Why Not Quotes - Page 17

• Why not dream your own wonderful sequels? When you have finished a book, it can go on in your mind, the characters doing just what you want them to do.

  Marguerite Henry

  Dream, Book, Character

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• People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Sports, Player, People

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• People dress up for funerals. Why not dress up to celebrate that you’re alive?

  Gay Talese

  People, Funeral, Dresses

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• Why not begin operating under the idea that God has given us excess, not so we could have more, but so we could give more?

  David Platt

  Ideas, Giving, Excess

  David Platt (2010). “Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream”, p.123, Multnomah

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• When you look at the world, the world isn't just one palette. It's a beautiful rainbow, and why not have someone to represent that rainbow?

  Joan Smalls

  Beautiful, Rainbow, Looks

  "Puerto Rican model Joan Smalls breaks down color barriers, one runway at a time" by Emanuella Grinberg, www.cnn.com. September 7, 2012.

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• I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go?

  Mira Sorvino

  New York, Giving, Said

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• If we all make systematic mistakes in our decisions, then why not develop new strategies, tools, and methods to help us make better decisions and improve our overall well-being? That's exactly the meaning of free lunches- the idea that there are tools, methods, and policies that can help all of us make better decisions and as a consequence achieve what we desire-pg. 241

  Dan Ariely

  Mistake, Ideas, Lunch

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• As a founder you have to build a team some day, so why not start the day you found the company?

  Ron Conway

  Team, Start The Day, Found

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• He wished someone in the course of history had thought of striking that word and all its derivatives from the English Language - happy, happier, happiest, happiness. What the devil did the words really mean anyway? Why not just the word pleasure, which was far more... well, pleasant.

  Mary Balogh

  Mean, Devil, Derivatives

  Mary Balogh (2009). “Then Comes Seduction”, p.230, Dell

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• Why live in the darkness all your life? Why, if you are unhappy, if you are having a miserable time, why not just look at it? Why are you in the darkness? Look for the light. The light is within.

  George Harrison

  Light, Darkness, Unhappy

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• If marriage can be redefined so that it no longer means a man and a woman but two men or two women, why stop there? Why not allow three men or a woman and two men to constitute a marriage?

  Keith O'Brien

  Mean, Men, Two

  "Catholic leader calls government's gay marriage plans 'madness'". www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2012.

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• We are social animals. We like to feel a part of something of beauty and power that transcends our insignificance. It can be a religion, a political party, a ball club. Why not also Nature? I feel a strong identity with the world of living things. I was born into it; we all were. But we may not feel the ties unless we gain intimacy by seeing, feeling, smelling, touching and studying the natural world. Trying to live in harmony with the dictates of nature is probably as inspirational as living in harmony with the Koran or the Bible. Perhaps it is also a timely undertaking.

  Bernd Heinrich

  Strong, Party, Animal

  Bernd Heinrich, Alice Calaprice (1993). “One Man's Owl”, p.14, Princeton University Press

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• If you've got a gun law that criminals will obey, why not just turn it into a murder law that criminals will obey-then we won't have to worry about the gun part.

  Andrew W. Ford

  Gun, Law, Worry

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• It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?

  Helmut Jahn

  Long, Goal, Needs

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• If you knew yourself for even one moment, if you could just glimpse your most beautiful face, maybe you wouldn’t slumber so deeply in that house of clay. Why not move into your house of joy and shine into every crevice! For you are the secret Treasure-bearer, and always have been. Didn’t you know?

  Rumi

  Beautiful, Moving, House

  "Overcoming Self-Doubt — What I Have Been Learning From Rumi" by Faisal Hoque, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2015.

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• Christina Aguilera finally announced her pregnancy. Thanks for waiting until your third trimester to get the word out—why not just wait until you’re crowning?

  Chelsea Handler

  Pregnancy, Waiting, Thanks

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• Everything is painful, so why not be honest about the pain?

  John Patrick Shanley

  Pain, Honest, Painful

  John Patrick Shanley (1985). “Welcome to the Moon and Other Plays”, p.23, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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• Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this - just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?

  Ajahn Chah

  Giving, Meditation, Battle

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• Your children should love the Lord, work hard, and experience the joy of trusting God. More important than leaving your children an inheritance is leaving them a spiritual heritage. If you left your children money they didn't need, and if they were thinking correctly, wouldn't they give it to God anyway? Then why not give it to God yourself, since He entrusted it to you?

  Randy Alcorn

  Spiritual, Children, Hard Work

  Randy Alcorn (2012). “The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving”, p.77, Multnomah

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• I heard about the Dalai Lama, you know and I thought to myself, why not me?

  Zach Braff

  Heard, Lama, Dalai

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• The greatest charity you can contribute to is yourself. Instead of spending a dollar to help feed hungry children, why not spend that dollar on hair gel so you can get the perfect cowlick?

  Zach Braff

  Children, Hair, Perfect

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• If a policeman must know the Constitution, then why not a planner?

  William J. Brennan

  Urban, Planning, Constitution

  "Viewpoint: A Blow to Property Rights" by Bernard H. Siegan, reason.com. September 1984.

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• Why not allow patrons to comment on directors' decisions, vote on costume design, listen to dancers' conversations, volunteer to help out in ways beyond just writing a check? They can see themselves as co-producers, not just bystanders.

  Chris Elam

  Writing, Bystanders, Volunteer

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• I'm for legalizing marijuana. Why pick on those drugs? Valium is legal. You just go to a doctor and get it and overdose on it - what's the difference? Prozac, all that stuff, so why not marijuana? Who cares? It's something that grows out of the ground - why not? Go smoke a head of cabbage. I don't care what you smoke.

  Howard Stern

  Marijuana, Differences, Doctors

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• I think that, regardless of our culture, age, or even personal handicaps, we can still strive for something exceptional. Why not expand our sights instead of restricting our lives and accepting the lowest common denominator of a dormant existence? Faith. . . will permit us to take a chance on a new path, perhaps different from the one we now follow. It may be surprising where it leads.

  Jimmy Carter

  Faith, Thinking, Sight

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