"My grandpa always said asking a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime."
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"In the same period that the Americans have lived under one constitution our French friends notched up five. A Punch cartoon has a 19th century Englishman asking a librarian for a copy of the French constitution, only to be told: 'I am sorry Sir, we do not stock periodicals.'"
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"As 99 per cent of English authors and 100 per cent of American ones [authors] are just such imbeciles, managers and publishers make a practice of asking for every right the author possesses."
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"I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything."
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"Those of us lucky enough to have a share of privilege in the more free societies should not be asking this question, but doing something to answer it."
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"It's definitely a unique situation that we're in. And, yeah, it is difficult not having our ringleader here with us to talk about the film [the Waitress], not having our main person here. People are also asking in relation to the film: what would Adrienne [ Shelly] say about this or that? But I don't know. I don't know what she would say."
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"By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions."
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"I don't have many friends so the phone doesn't ring and no one's asking me to go out and go dancing with them."
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"Tell me where you want it,” I said. Minias drew back, his purple robes shifting about his ankles. “You’re asking me?” “Well, unless you want a big R on your forehead."
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"A demon was asking me what I wanted. My eyes flicked to Al, and he shrugged. “What do you want?” he said softly."
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"I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it's urgency."
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"How could you be nervous about asking me to marry you, Bones? I'd die for you. Why wouldn't I want to live for you as well?"
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"The question "From where does the poet get it?" addresses only the what, nobody learns anything about the how when asking that question."
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"The act of leaning in to kiss someone, or asking them, is fraught with the possibility of rejection, so the person least likely to get rejected should do the leaning in or the asking."
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"The reason I do workshops is so I can learn, and I am fortunate that I've probably gained more from the whole experience of teaching than any one participant has. It is all about asking."
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"It don't cost money to ask."
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"We are so afraid of the idea of having to die... that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were asking beforehand to be excused when it is our turn."
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"One of the best aids to freedom is asking God for a lot of help-and asking often."
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"Money solves a lot of problems and when you don't have money, you've got to do all this other stuff to solve the problem. It's very hard. I would love to have not necessarily a studio because then you lose so much control but I would love to have decent independent financing where I have the freedom and I have the money to do it right, to not be asking people to work for free or to work for half the rate and not ask those favors again and again because I now owe all these people back who've helped me."
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"If you are asking whether states and state actors can only respond through revenge, then you are suggesting that diplomatic solutions are hopeless."
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