Ask Me Quotes - Page 40

• Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I just wrote him off like, 'You're not a father.' I just learned you cannot emotionally invest in people who are not attainable.

  Drew Barrymore

  Dad, Father, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I would like to play Pebble Beach at some point. I keep waiting for them to call and ask me to that little pro-am thing, but I'm not big enough.

  Lewis Black

  Beach, Play, Waiting

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• I always knew I would sing. I just didn't know if I would be successful or not. But I sang at school, I sang at parties, I sang at church. Everyone always asked me to sing. I'd be playing football with my friends and my parents would ask me to sing for their guests. I was never very happy about that because I wanted to play football.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Football, Party, School

  "This much I know: Andrea Bocelli". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2012.

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• If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead.

  Luis Bunuel

  Missing You, Doubt, Luck

  Luis Bunuel (2011). “My Last Breath”, p.45, Random House

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• If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.

  George Burns

  Funny, Stress, Humor

  George Burns (1989). “How to live to be 100--or more: the ultimate diet, sex, and exercise book”, Plume

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• Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.

  George H. W. Bush

  Running, Romance, Political

  "Like Father, Like Son" by Brooke Shelby Biggs, www.motherjones.com. June 1, 2001.

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• When people ask me if Dean Martin drank, let me put it this way. If Dracula bit Dean in the neck, he'd get a Bloody Mary.

  Red Buttons

  People, Way, Necks

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• My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.

  Orson Scott Card

  Book, Gun, Next Week

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• My father identified as a black man. No one asked him because he was clearly black. But people always ask me. If we were together, people would look at us in a really strange way. It sucked. As a little girl I had blond hair and they'd look at me, look at him, and be disgusted.

  Mariah Carey

  Girl, Father, Men

  "Mariah Carey: 'I try not to be a jerk. I really do'". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2009.

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• I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I'd have a hairy conniption. I'd just go crazy.

  Jim Carrey

  Mother, Crazy, Madness

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• A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.

  Jackie Chan

  People, Scared, Stunting

  Twitter post from Jul 06, 2014

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• In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.

  Jackie Chan

  Dog, Past, People

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• If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

  Park Chan-wook

  Long, Process, Ideals

  "Park Chan-wook Talks Differences Between Korean & American Films, How ‘Stoker’ Fits In With His Filmography & More". Interview with Drew Taylor, www.indiewire.com. March 19, 2013.

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• The two questions that anyone ever asks me are: 'Are house prices going to go down?' and 'Is it a good time to fix my mortgage rate?'

  Evan Davis

  Two, House, Down And

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• I'm always hopeful. I feel like I'm at the prom sitting against the wall waiting for someone to ask me to dance.

  Sarah Dessen

  Wall, Waiting, Hopeful

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• If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Rocks, Want, Rock N Roll

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Don't ask me to put up a shelf, but I love engineering.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Engineering, Shelves, Asks

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've had people ask me in interviews what it's like to have money, but that's not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW.

  Beth Ditto

  Bmw, Class, People

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• Most people ask me questions based on a previous interview. That's not an interview. It's like they're just saying my quotes back to me.

  Kirsten Dunst

  People, Interviews, Just Saying

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• People ask me what my hobbies are in interviews, and I always say biking. But all I bike for is to get to rehearsal more quickly.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  People, Hobbies, Rehearsal

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• For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.

  R. Lee Ermey

  Military, Iraq, Honor

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• How do you dare to ask me for a solution? It's like asking Seneca for a solution. You remember what he did? He committed suicide!

  Oriana Fallaci

  Suicide, Asking, Remember

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• I'm not going to lie, there are more interesting ways to spend your time than answering questions about yourself. But if there were no questions to ask me, I might have a beef with that.

  Colin Farrell

  Lying, Interesting, Beef

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• Above all, you ask if the God of Christians forgives those who do not believe and who do not seek faith. Given the premise, and this is fundamental, that the mercy of God is limitless for those who turn to him with a sincere and contrite heart, the issue for the unbeliever lies in obeying his or her conscience.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Lying, Believe

  "Letter To A Non-Believer". w2.vatican.va. September 4, 2013.

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• People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me.

  Noel Gallagher

  Thinking, Player, People

  "Who wants to be a drug addict at 41?". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. December 5, 2008.

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