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It can't be supposed," said Joe. "Tho' I'm oncommon fond of reading, too."Are you, Joe?"Oncommon. Give me," said Joe, "a good book, or a good newspaper, and sit me down afore a good fire, and I ask no better. Lord!" he continued, after rubbing his knees a little, "when you do come to a J and a O, and says you, 'Here, at last, is a J-O, Joe,' how interesting reading is! Charles Dickens
You're Ma's own blood son, but did she take on that time Tony Fontaine shot you in the leg? No, she just sent for old Doc Fontaine to dress it and asked the doctor what ailed Tony's aim. Said she guessed the licker was spoiling his marksmanship. Margaret Mitchell
What are you doing with all those books anyway?" Ron asked. Just trying to decide which ones to take with us," said Hermione. When we're looking for the Horcruxes."Oh, of course," said Ron, clapping a hand to his forehead. "I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library. J. K. Rowling
Ayn Rand quote: "I swear by my life and my love of it that I shall not live for..."
I swear by my life and my love of it that I shall not live for the sake of another man nor ask another man to live for mine. Ayn Rand
Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be? Anne Lamott
A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect? George Orwell
So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by... Ayn Rand
Emile Zola quote: "If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist,..."
If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud. Emile Zola
A girl calls and asks, "Does it hurt very much to die?"Well, sweetheart," I tell her, "yes, but it hurts a lot more to keep living. Chuck Palahniuk
Thomas Sowell quote: "Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options"
Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options Thomas Sowell
Primo Levi quote: "She had asked the older women: "What is that fire?" And they..."
She had asked the older women: "What is that fire?" And they had replied: "It is we who are burning. Primo Levi
Rod McKuen quote: "I will not ask you where you have been tonight. I'll only say..."
I will not ask you where you have been tonight. I'll only say helloand hope. Rod McKuen
Sheriff Root: "Ask Me, I reckon it was niggers"Deputy: "How you reckon that, Sheriff Root?"Sheriff Root: "Kinda thing they do"Deputy: "What, burn two hundred people to death, right down to the bone? They do that?"Sheriff Root: "MARTIAN niggers Garth Ennis
Sometimes it is a fun sociology litmus test, like when my friend Ricky asked me, 'Did they ever catch the black guy that did that to you?' Hmmm. It was not a black guy, Ricky, and I never said it was. Tina Fey
Rumi quote: "There is a basket of fresh bread on your head, yet you go door..."
There is a basket of fresh bread on your head, yet you go door to door asking for crusts. Rumi

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