Quotes with why

Quotes 701 till 720 of 736.

  • E. M. Forster Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do belive in Art for Art's sake.
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    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • James Joyce Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.
    James Joyce
    Irish writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Ben Affleck Yes, I'm going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Bennet Omalu Yes, the concept that blunt-force trauma of the head causes brain damage is a generally accepted principle of medicine. That is why I was so appalled by the NFL doctors who were denying my work.
    Bennet Omalu
    Nigerian-American physician and neuropathologist (1968 - )
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  • Bil Keane Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
    Bil Keane
    American cartoonist (1922 - 2011)
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  • Ben Katchor You can have your own watch and always doubt it. If I had a watch I'd probably always be doubting it or the batteries would be dying. I just know that people always have trouble with their watches, and that's why I like public clocks.
    Ben Katchor
    American cartoonist and illustrator (1951 - )
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  • Ben Carson You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, 'Merry Christmas?' Give me a break. If people don't like it, yeah, they can go do something else.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Bob Colacello You can't hang around geniuses forever because they end up taking everything you've got. That's why they're the genius and you're not.
    Bob Colacello
     
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Carlos Ghosn You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • Brock Lesnar You get so brainwashed. You're on the road 300 days a year, and that's why guys get so messed up. This life becomes a part of them. It's not real, but some guys who are still in the business think it is.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Arsenio Hall You go out with a girl you used to date, she looks so damn good, and then at a certain point you say, Boy, now I remember. I know why I left!
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  • Lech Walesa You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?
    Lech Walesa
    Polish trade union leader, activist and president (1943 - )
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  • Arthur Cohn You know why I don't like that camera? Because it prevents me from seeing you!
    Arthur Cohn
    American film producer (1927 - )
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  • Bernhard Langer You know, why the game of golf is popular? Very easy, it's a great game.
    Bernhard Langer
    German professional golfer (1957 - )
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  • Jiddu Krishnamurti You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.
    Jiddu Krishnamurti
    Indian theosophist (1895 - 1986)
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  • George Bernard Shaw You see things as they are and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'
    Source: Back To Methuselah (1921)
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Anne Perry You start at the end, and then go back and write and go that way. Not everyone does, but I do. Some people just sit down at the page and start off. I start from what happened, including the why.
    Anne Perry
    English author (1938 - )
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  • Bipasha Basu You're born single, you die single, but why not being in a relationship is some special 'single' status, I don't understand. Life is less stress being single, I have to admit.
    Bipasha Basu
    Indian film actress and model (1979 - )
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  • Barbara Hall You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels so good.
    Source: Northern Exposure Gran Prix
    Barbara Hall
    American television writer and producer (1960 - )
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