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• I think we can question whether degrees are antediluvian. Online learning has flexibility. Why not master courses in energy, writing, communications, and engineering and get a credential?

  Anant Agarwal

  Communication, Writing, Thinking

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• If millions of Americans choose to weigh in on the outcome of "American Idol" through text messages and the Web, then why not harness similar technological tools to encourage discourse on the political landscape?

  Ruzwana Bashir

  Idols, Political, Tools

  "Television Debates Are Antiquated" by Ruzwana Bashir, www.nytimes.com. October 2, 2012.

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• It is a common thing to screw up justice to the pitch of an injury. A man may be over-righteous, and why not over-grateful, too? There is a mischievous excess that borders so close upon ingratitude that it is no easy matter to distinguish the one from the other; but, in regard that there is good-will in the bottom of it, however distempered; for it is effectually but kindness out of the wits.

  Seneca the Younger

  Kindness, Grateful, Men

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• We gild our medicines with sweets; why not clothe truth and morals in peasant garments as well?

  Nicolas Chamfort

  Sweet, Medicine, Moral

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• In America the chief accusation seems to be one of "Eroticism." This is odd, rather puzzling to my mind. Which Eros? Eros of the jaunty "amours," or Eros of the sacred mysteries? And if the latter, why accuse, why not respect, even venerate?

  D. H. Lawrence

  Love, Sex, America

  D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.9267, Delphi Classics

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• If I can wheedle
  A knife or a needle,
  Why not a Silver Churn?

  W. S. Gilbert

  Knives, Imagination, Silver

  W. S. Gilbert, Ian C. Bradley (2016). “The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan”, p.395, Oxford University Press

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• Many men who do creditable things refuse to let it be known. This is a mistake. While we all admire modesty, nevertheless there is a great national need to do everything possible to bring home to the rank and file of the people that all employers and all wealthy men are not grinding, mercenary, selfish skinflints, but that many of them take delight in doing helpful things for others ... Shortcomings of employers are constantly paraded. Why not let the public become acquainted with the better side which most present-day employers possess?

  B. C. Forbes

  Selfish, Mistake, Home

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• We're non-diversified. We focus. Why not buy more of your best idea rather than your 60th best idea? How many companies can I really know well over time and focus on, on a daily basis?

  Bruce Berkowitz

  Ideas, Focus, Investing

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• Make up your mind that nothing is more important than how I feel now, because now is everything. Now is the whole enchilada. Now is the power of me. Now, now, now, now, now... You might as well start somewhere, and it might as well be now. Why not start improving your life now, now, now?

  Esther Hicks

  Mind, Important, Might

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• When people think of angels, they think flowing robes and halos. But in the Bible, they also look like ordinary people. Why not today?

  Joan Anderson

  Angel, Thinking, People

  Joan Wester Anderson (2009). “In the Arms of Angels: True Stories of Heavenly Guardians”, p.26, Loyola Press

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• It is often said in the Bible that God spake unto Moses, but how do you know that God spake unto Moses? Because, you will say, the Bible says so. The Koran says, that God spake unto Mahomet, do you believe that too? No. Why not? Because, you will say, you do not believe it; and so because you do, and because you don't is all the reason you can give for believing or disbelieving except that you will say that Mahomet was an impostor. And how do you know Moses was not an impostor?

  Thomas Paine

  Believe, Giving, Reason

  Thomas Paine (1830). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar”, p.162

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• My answer is, why not? ... It's what I love, it's what I know. Glen Sather was the best coach that I had and what made him good was his confidence in what he did. I believe that I'm going
  to be a good coach.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Believe, Best Coaches, Answers

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• The secret of success lies in this simple sentence: Why not?

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Success, Lying, Simple

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• Every man in the game, from the minors on up, is not only fighting against the other side, but he's trying to hold onto his own job against those on his own bench who'd love to take it away. Why deny this? Why minimize it? Why not boldly admit it?

  Ty Cobb

  Jobs, Fighting, Men

  Ty Cobb, Al Stump (1961). “My Life in Baseball: The True Record”, p.280, U of Nebraska Press

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• Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.

  Don Rickles

  Fun, Black, Yeah

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• According to the supermarkets, there is no such thing as “out of season.” Berries in the middle of February? Why not? Seafood flown in from Japan? Sure. While it all adds up to appetizing and varied meals throughout the year, regardless of the weather, it comes with a price tag - both ethical and financial.

  Homaro Cantu

  Japan, Years, Price Tag

  "Zero Mile Gastronomy: This Isn’t Your Grandma’s Garden" by Homaro Cantu, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2013.

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• There's not like a science to it, necessarily, but I'm also the kind of person who spends a long time in the studio. I will spend my entire advance just getting it done, which is probably stupid, but I don't have extravagant taste. I mean, I paid for it, so there you go. Why not? The recording process is also very fun.

  Neko Case

  Fun, Stupid, Mean

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• My life has always been unplanned. So when something comes along, I feel like, Why not give it a try? It's fun to experiment like that.

  Yoko Ono

  Fun, Giving, Trying

  Interview with Takashi Murakami, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 27, 2009.

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• I know labs where women refuse to make a coffee for others because they don't want to be seen doing seemingly female things. I think this is stupid. Why not make a coffee, bring a cake? I do it.

  Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

  Stupid, Coffee, Thinking

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I think that if I have a chance to go back, why not just go back all the way in history to the times of the pyramids or the Roman days? I think there are so many great historic times until now that I would like to get a little peek of those periods, rather than just 1984. Why limit yourself?

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Thinking, Pyramids, Way

  Source: guff.com

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• I love the musical form of books. It's a different way of doing things, it's very beautiful. You're able to sing things instead of saying them. So what the heck - why not do them?

  Ray Bradbury

  Beautiful, Book, Musical

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• Modern brain-scan technology has revealed that each person shapes a completely unique brain. Other studies have documented the amazing regenerative ability of the brain, which can be reshaped by the power of your mind to bring you the world you desire. Knowing that, the obvious question arose: Why not use your mind to create the brain you want, using conscious choice?

  Deepak Chopra

  Unique, Technology, Knowing

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• I knew I just loved comedy, and I think it was my parents who initially brought up the notion of me trying to do stand-up. I think I actually tried writing jokes just at home, just kind of sitting around. But it seemed like a very real way to step into the world of comedy. I felt I could do it, so why not?

  Seth Rogen

  Real, Home, Writing

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. May 31, 2007.

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• I love art, I love music. I can listen to Stockhausen and a very experimental, avant-garde approach, and I can listen to Beethoven and have a more classical, traditional approach. Why not be able to do that with film performance?

  Nicolas Cage

  Art, Avant Garde, Able

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• People of the United States have to really consider whether they want to be an empire. Sweden is not worried about terrorism. New Zealand is not worried about terrorism. Holland is not worried about terrorism. Why not be a modest little country without all of these enormous ambitions?

  Howard Zinn

  Country, Ambition, People

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