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• With the requests of some he complied, and has published a discourse, delivered before the Society for recovering drowned persons, which may be justly pronounced one of the most beautiful and interesting sermons in the English language.

  John Strachan

  Beautiful, Interesting, May

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• The request of industry to government is as modest as that of Diogenes to Alexander: Get out of my light.

  Jeremy Bentham

  Light, Government, Modest

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• A criticism is just a really bad way of making a request...so just make the request.

  Diane Sawyer

  Criticism, Way

  "How Can I Help My 10-Year-Old Be More Independent?" by Susan Stiffelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 2, 2013.

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• The Spirit of prayer makes us so intimate with God that we scarcely pass through an experience before we speak to Him about it, either in supplication, in sighing, in pouring out our woes before Him, in fervent requests, or in thanksgiving and adoration.

  Ole Hallesby

  Prayer, Pouring, Woe

  Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

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• Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.

  Billie Joe Armstrong

  Song, Next, Lists

  "10 Questions for Billie Joe Armstrong". Time Magazine Interview, content.time.com. June 28, 2010.

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• Can I request another peer guide, One who isn't so happy to be at school at 7:30 a.m.?

  Simone Elkeles

  School, Peers, Guides

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• The Night is young & full of rest I can’t describe the way she’s dress’d She’ll pander to some strange requests Anything that you suggest Anything to please her guest.

  Jim Morrison

  Night, Dresses, Guests

  Jim Morrison (1989). “Wilderness”, Vintage

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• I'm not a real programmer. I throw together things until it works then I move on. The real programmers will say Yeah it works but you're leaking memory everywhere. Perhaps we should fix that. I'll just restart Apache every 10 requests.

  Rasmus Lerdorf

  Memories, Real, Moving

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