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«When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor were hungry, they called me a communist.»
«One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don't know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter.»
«Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.»
«Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one»
«The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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answer, asked, attended, compliment, complimented, ever, greatest, paid, The Greatest, thought
«So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?»
«Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.»
«No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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Relationships
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asked, knew, looked, met, remedied, remedy, sighed, sooner, sought
«The prison psychiatrist asked me if I thought sex was dirty. I told him only when it's done right.»
Author: Woody Allen
(Actor, Author, Film Director, Screenwriter)
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Sex
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«When asked what would he do if he found $1 million, Yogi responded, If the guy was poor, I'd give it back.»
Author: Yogi Berra
(Baseball Player, Manager)
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asked, give back, guy, million, responded, yogi, yogis
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