Why Not Quotes - Page 10

• People will complain that they don't want to wait around for lightning to strike, but why not? If you invest yourself in chance, the potential for disappointment is pretty low.

  John Darnielle

  Disappointment, People, Waiting

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• We're going to see more, and we are seeing more, and I'll tell you exactly why. Not because white and black are more likely to get together. Only a third of the seven percent of congregations that are interracial are black and white.

  Michael Emerson

  Black And White, Together, Seven

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Someone in my office suggested I get my haircut at New Millennium on Wilshire Blvd. It was so different from any place I had ever been; it was like a party. Everyone was laughing and having a good time and I heard the barbers talking about all of the celebs that get their hair cut there. When I went back, they were talking about other celebs that frequent businesses on Pico, Crenshaw and in Inglewood. We had been thinking about doing a game show then we said why not have it centered around all of the places that you don't think celebrities go.

  Harvey Levin

  Party, Cutting, Thinking

  Source: lasentinel.net

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• Sometimes I'll hit a note and sometimes I don't. Why not at least try?

  Angel Olsen

  Trying, Sometimes, Notes

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• One of the things that I think about is: How do you make moments that float, transparent? Moments that could just float away. How do you make a body accountable for its language, its positioning? Why not make a body accountable for its language?

  Claudia Rankine

  Thinking, Body, Language

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Drama drama drama. The public wants it, so let them get the whole ugly mess. Why not?

  Elaine Stritch

  Drama, Ugly, Want

  Source: www.thewrap.com

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• I want language to help us live in a world of wonder/terror/change. I want it to be about "becoming" rather than "being." I think that being and nouns are part of our hopeless dream that time will stop and we will not die. but it's not that way. So, why not celebrate verbs and the beloved's metamorphosis into other people or creatures or places - the same spirit but moving through things, not static.

  Gregory Orr

  Dream, Moving, Thinking

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Go on a living spree. While you're here, why not live it up? Make your list, then go be, do, and have everything you want. Live life to the fullest. Live a life of no regrets. Strive toward your potential. NO restrictions apply. This offer is good for a limited time only. Don't miss this opportunity. Go on a living spree!

  Clifton Anderson

  Regret, Live Life, Opportunity

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• Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and staff with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors?

  Jim Hightower

  Race, Presidential, Logos

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• If you want an opinion concerning the Bible, why not take it from the lips of someone who has a real acquaintance with it.

  William Henry Houghton

  Real, Want, Lips

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• Why don't these companies making big profits just pay people better than $14 an hour? It's kind of simple. When you're making record profits, why not? I don't get it.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Simple, People, Records

  "How Liberals Think: Mika Says 'It's Kind Of Simple' - Employers Should Just Pay Workers More". Interview with Joe Scarborough, www.newsbusters.org. December 11, 2012.

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• Why me? Why did this happen? How could I be in Westlife and then have nothing to show for it financially at the end of it? But it's like, why not me? That's just life. It's tough. There's a lot more problems in the world. There are a lot of people who would wish to God they had my problem instead of having a sick child.

  Shane Filan

  Children, Sick, People

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• Why not hold on to whatever I've got because it's as good as it's ever going to get. How can I believe that love is coming, how can I even believe that love exists; if I don't believe it's spiritually based?

  Kenny Loggins

  Believe, Love Is, Ifs

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

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• I always say your body is the temple of your spirit, why not decorate it? My kids say, no, no, your body is the temple of your spirit, keep it clean. I'm covered in tattoos and I get a tattoo every time I write a book. I get the tattoo from the book.

  Bill Ayers

  Tattoo, Book, Writing

  "The Rumpus Long Interview with Bill Ayers". Interview with Scott Hutchins, therumpus.net. February 20, 2009.

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• I would say there is a conversation happening between your body and mind all the time. Even when you're sleeping, your body is communicating the information to your mind. And so to me it feels like, why not harness that? If it's happening all the time, why not control the content of the conversation?

  Amy Cuddy

  Sleep, Mind, Body

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Immigration confuses and terrifies me, so why not try to write a comic and make some sense of it?

  Brian K. Vaughan

  Writing, Trying, Immigration

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Stakeholders - meaning workers and community - the CEO could just as well be responsible to them. This presupposes there ought to be management but why does there have to be management? Why not have the stakeholders run the industry?

  Noam Chomsky

  Running, Community, Doe

  "Noam Chomsky on America's Economic Suicide". Interview with Laura Flanders / GRITtv, www.alternet.org. May 4, 2012.

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• There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

  Robert Kennedy

  Men, World

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• Statistically, I'd say comedy writers are perhaps the sanest category of show people. And why not? They make big money, and although it's not an easy trade - particularly when you're at your galley oar five days a week - it's easier on the nerves and the psyche than living with the brain-squeezing pressure and cares of being the Star.

  Dick Cavett

  Stars, People, Brain

  Dick Cavett (2014). “Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks”, p.154, Henry Holt and Company

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• There were two main points I wanted to get across in Valentine, the first being that yes, Valentine's Day is an arbitrary day, but why would you not take that excuse to celebrate love? The second point. . .since it is just an arbitrary day. . .why not treat every day like Valentine's Day?

  Kina Grannis

  Valentine, Two, Firsts

  "Rising Star: Kina Grannis". Interview, www.seventeen.com. July 14, 2010.

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• I really believe that is helping people. I've been talking to oncologists about how we can re-frame and re-think the chemo process, so it becomes a much more spiritual, psychological journey. Where people really could burn away what needs to be burned away. It's happening anyway. Why not frame it in a psychological way where it can serve as a transformation?

  Eve Ensler

  Spiritual, Believe, Journey

  "The Big Idea: Eve Ensler". Interview with Suzanne Koven, therumpus.net. June 12, 2013.

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• I look at my career and I feel I have the potential to maybe mature into a Samuel Jackson-type older cat, and people will still respect me and say 'Yo, Ice-T was wild', into my old age. And why not? I don't necessarily think I'll be rapping in 10 years.

  Ice T

  Rap, Cat, Thinking

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I don't think things necessarily should have a meaning. If stuff has a meaning then why do [writing] about it? If you're trying to say, 'Tall buildings are great' why not just leave it at that: "Tall buildings are great."

  Jonathan Meades

  Writing, Thinking, Should Have

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I would love to meet some directors, and why not do some other movies in America? But, I'm not obsessed with this idea. I'm feeling very free in Europe.

  Ludivine Sagnier

  Europe, Ideas, America

  Source: www.aboutfilm.com

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• I remember when I was a kid that the only way to see Hulk Hogan wrestle was you'd have to go to the live shows. He was never on TV. So I thought "Why not do the same thing?"

  Chris Jericho

  Kids, Way, Tvs

  "Chris Jericho to Roman Reigns Haters: Shut the Hell Up". Interview with Matt Fowler, www.ign.com. March 19, 2015.

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