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Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. Sydney J. Harris

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Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.' W. H. Davies

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Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question. Albert Camus

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Daring is doing. Daring is asking something outrageous despite your chances of failure and rejection. Daring is going out on a limb by believing in something that no one else understands, and if all fails, daring is trying again. Bibi Bourelly

Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions. Isaiah Berlin

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People like to know you're listening, and something as simple as a clarification question shows not only that you are listening but that you also care about what they're saying. You'll be surprised how much respect and appreciation you gain just by asking good questions. Travis Bradberry

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There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else. Audre Lorde

In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job. Dick Cheney

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Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture. Jean Cocteau

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If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking? John Gunther

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Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered. Leonard Cohen

Prayer Man Language Translation He Mastered Himself Child Asking Barely

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone. Mary Astor

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My parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot: buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to people in hospices, giving spare change to those asking for it. Meghan Markle

No decisions should ever be made without asking the question, is this for the common good? Michael Moore

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I'm not asking you to be tolerant of each other. Tolerance is for cowards. Understand each other. Randall L. Stephenson

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No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's easier to get on the subway and not be accosted. Richard Linklater

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I never say 'nagging.' I think that 'nagging' is a term that men created to get women to pipe down some. But, it's a trap that we've created. We created several terms for women to back you down. Nagging means to stop asking me questions, then we get away with more. I think it's a term men created. Steve Harvey

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I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies. Walter Mosley

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