"Once asked if he felt wearied by the constant onslaught of autograph seekers, actor Gregory Peck replied that he would be more worried when they stopped asking."
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"It is when you are asking about something that you realize you yourself have survived it, and so you must carry it, or fashion it into a thing that carries itself."
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"Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can, if they like, encroach, is far greater, for the weaker are always asking for equality and justice, but the stronger care for none of these things."
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"Charismatics have seen pictures of Pope Francis when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires praying and asking Protestant pastors to pray for him. His friendship towards the charismatic renewal is there."
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"You can't learn the truth about a man's intentions by asking him."
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"I've stopped thinking all the time of what happened yesterday. And stopped asking what's going to happen tomorrow. What's happening today, this minute, is what I care about."
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"A 1998 study was done in Hebrew by an Israeli scholar, Yosef Grodzinsky, and the English translation of the title is Good Human Material. That's what they wanted sent to Palestine for colonization and for the eventual conflict that took place some years later. These policies were somewhat complementary to the U.S. policy of pressuring England to allow Jews to go to Palestine, but not allowing them here. The British politician Ernest Bevin was quite bitter about it, asking, "if you want to save the Jews, why send them to Palestine when you don't admit them?""
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"'T is heaven alone that is given away; 'T is only God may be had for the asking."
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"Will you wear my ring so all the world knows yer mine?" Beck wasn't asking for her hand in marriage, but it was so close he might as well be. Riley was deeply touched and she struggled to find the right words. "Yes," she began. "I'd be proud to."
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"Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it."
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"The people who keep asking if they can't lead a decent life without Christ, don't know what life is about; if they did they would know that 'a decent life' is mere machinery compared with the thing we men are really made for."
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"If you're asking me if I like your company, the answer is yes. If, on the other hand, you're asking me if I could live without you, the answer is also yes."
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"People at rehab were stealing my hats and pens and notebooks and asking for autographs. I couldn't concentrate on my problem."
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"Through His Spirit, the Spirit of prayer, our life may be one of continual prayer. The Spirit of prayer will help you become an intercessor, asking great things of God for those around you."
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"Stop asking yourself questions that have no meaning. Or if they have, you'll find out when you need to -- find out both the questions and the answers."
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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?'"
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"The way that you become world-class is... by asking good questions."
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"Leadership is about pointing in the direction, articulating a vision of the world that does not yet exist. Then asking help from others to insure that vision happens."
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"Leadership isn't answering the questions others ask. Leadership is asking others to answer their own questions."
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"If you don't let a teacher know what level you are -- by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance -- you will not learn or grow"
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