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• The conspiracy theory of society... comes from abandoning god and then asking: "Who is in his place"

  Karl Popper

  Conspiracy, Theory, Conspiracy Theory

  Karl Popper (2014). “Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge”, p.204, Routledge

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• Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment... The first question is: What do I want this person to do that's different from what he or she is currently doing? If we ask only this first question, punishment may seem effective because the threat or exercise of punitive force may well influence the person's behavior. However, with the second question, it becomes evident that punishment isn't likely to work: What do I want this person's reasons to be for doing what I'm asking?

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Exercise, Punishment, Two

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• The best results I have had in my life; the most enjoyable times, have all come from asking the simple question: 'What is the worst that could happen?'

  Tim Ferriss

  Simple, Results, Worst

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• If you get people asking the wrong questions, you don't have to worry about the answers.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  People, Worry, Answers

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• I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very self-conscious. My job isn't to be me. Being an actor, people think you can do a eulogy at a funeral, a speech at a wedding. I find all that very nerve-racking.

  Eddie Marsan

  Jobs, Thinking, Knowing

  "Eddie Marsan: 'I Don't Have a Great Need to Be Liked by an Audience'". Interview with Cath Clarke, www.theguardian.com. November 01, 2011.

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• When you meet someone for the first time instead of asking them what they do, you should ask them what they've always wanted to do. This conversation will be much more interesting.

  Dallas Clayton

  Interesting, Firsts, Should

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• We need to pay attention to the questions non-Christians are asking, and the conversations that Christians are having.

  Mark Driscoll

  Christian, Needs, Attention

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• I get along very well with the cast of '30 Rock.' I guess I bring a certain quirkiness to the show as well. I'm just thankful they keep asking me. I didn't think I was going to be asked back so every time they say, 'We want you back,' I'm screaming. I'm jumping up and down and screaming.

  Sherri Shepherd

  Thinking, Jumping, Rocks

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• It's foolish to bet on a horse without talking to him first. I know it seems silly to ask a horse who's going to win a race - but it's no sillier than asking anyone else.

  Gracie Allen

  Horse, Silly, Winning

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• What counts is knowing who you want to be and asking for it.

  Bruce Wilkinson

  Knowing, Want

  Bruce Wilkinson (2010). “The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life”, p.29, Multnomah

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• People are always asking what's the secret of my success, and the answer is easy - at least for me. You have to have a strong inner drive. If you don't have a goal or purpose to strive for, I don't think that you have much of a life. You've got to have something to do that you want to apply yourself to - that's what living is all about.

  Aaron Tippin

  Strong, Thinking, People

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• Talking about freedom, about ethical issues, about responsibilities as well as convenience, is asking people to think about things they might prefer to ignore, such as whether their conduct is ethical. This can trigger discomfort, and some people may simply close their minds to it. It does not follow that we ought to stop talking about these things.

  Richard Stallman

  Responsibility, Thinking, Ethical Issues

  "Why 'Free Software' Is Better Than 'Open Source'". www.gnu.org. 1998.

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• [Several candidates talked of problems with the federal Medicare system, particularly concerns about whether it would cover prescription drug costs in the future.] We're asking senior citizens to make a choice between their health and their income, ... Medicare is probably the most difficult challenge we face in the next century, because it has a lot to do with other things besides money.

  John McCain

  Senior, Choices, Challenges

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• At a time of massive inequality, I think we can raise substantial sums of revenue to address the needs of working families, the elderly, and the children, by asking those people who are doing phenomenally well to start paying their fair share.

  Bernie Sanders

  Children, Thinking, Elderly

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• What I want to know is how the white man, with the blood of black people dripping off his fingers, can have the audacity to be asking black people [why] they hate him?

  Malcolm X

  Hate, Men, White Man

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• I started asking the big questions that I had asked in college, that my compatriots the Greek philosophers had asked, like 'what is a good life?' Socrates famously said that 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' I started asking these questions from the starting point of 'what is success?'

  Arianna Huffington

  Good Life, College, Greek

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• Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this?

  C. Wright Mills

  May, Sociology, Results

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• Glenn Beck retired or got fired...and a lot of people are asking who will now speak for the raving lunatics who startle you outside of a parking garage?

  Bill Maher

  People, Speak, Garage

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• If people are asking me for clubbing tips, then they're in real trouble. My clubbing tip is never go to a club, because they're horrible and I hate them. I'm more of a dinner party guy.

  Simon Bird

  Hate, Real, Party

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• It's a lot of accumulated joy and tension and all kinds of emotions just pouring out of all us. We've all been preparing for this day and we all knew that one day we would just have to move on with our lives and careers even though we all love this show and love working together. But it's still an incredibly emotional time, especially for me with a lot of journalists asking me how it feels about FRIENDS coming to an end. It's started to make me think very deeply about what it's all meant to me and that's made me ever more emotional!

  Jennifer Aniston

  Moving, Emotional, Thinking

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• In my country, families are raised as though they are one. Although I am from the Dinka tribe, my parents didn't raise us as the Dinka tribe. They raised us as the Wek family, in the way they believed their children should grow up. So when you leave, the first thing you think is the ones you left behind. It's natural to help them in any way you can. I found a way to support myself rather than asking my Mum to give me money. I would work before school and send money back to pay for their rent and food.

  Alek Wek

  Country, Children, Growing Up

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• When we start to feel anxious or depressed, instead of asking, "What do I need to get to be happy?" The question becomes, "What am I doing to disturb the inner peace that I already have?"

  D.T. Suzuki

  Inner Peace, Needs, Anxious

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• I've learned that asking ourselves not just what we want to be, but who we want to be is important at every stage of our lives, not just when we're starting out in the world. That's because in a way, we're starting out fresh in the world every single day.

  Maria Shriver

  Important, World, Want

  Maria Shriver (2008). “Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within.”, p.14, Hachette UK

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• I am a Christian and I don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate.

  Gary Goodyear

  Christian, Thinking, Appropriate

  "Religious Fundamentalism Spreads... Beyond Islam" by Ali A. Rizvi, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 27, 2009.

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• It's not so much the question that offends me; it's that the people asking it don't seem to respect the moral seriousness of the question.

  Phil Klay

  People, Moral, Seriousness

  "In 'Redeployment,' Former Marine Explores The Challenges Of Coming Home". "Fresh Air" with David Bianculli, www.npr.org. March 20, 2015.

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