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That's what I have told people who have asked for advice through the years: focus on what is beautiful and pursue that beauty.
— Stuart Rojstaczer
Mr. Lundberg: "I asked you for your position on capital punishment."
Student: "Prone. — Kristin Hannah
Student: "Prone. — Kristin Hannah
How old are you, really?" I asked. "Eleven." I thought for a bit. Then I asked, "How long have you been eleven for?
— Neil Gaiman
I wish anytime I went into a nice restaurant and asked for a table, they said, 'Well I'm sure you don't want one in the corner.'
— Jennifer Grey
I was referred to Mike Jones from the concierge at a Marriott hotel when I asked for a masseur.
— Ted Haggard
When I was in college at Amherst, my father asked me a favor: to take one course in economics. I loved it - for the challenge of its mysteries.
— Edmund Phelps
I am not a wishing well with legs.
(Paraphrasing Babylon 5's Londo Mollari, repeately, when asked to perform hacking functions for strangers.) — Adrian Lamo
(Paraphrasing Babylon 5's Londo Mollari, repeately, when asked to perform hacking functions for strangers.) — Adrian Lamo
When asked what gift he wanted for his birthday, the yogi replied: "I wish no gifts, only presence.
— Unknown
I say to the young blokes, when you get asked for an autograph, don't knock it back because there'll be a time where no one will ask you.
— Brett Kenny
What's chumming?" I asked, wondering if it was some old English nautical term for making friends.
— Raleigh Blake
I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.
— Billy Bob Thornton
The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think is a great thought.
— Jeremy Piven
I was asked a question: 'Would I want to play for Madrid?' It's like anyone asked if they want to change jobs and move to a bigger company.
— Luis Suarez
I can't believe I just asked you for sex. What kind of guy does that?" I swallow. "Pretty much all of them.
— Colleen Hoover
It's very rare that I get stopped or get asked for an autograph or anything - none of which I mind - but people don't really care that much.
— Daniel Radcliffe
I asked if I could read for the role of Kevin Costner's caddy in Tin Cup. It was a fun learning experience, even though Cheech Marin got the part.
— Garth Brooks
There were certain areas in the country where I couldn't go without being stopped and asked for autographs and pictures for years.
— Tyler Perry
The Junction Point journey is over. To all those who've asked, or want to ask, I'm sad but excited for the future.
— Warren Spector
What search?" I asked. He smiled. "The search for some place more romantic than Pies and Stuff.
— Richelle Mead
When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.
— Ferran Adria
I've just vowed my love for you. Have you nothing to say in return?" Duncan asked.
"Thank you, husband. — Julie Garwood
"Thank you, husband. — Julie Garwood
I hate Jesse for leaving me behind. If he asked, I would have walked into the air with him.
— Shaun David Hutchinson
I get asked to read new works a lot, in the hope that I will give a quotation and I will only give a 'puff' for a book I truly love.
— Peter James
Whenever I'm asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.
— Flannery O'Connor
Do you think I just turn my secrets out for everyone?"
He is unfazed. "I didn't know they were secrets," he says. "Or I wouldn't have asked. — Maggie Stiefvater
He is unfazed. "I didn't know they were secrets," he says. "Or I wouldn't have asked. — Maggie Stiefvater
I asked the question for the best reason possible, for the only reason, indeed, that excuses anyone for asking any question - simple curiosity.
— Oscar Wilde
What are you two doing barefoot and half naked in the mud?" asked a familiar voice. "Looking for truffles, I hope?
— Leigh Bardugo
People asked me to change my name for [808s] ... I think the fact that I can't sing that well is what makes "808s" so special.
— Kanye West
Husbands are never happy. My husband asked me for more space, so I locked him out of the house.
— Roseanne Barr
I watched a lot of movies when I was younger and I remember, when I was seven years old, I asked my parents if I could have an agent for Christmas.
— Meaghan Rath
So what do you have planned for tonight?" I asked. "Only to pass time in your lovely company," Denna
— Patrick Rothfuss
I really prayed and asked God for my first film.
— Anthony Hemingway
I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. 'Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!' she said. So I suggested the kitchen.
— Red Skelton
To help me to my grave. I asked for you to leave. Will you make me call my gaolers and have you dragged away, you vile, scheming, evil bitch?
— George R R Martin
Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
I hate to see people frustrated or leave a company for an opportunity they could easily have had at their current company if they had only asked.
— Irene Rosenfeld
I took what I knew to the public, so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in the light of day, and I asked the world for justice.
— Edward Snowden
I saw a small bottle of cologne and asked if it was for sale. She said, "It's free with purchase." I asked her if anyone bought anything toda
— Steven Wright
I've been asked to pose for Playboy.
— Elizabeth Jagger
Alicia, do I sell fertilizer?" Massie asked.
"No, why?" Alicia fell for Massie's setup.
"Then why do you think I give a crap? — Lisi Harrison
"No, why?" Alicia fell for Massie's setup.
"Then why do you think I give a crap? — Lisi Harrison
- Why are you helping me? she asked abruptly. He paused for a moment in thought. Because you need it, he said, and because I can.
— Ted Oswald
I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
My girlfriend asked me if I only love her for her body. I said no, baby. Just parts of it.
— Anthony Jeselnik
She asked if I loved another woman, so I answered honestly and said, Dinner was great, but I could go for dessert.
— Dark Jar Tin Zoo
Is maybe the best we can do?" Callahan asked. "Yeah," Eddie said. "For the time being, I guess it is.
— Stephen King
Since my hand was already pulled back, I went ahead and punched Jack.
"Bloody- What was that for?" he asked hand over his nose. — Kiersten White
"Bloody- What was that for?" he asked hand over his nose. — Kiersten White
I never asked for stimulus.
— Paul Ryan
You want to go back to my house the long way?" he asked.
"Or the shortcut? You have to be cold-"
"Long way," I replied. "The long way, for sure. — Maureen Johnson
"Or the shortcut? You have to be cold-"
"Long way," I replied. "The long way, for sure. — Maureen Johnson
Maybe it was mean, but I really don't think so. You asked for the truth and I told you.
— Sinead O'Connor
I once asked my father for a dollar for the school picnic. He told me how he once killed a grizzly bear with his loose-leaf notebook.
— Bill Cosby
A man who looks like Frodo just spent $150 on erotica books and asked for my phone number. I considered giving him yours just to spite you.
— Syrie James
Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself.
— Malala Yousafzai
I kill a sofa for you and you go and sit in a chair?" Skulduggery asked. "I don't think you appreciate the sacrifice that has been made for you.
— Derek Landy
Nobody's ever asked me to a party before, as a friend. Is that why you dyed your eyebrow, for the party? Should I do mine too?
— J.K. Rowling
I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer.
— Poppy Z. Brite
I need to pick up some lingerie," I told them. "What for?" asked Trey. "To make you feel pretty, Pound Cake," I retorted. "The fuck you think?
— Kelli Jean
I've never asked for life to be easy. I've only ever asked it to be interesting.
— Maggie Stiefvater
Once I stopped trying to always do everything my way, and once I asked for God's help, things have truly gone a different direction.
— Sylvester Stallone
Did you ever think that if you told me where Bill's hiding his computer program, I would give you anything you asked for?
- Eric, club dead. — Charlaine Harris
- Eric, club dead. — Charlaine Harris
To the birds you gave songs, the birds gave you songs in return. You gave me only a voice, yet asked for more, thus I sing.
— Rabindranath Tagore
I am profoundly grateful to God that He did not grant me certain things for which I asked, and that He shut certain doors in my face.
— D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
I was his comfort object, and what he asked for, I did.
— Annabel Joseph
As much as it hurts to know he's walking away, I also know that I need to let him. I asked for this. We need this. I need this. I
— Colleen Hoover
If I asked you to stand in one spot for 35 hours or a certain length of time, you could do it.
— David Blaine
Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage.
— Ellen Terry
For my 11th birthday, I asked to be adopted.
— Kaui Hart Hemmings
When I had a fellowship at the Smithsonian, I asked for a couch in the office because I liked to lie down and take a break.
— Gloria Steinem
What's Optimism?' asked Cacambo. 'I'm afraid to say,' said Candide, 'that it's a mania for insisting that all is well when things are going badly.
— Voltaire
I asked for help, which is the hardest thing in the world.
— Marcia Wallace
I asked for reasons, and here they are, yelling and smelling and demanding, the last people in the world, and I need them.
— Terry Pratchett
I mean, if someone asked for my birth certificate, I'd get my baby book and hand it out and say 'Here it is.'
— Vicky Hartzler
I'm not saying I asked for it, only that there are moments when we are sending signals not just to the boys in the room but to all of creation.
— Miranda July
I got something that people spend their lives looking for. I couldn't have asked for more.
— Abbi Glines
He was so much in love with me that I could have asked him for the moon and stars, and he would have gathered them for me.
— Carolyn Meyer
I'm not really crazy about all this tit-for-tat stuff. I'm always asked to be the one to first give up the tit.
— Karen E. Quinones Miller
I asked for a glass of Chardonnay. And in a 9/11-like twist, they didn't have any. They offered me Pinot.
— Amy Schumer
I told my wife 'hey honey come on, let's make love like the old days.' She asked me for 50 bucks.
— Rodney Dangerfield
My husband asked for the separation and I supported it. We had struggled to keep it going, but obviously we'd both run out of steam.
— Princess Diana
When I get asked for advice for a young person starting in the music business, I tell them, 'Play every chance you get, and be real lucky.'
— Johnny Gimble
I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States.
— Janet Reno
Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have always received more than I asked for. God may delay, but He always comes.
— Martin Luther
Shit, I'm sorry," he finally said. "For what?" I asked, angrily, "the insults or the kissing?" "The insults. Not sorry for the kissing.
— Mia Sheridan
I don't give my advice unless it's asked for.
— Blythe Danner
What do you want want to be remembered for?" she asked tartly.
He slowly shook his head. "I just want to be remembered. — Lorraine Heath
He slowly shook his head. "I just want to be remembered. — Lorraine Heath
I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
— Dan Stevens
Someone asked me recently - what would I rather give up, food or sex. Neither! I'm not falling for that one again, wife.
— Mark Watson
When I was 13, I asked for a guitar. And that's how I really started explaining my point of view.
— Katy Perry
I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal.
— Louisa May Alcott