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• And there stood Basta with his foot already on another dead body, smiling. Why not? He had hit his target, and it was the target he had been aiming for all along: Dustfinger’s heart, his stupid heart. It broke in two as he held Farid in his arms, it simply broke in two, although he had taken such good care of it all these years.

  Cornelia Funke

  Stupid, Taken, Heart

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• Nothing in the world is single, All things by a law divine, In one spirit meet and mingle-Why not I with thine?

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Law, World, Spirit

  'Love's Philosophy'

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• I just kind of had this naive approach to - well, gee, you know, why not. I’ll just go ahead and do it.

  Pierre Omidyar

  Kind, Wells, Approach

  "The World's Online Marketplace". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. October 27, 2000.

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• And what's wrong with dimming the harsh reality of life a little, anyway? In essence, being alive is a bloody long and hard walk to death. Why not make it as pleasant along the way as you can?

  Lucinda Riley

  Reality, Essence, Long

  Lucinda Riley (2013). “The Lavender Garden: A Novel”, p.167, Simon and Schuster

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• There are Christians who think and speak altogether too much about the power of Satan. They think of their adversary, they pray about him, they talk about him, and he looms up greater and greater in their imagination. It is true that Satan is a powerful being; but, thank God, we have a mighty Saviour, who cast out the evil one from heaven. Satan is pleased when we magnify his power. Why not talk of Jesus? Why not magnify His power and His love?

  Ellen G. White

  Christian, Jesus, Powerful

  Ellen G. White “The Conflict of the Ages Story, Vol. 3. The Desire of Ages—Illustrated”, Digital Inspiration

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• Now that my wine has been served in the White House, why not me? Who could talk to farmers better than I? Somebody even asked me the other day if I had anything in my platform about taxes. 'Hell yes,' I said. 'Great state. But I wouldn't want to live there.'

  Pat Paulsen

  Wine, White, House

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• If there are favourable habitats and favorable forms of association for animalsand plants, as ecology demonstrates, why not for men? If each particular natural environment has has its own balance; is there not perhaps an equivalent of this in culture?

  Lewis Mumford

  Men, Balance, Culture

  "The Culture of Cities, Secker & Warburg". Book by Lewis Mumford, 1938.

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• Although one is not inclined to be timid or nervous, it is nevertheless a trifle depressing to receive letters full of expostulation and entreaty: 'If you are determined to commit suicide, why not come home and do so in a quiet lady-like manner?'

  Annie Smith Peck

  Suicide, Depressing, Home

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• When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?

  Billie Jean King

  Dream, Believe, People

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• If you want a thing--truly want it, want it so badly that you need it as you need air to breathe, then unless you die, you will have it. Why not? It has you. There is no escape. What a cruel and terrible thing escape would be if escape were possible

  Octavia Butler

  Air, Desire, Would Be

  Octavia E. Butler (1998). “Parable of the Talents: A Novel”, p.363, Seven Stories Press

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• I think when people say they dread going into work on Monday morning, it's because they know they are leaving a piece of themselves at home. Why not see what happens when you challenge your employees to bring all of their talents to their job and reward them not for doing it just like everyone else, but for pushing the envelope, being adventurous, creative, and open-minded, and trying new things?

  Tony Hsieh

  Motivational, Monday, Morning

  Tony Hsieh (2010). “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose”, p.116, Hachette UK

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• Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?

  Wyndham Lewis

  Ideas, Dying, Sound

  1926 The Art of Being Ruled, pt.1, ch.1.

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• We are comfortable in this environment. Why not make ourselves comfortable over there?.

  Celine Dion

  Comfort, Environment, Comfortable

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• Sensation is an element of what I do, and why not? It's not sensational for the sake of being sensational, but it's sensational art... It's like touching skin.

  Damien Hirst

  Art, Touching, Skins

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• Since you're going to die anyway, why not go do whatever it is you are in the mood to do. To postpone anything is ridiculous, if it's important to you.

  Frederick Lenz

  Death, Important, Ridiculous

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• Instead of Criticizing Someone's Success, Why Not Learn Something Valuable from It?

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Inspirational, Criticize, Valuable

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• Life's two most important questions are Why? and Why not? The trick is knowing which one to ask.

  Gordon Livingston

  Two, Knowing, Important

  Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.45, Da Capo Press

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• A woman ... all beautiful and accomplished will, while her hand and heart are undisposed of, turn the heads and set the circle in which she moves on fire. Let her marry, and what is the consequence? The madness ceases and all is quiet again. Why? Not because there is any diminution in the charms of the lady, but because there is an end of hope.

  George Washington

  Marriage, Beautiful, Moving

  George Washington (1908). “Letters and Addresses,”

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• Now why, if freedom is striven after for love of the I after all - why not choose the I himself as beginning, middle, and end?

  Max Stirner

  Beginning Middle And End, Ends, Ifs

  Max Stirner, David Leopold (1995). “Stirner: The Ego and Its Own”, p.148, Cambridge University Press

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• The choice is not between drugs and no drugs, but between illegal drugs and legal drugs. Until the 1920s drugs were legal, why not now? Lots of people are on drugs anyway - it is called medication.

  David Hockney

  People, Choices, Drug

  "Interview: Jasper Gerard meets David Hockney". www.thetimes.co.uk. October 02, 2005.

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• I love being naked. I do everything in the nude, even the gardening! We're Cuban, and it's a hot island. Why not?

  Eva Mendes

  Love Is, Islands, Gardening

  "Who are the sexiest women on the planet?". www.mirror.co.uk. February 14, 2010.

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• Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?

  Ramana Maharshi

  Mean, Self, Lasts

  Ramana Maharshi (2004). “The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi”, p.68, Shambhala Publications

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• Just imagine: I, a Premier, a Soviet representative, when I came here to this city, I was given a plan - a program of what I was to be shown and whom I was to meet here. But just now, I was told that I could not go to Disneyland. I asked, 'Why not?' What is it, do you have rocket-launching pads there? I do not know

  Nikita Khrushchev

  Cities, Rockets, Pads

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• One of the leading causes of divorce is sexual incompatibility. Why not mandate premarital sex, overseen, of course, by the Marriage Board to ensure that it was carried out and completed as required? The final exam question could be: "Was it good for you two?" For good measure, the engaged couple should be required to work together on a home improvement project like installing a kitchen sink or finishing a basement. That's the ultimate test of a marital relationship.

  Mike Rosen

  Sex, Couple, Home

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• A man called, wanting to borrow a rope. "You cannot have it," said Nasrudin. "Why not?" "Because it is in use." "But I can see it just lying there, on the ground." "That's right: that's its use.

  Nasreddin

  Lying, Men, Rope

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