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• ... Aqualung was a difficult and very tense album to record... while I was playing the solo, Jimmy Page walked into the control room and started waving, I thought, should I wave back and mess up the solo or should I just grin and carry on ? ... I just grinned

  Martin Barre

  Music, Pages, Rooms

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• I have never learned to draw a hand well enough, so why should I stop trying now?

  Jack Levine

  Hands, Trying, Enough

  Jack Levine, Milton Wolf Brown (1989). “Jack Levine”, Rizzoli Intl Pubns

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• If I am ever to find these trees meaningful I must have you by the hand. As it is, they stretch dusty fingers into an obscure sky, and the snow looks up like a face dirtied with tears. Should I cry out and see what happens? There could only be a stranger wandering in this landscape, cold, unfortunate, himself frozen fast in wintry eyes.

  Frank O'Hara

  Meaningful, Eye, Hands

  Frank O'Hara (1967). “Meditations in an Emergency”, p.19, Grove Press

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• I turned to leave and paused before the gap in the ruined wall. "One last thing, Your Majesty. I'd like a name I can put into my report, something shorter than typing out 'The Leader of the Southern Shapechanger Faction.' What should I call you?" "Lord." I rolled my eyes. He shrugged. "It's short.

  Ilona Andrews

  Wall, Eye, Names

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Magic Bites: A Special Edition of the First Kate Daniels Novel”, p.39, Penguin

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• Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense? I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.

  William Cowper

  Forgiveness, Blessing, Enemy

  William Cowper (1835). “The Works of William Cowper: The life of William Cowper. Letters, 1765-1783”

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• Were I to be angry at men being fools, I could here find ample room for declamation; but, alas! I have been a fool myself; and why should I be angry with them for being something so natural to every child of humanity?

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Children, Men, Humanity

  Oliver Goldsmith (1835). “His Works”, p.168

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• Life's not fair; why should I be?

  Margaret Atwood

  Fairness, Should, Fairs

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• When I remember something which I had,
  But which is gone, and I must do without,
  I sometimes wonder how I can be glad,
  Even in cowslip time when hedges sprout;
  It makes me sigh to think on it,--but yet
  My days will not be better days, should I forget.

  Jean Ingelow

  Regret, Thinking, Remember Something

  Jean Ingelow (1874). “The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow”, p.206

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• Don't ask 'Should I ...?'. Instead, 'Ask what happens if I ...?'

  John Paul Caponigro

  Photographer, Should, Happens

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• I always introduce myself as an encyclopedia of defects which I do not deny. Why should I? It took me a whole life to build myself as I am.

  Oriana Fallaci

  Introducing, Deny, Should

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• I don't want to turn into one of those pathetic creatures who are always homesick, always saying I wish I were still in Beirut. I don't want to become like you, split between here and there. I know I'm not happy here, but why should I be unhappy in two countries?

  Hanan al-Shaykh

  Country, Two, Wish

  Hanan al-Shaykh (2013). “Beirut Blues”, p.366, Anchor

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• I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either?

  Chanda Kochhar

  Mother, Wife, Compromise

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• Maybe I'm wrong," Mom said. "Maybe the world really is coming to an end." "Should I try Fox News?" I asked. Mom shuddered. "We're not that desperate," she said.

  Susan Beth Pfeffer

  Mom, Trying, News

  Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• What about desserts?" I asked. "If the world comes to an end, I'm going to want cookies." "We're all going to want cookies if the world comes to an end," Mrs. Nesbitt agreed. "And chips and pretzels. If the world is coming to an end, why should I care about my blood pressure?" "Okay, we'll die fat," Mom said.

  Susan Beth Pfeffer

  Mom, Blood, Cookies

  Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.34, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope I no longer strive to strive towards such things (Why should the aged eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign?

  T. S. Eliot

  Hope, Men, Eagles

  T.S. Eliot (2011). “The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot”, p.78, Faber & Faber

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• Einstein was once asked how many feet are in a mile. Einstein's reply was "I don't know, why should I fill my brain with facts I can find in two minutes in any standard reference book?

  Albert Einstein

  Book, Two, Feet

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• I'm convinced that business success in the future starts with the question, What should I do with my life? Yes, that's right.... People don't succeed by migrating to a "hot" industry (one word: dotcom) or by adopting a particular career-guiding mantra (remember "horizontal careers"?). They thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are--and connecting that to work that they truly love (and, in so doing, unleashing a productive and creative power that they never imagined).

  Po Bronson

  Careers, People, Creative

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• You know, your sarcasm isn’t appreciated right now. I’ve been drugged, beaten, nearly raped, saved, drugged again, hijacked, and now threatened by you. Tell me, what else should I look forward to? Torture, or just a good maiming? (Kiara)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Sarcasm, Looks, Appreciated

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Born of Night”, Macmillan

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• I'm not bitter. Why should I be bitter? I'm thrilled to death with life.

  Johnny Cash

  Bitter, Should

  "Larry King Live", transcripts.cnn.com. November 26, 2002.

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• I have a computer, a vibrator, and pizza delivery. Why should I leave the house? " - Tabitha

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  House, Computer, Should

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• Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do With your one wild and precious life?

  Mary Oliver

  How Precious Life Is, Done, Lasts

  Mary Oliver (2008). “The Truro Bear and Other Adventures: Poems and Essays”, p.65, Beacon Press

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• If human beings are all monsters, why should I sacrifice anything for them?" "Because they are beautiful monsters..., And when they live in a network of peace and hope, when they trust the world and their deepest hungers are fulfilled, then within that system, that delicate web, there is joy. That is what we live for, to bind the monsters together, to murder their fear and give birth to their beauty.

  Orson Scott Card

  Beautiful, Sacrifice, Giving

  Orson Scott Card (2003). “Wyrms”, p.68, Macmillan

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• Come away with me, Astrid. (Zarek) Why should I? (Astrid) Because I love you, and even if I’m lying on the sun itself I’ll be freezing there without you. I need my star so that I can hear laughter. (Zarek)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Stars, Laughter, Lying

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Dance With the Devil”, p.334, Macmillan

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• Should I be offended? (Livia) Please don’t be. I pride myself on being socially inept. But the only people I ever intentionally offend are my bevy of brothers. And speaking of, where’s Big Bad Angry One? (Zarina)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Brother, Pride, People

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “In Other Worlds”, p.34, Penguin

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• Any more bitching from the geriatric crew? What a bunch of old women. Should I hire another crewmate to change your bed diapers while I’m at it? Next time I’ll let The League have you. Vik, I’m relinquishing control back to you. (Devyn) It’s what I live for. By the way, ye organic life forms aren’t the only ones who’ve soiled themselves. Can I have a minute to attend my needs, Captain Asshole? (Vik)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  League, Bed, Needs

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