Home”, p.56, Faber & Faber

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• I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning, I say: 'What is my exciting thing for today?' Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow.

  Barbara Jordan

  Life, Motivational, Morning

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• When an answer I did not expect comes to a prayer which I believed I truly meant, I shrink back from it; if the burden my Lord asks me to bear be not the burden of my heart's choice, and I fret inwardly and do not welcome His will, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

  Amy Carmichael

  Prayer, Heart, Choices

  Amy Carmichael (2016). “If: Devotional Edition”, p.68, Aneko Press

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• When my Mama asks me will I ever change, I tell her yeah... But it's clear I will always be the same until the end of time.

  Tupac Shakur

  Thug, Mama, Ends

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• People would ask me, 'Is he as funny at home as he is in the movies?' ... I would have to answer, 'Well, he can be funny. But he is also very serious. He has insomnia and if we him up early, he would bawl the hell out of me'.

  Arthur Marx

  Home, Insomnia, Up Early

  "The one, the only Groucho on PBS" by Paul Vercammen, www.cnn.com. March 13, 2001.

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• People often ask me, "What's the difference between couplehood and babyhood?" In a word? Moisture. Everything in my life is now more moist. Between your spittle, your diapers, your spit-up and drool, you got your baby food, your wipes, your formula, your leaky bottles, sweaty baby backs, and numerous other untraceable sources-all creating an ever-present moistness in my life, which heretofore was mainly dry.

  Paul Reiser

  Baby, Children, Humorous

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• We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to woman as freely as to man.

  Margaret Fuller

  Men, Sea, Justice

  "The Great Lawsuit. Man versus Men. Woman versus Women". Essay by Margaret Fuller, first published in The Dial Magazine, Volume IV, archive.vcu.edu. July 1843.

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• Two big questions that people ask me are: if we make these robots more and more human-like, will we accept them - will they need rights eventually? And the other question people ask me is, will they want to take over?

  Rodney Brooks

  Motivation, Inspiration, Technology

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• You ask me where I get my ideas. That I cannot tell you with certainty. They come unsummoned, directly, indirectly - I could seize them with my hands - out in the open air, in the woods, while walking, in the silence of the nights, at dawn, excited by moods which are translated by the poet into words, by me into tones that sound and roar and storm about me till I have set them down in notes.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Night, Air, Hands

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• This is what I tell young women who ask me for career advice. People are going to try to trick you. To make you feel that you are in competition with one another. You're up for a promotion. If they go for a woman, it'll be between you and Barbara. Don't be fooled. You're not in competition with other women. You're in competition with everyone.

  Tina Fey

  Witty, Careers, People

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• The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.

  Sparky Anderson

  Baseball, Grandchildren, Grandparent

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• I hope no one asks me to show them the ropes; I have no idea where they are. Maybe I could pull some strings and find out.

  George Carlin

  Humorous, Ideas, Rope

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• People ask me if I could fly, I said, 'yeah....' for a little while.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Nba

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• Ask me to play. I'll play. Ask me to shoot. I'll shoot. Ask me to pass. I'll pass. Ask me to steal, block out, sacrifice, lead, dominate. Anything. But it's not what you ask of me. It's what I ask of myself.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Block, Sacrifice

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• What does politically correct mean? If you're fat, don't ask me if you're fat, because I'm gonna tell you the truth. You're fat.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Basketball, Mean

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  I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Nba, People

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• Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.

  Frances Conroy

  Nice, Makeup, People

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