#asking

It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists. ↗

— John Yoo

#also #asking #geneva #limitations #make

If you don't fix latent failures in your system, you're asking for trouble. ↗

— John Gould

#failures #fix #latent #system #trouble

People perceive me as a commodity. They just don't think anything of asking for five minutes of my time. It never occurs to them that if they're asking for it and another thousand people are asking, I don't have 1,000 five minutes to give. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#anything #asking #commodity #five #give

Bain also asked Kansas City for a $3 million tax break. The Bain executives were taking home $36 million in borrowed funds and were asking Kansas City to forfeit $3 million in public money for police officers, roads and schools? More free stuff! ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

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In effect, I was asking that if Russia mobilized against Austria, the German Government, who had been supporting the Austrian demand on Serbia, should ask Austria to consider some modification of her demands, under the threat of Russian mobilization. ↗

— Edward Grey

#ask #asking #austria #austrian #been

Anyone who agrees to be interviewed must decide where to draw the line between what is public and what is private. But the line can shift, depending on who is asking the questions. What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being 'found out.' It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood. ↗

— Terry Gross

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I've always been really curious about things and slightly confused by the world, and I think someone who feels that way is in a good position to be the one asking questions. ↗

— Terry Gross

#always #asking #asking questions #been #confused

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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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#anyway #asking #back #comes #did

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs. ↗

— Christopher Hampton

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