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• A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean by twice, what by two, what by makes, and what by four. For asking such questions metaphysicians are supported in oriental luxury in the universities, and respected as educated and intelligent men.

  H. L. Mencken

  Philosophy, Mean, Intelligent

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• If we're going to ask our kids at age 18 to go off to war and die for their country, I don't see any problem with asking them at age 16 to think about what that might mean.

  Matthew Tobin Anderson

  Country, War, Mean

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• I have written to Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, asking him to consider 'staggered office timings' for government offices, which will help in decongesting road traffic during peak hours.

  Veerappa Moily

  Government, Office, Helping

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• I'm always asking friends what new music they're into, and I love showing people new talented artists.

  Mark Hoppus

  Artist, People, New Music

  "A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus!". Cosmo Girl Interview, www.seventeen.com. September 8, 2010.

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• God of our fathers,
  you chose Abraham and his descendants
  to bring your Name to the Nations:
  we are deeply saddened by the behaviour of those
  who in the course of history
  have caused these children of yours to suffer,
  and asking your forgiveness we wish to commit ourselves
  to genuine brotherhood
  with the people of the Covenant.

  Pope John Paul II

  Children, Father, Names

  Pope John Paul II's Written prayer placed by the pope into the Western Wall in Jerusalem, during his apostolic journey to the Holy Land, w2.vatican.va. March 26, 2000.

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• Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom can begin by asking themselves: Does any religious conviction justify denying lesbians and gays a basic legal promise of non-discrimination in hiring, public accommodations, and housing? Surely the answer to this question is no. Correcting that inequity would begin the process of recognizing that both sides - gay couples and religious objectors - have rights and that reasonable accommodation is possible only when both sides have something to gain.

  David Blankenhorn

  Religious, Couple, Gay

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• When you are converted, you want to do what you didn't want to do before, and you don't want to do what you wanted to do before. There's a change in the heart; there's a cleaning up, a change in orientation, and holiness becomes attractive, instead of something you have to put up with to figure out what you can get away with. As long as young people are asking, 'Can I get away with this?' or 'Can I get away with that?' I wonder if they're regenerate. If they're asking, instead, 'How can I grow in holiness?' then I suspect they've begun to understand.

  D. A. Carson

  Heart, Long, People

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• Do not forget this: the Lord never wearies of forgiving! We are the ones who weary of asking for forgiveness.

  Pope Francis

  Forgiving, Forget, Lord

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• Inside any deep asking is the answering.

  Rumi

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• No one worries about genre when they're dancing. They're not asking themselves, 'Is this song a dubstep song?'

  Skrillex

  Song, Dancing, Worry

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The best way to know what people want is not by asking them, but by understanding them.

  Niels Diffrient

  People, Understanding, Want

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• The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.

  Anton Chekhov

  Spring, Heart, Snow

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• Getting people to think about what they think, and asking them questions about it, is the best way I know how to teach.

  Eleanor Duckworth

  Thinking, People, Way

  "5 Great Teachers On What Makes A Great Teacher". Interview with Anya Kamenetz, www.npr.org. November 8, 2014.

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• Asking me what I think of Oscar (Hammerstein) is like asking me what I think of the Yankees, Man o' War and Strawberry Sundaes.

  Billy Rose

  War, Men, Thinking

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• Does my hair look alright? Of course, it looks alright. Why am I asking you for? ...We get lunch right? ...Can we get this thing going? I gotta meet my girlfriend for a martini.

  Alex Riley

  Girlfriend, Hair, Wwe

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• Asking someone in the media about liberal bias is like asking a fish about water. 'Huh, what are you talking about? Where is it?'

  John Stossel

  Media, Talking, Water

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• ...nobody would think of asking the U.N. General Assembly what it thinks because it is dominated by nations with no power and less legitimacy

  Dick Morris

  Thinking, Politics, Assembly

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• Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own?

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Advice, Risk

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

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• I joined another circle and the leader gave us a little leaflet in very small print, asking us to read it carefully and then come prepared to ask questions. It was a technical Marxist subject and I did not understand it nor did I know what questions to ask.

  Agnes Smedley

  Circles, Leader, Littles

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• Feeling offended is invigorating. Feeling offended is a reassuring sensation. It's easier than asking ourselves if the redeeming love of God is evident in the way we communicate with people.

  David Dark

  People, Feelings, Way

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• Ever since I'm done with Zim everyone thinks that I'm going to go back to comics. I've been flooded with emails asking me if I'm working on the new Johnny over and over again.

  Jhonen Vasquez

  Thinking, Email, Done

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• My aunt could never understand how writing could be a full-time job. She'd keep asking when I'd get a real job!.

  Ken Spillman

  Jobs, Real, Writing

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• Looking for love on the internet is like Janet Leigh asking Norman Bates if he likes her body.

  Max Brooks

  Looking For Love, Body, Likes

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• I've signed dicks, asses, parole cards, a colostomy bag while it was still pumping. A couple of years ago, I signed a bloody Tampax. That's one you don't forget. I'm not asking for someone to top that!

  John Waters

  Couple, Years, Bags

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• People were always asking for good sound proofs; doubt springs eternal in the human breast, even in countries where the Inquisition can read your very thoughts in your eyes.

  Thornton Wilder

  Country, Spring, Eye

  Thornton Wilder (2014). “The Bridge of San Luis Rey: A Novel”, p.9, Harper Collins

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