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I can't say it enough that learning how to learn is one of the greatest skills anyone can have. It's...

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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one r...

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If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

When I see children, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much. That's what I see.

We have to see that we're a part of each other, and we have to take care of each other. The reason w...

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The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up...

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One day I went up to my mom and I said, 'Mom, can I have permission to build a 2.3-million electron-...

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I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.

If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their ...

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Sometimes people ask me why I began perestroika. Were the causes basically domestic or foreign? The ...

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Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8? That joke came off the top of my head, and th...

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We all need illusions. That's why we love movies.

It's strange that we create tech and then we apply it to machines, when we could apply it to ourselv...

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What's problematic about playing stadiums and driving around in private jets and drinking champagne ...

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It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a melancholy person. I...

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The world produces enough food for everyone. Why are one billion people going hungry?

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a...

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Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't hav...

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Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

I'm a complete romantic - it's why I always get married. Someone should really stop me.

Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or com...

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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.

So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any differe...

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President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon co...

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So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any differe...

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President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon co...

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So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any differe...

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President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon co...

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So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any differe...

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President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon co...

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No oppressive order could permit the oppressed to begin to question: Why?

It doesn't happen every day, but many nights my dreams are like a movie. I don't see normal movement...

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Concrete you can mold, you can press it into - after all, you haven't any straight lines in your bod...

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Everything is expressed through relationship. Colour can exist only through other colours, dimension...

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Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and ...

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So why do I write, torturing myself to put it down? Because in spite of myself I've learned some thi...

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Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within th...

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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intellig...

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Islam is a religion. It is not an ideology. For a Muslim, there is no such thing as to be against mo...

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One of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven't done on...

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The stylish kids on the street, they're the ones that set the trends. The designers see what they're...

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Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?

When we have machines that are as intelligent - and then twice as intelligent - as we are, there is ...

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Learn to invest in investments where you can achieve an honest, legal advantage over other investors...

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The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of pur...

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If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?

Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

My cheeks explode when I smile. That's why I have to look so nonplussed.

Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-exi...

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You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

One of the reasons MSNBC is plummeting is that I, not long ago, refused to play any content from the...

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There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much ...

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Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.

Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful?

Usually comedy is only available to us ladies in the romantic comedy. That's why I hate romantic com...

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Why should I even bother? What's the point, really?"He thought for a moment. "Who says there has to ...

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Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.

I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. I don't have the patience. Why, ...

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I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common ...

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Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is im...

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If it wasn't for the fun and money, I really don't know why I'd bother.

And all this while the subtle-souled girl asking herself why she was born, why sitting in a room, an...

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Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our o...

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Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. T...

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Why is it that here in the United States we have such difficulty even imagining a different sort of ...

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Mummy weighed sweets and nuts so that everyone would get exactly the same amount. During the year, e...

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I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and ...

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There is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list.

If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it wor...

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The happiness of mankind, if it ever should come to pass, would still leave men asking: Why? What po...

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William Barrett (philosopher)The Illusion of Technique: A Search for Meaning in a Technological Civilization

Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the n...

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Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next...

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But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of commu...

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Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.

We're humans. Why always turn human attitude into political behaviours? I hate that.

What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married.

Why didn't they ask the Evans?

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitut...

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We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankfu...

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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold...

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The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the comm...

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For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has e...

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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dicta...

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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dicta...

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Things can be really empty in this world, and I don't just mean the music world. It can become a ver...

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I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians,...

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Sometimes, people can be extraordinarily judgmental and closed-minded to anyone different or special...

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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.

I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy...

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I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.

And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a ...

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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds...

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