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• Instead of gambling on the eternal impossibility of the revolution and on the fascist return of a war-machine in general, why not think that a new type of revolution is in the course of becoming possible, and that all kinds of mutating, living machines conduct wars, are combined and trace out a plane of consistance which undermines the plane of organization of the World and the States?

  Gilles Deleuze

  War, Thinking, Organization

  Gilles Deleuze, Claire Parnet (1987). “Dialogues”, Burns & Oates

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• As the dog sprinted back, Jack said to the girl, "Sweetheart,honey, why do you have to be so hateful?" "Why not?" Ellie said. "It's not like being good ever got me anywhere.

  Ilsa J. Bick

  Girl, Dog, Honey

  Ilsa J. Bick (2011). “Ashes”, p.25, Carolrhoda Lab ™

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• Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?" Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?

  Dale Carnegie

  Thinking, Fishing, People

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.36, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• I don't deserve you." "You're not allowed to say that." "Why not?" "It's a breakup line. Unless you're breaking up-" Jason leaned over and kissed her. The colors of the Roman afternoon suddenly seemed sharper, as it the world had switched to high definition. "No breakups," he promised. "I may have busted my head a few times, but I'm not that stupid.

  Rick Riordan

  Breakup, Stupid, Color

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• The idea of a tax on the ownership of a television belongs in the 1950s. Why not tax people for owning a washing machine to fund the manufacture of Persil?

  Jeremy Paxman

  Ideas, People, Machines

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

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• It's like creating an artificial loop saying, 'You didn't play the game the way I wanted you to play, so now you're punished and you're going to come back and play it again until you do what I want you to do.' In an action game, I can get that – why not? It's all about skills. But in a story-driven experience it doesn't make any sense.

  David Cage

  Games, Play, Skills

  "No 'game over' in Beyond: Two Souls, but Jodi can die" by Jessica Conditt, www.engadget.com. August 22, 2013.

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• If CEOs insist that middle class Americans compete with cheap foreign labor, why not outsource the jobs of CEOs? If business is all about cost, they should be the first to volunteer.

  Lou Dobbs

  Jobs, Class, Volunteer

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• My brain does like the idea of hosting a late-night show. My brain does like the idea of maybe having a show about me. So, I often pitch ideas and work on scripts and do that just because I may not be right about how I feel, so why not just do this, and if it happens and I got my own show, well maybe I would really end up falling in love with it.

  Jen Kirkman

  Falling In Love, Night, Ideas

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The question is why one should be so inwardly preoccupied at all. Why not reach out to others in love and solidarity or peer into the natural world for some glimmer of understanding? Why retreat into anxious introspection when, as Emerson might have said, there is a vast world outside to explore? Why spend so much time working on oneself when there is so much real work to be done?

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Real, Understanding, Might

  Barbara Ehrenreich (2009). “Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America”, p.76, Macmillan

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• In fact, the males very rarely take permanent mates.' His skin was so tan. 'Why not?' 'Because we tend to kill the females.' Ah, well, okay. That wasn't cool.

  Larissa Ione

  Skins, Males, Female

  Larissa Ione (2010). “Sin Undone”, p.78, Hachette UK

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• In the end, the wind takes everything, doesn't it? And why not? Why other? If the sweetness of our lives did not depart, there would be no sweetness at all.

  Stephen King

  Wind, Would Be, Dark Tower

  Stephen King (2012). “The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel”, p.300, Simon and Schuster

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• Why not rise from the grave and terrorize a little instead of staying buried and dead in the cemetery?

  Daniel Handler

  Littles, Graves, Buried

  Daniel Handler (2012). “Why We Broke Up”, p.156, Egmont UK

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• Why not see which is brighter: your aura or the sun?

  Richelle Mead

  Auras, Sun, Brighter

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.240, Penguin

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• Actually,” I said, hesitant to bring it up, “I was thinking along the lines of a curse that can turn you human.” “Or witch?” Ivy said, surprising me. There was a soft vulnerability in her and I blinked. “You don’t want to be a witch,” I said quickly. “Why not? You are.

  Kim Harrison

  Thinking, Ivy, Lines

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• We'll win, of course," he said. "You don't want that," said the demon. "Why not, pray?“ “Listen," said Crowley desperately, "how many musicians do you think your side have got, eh? First grade, I mean." Aziraphale looked taken aback. "Well, I should think-" he began. "Two," said Crowley. "Elgar and Liszt. That's all. We've got the rest. Beethoven, Brahms, all the Bachs, Mozart, the lot. Can you imagine eternity with Elgar?

  Neil Gaiman

  Taken, Mean, Winning

  Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett (2011). “Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch”, p.45, Harper Collins

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• I hate endings. Just detest them. Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster. … The temptation towards resolution, towards wrapping up the package, seems to me a terrible trap. Why not be more honest with the moment? The most authentic endings are the ones which are already revolving towards another beginning. That’s genius.

  Sam Shepard

  Hate, Temptation, Genius

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• Perhaps one day, all these conflicts will end, and it won't be because of great statesmen or churches or organisations like this one. It'll be because people have changed. They'll be like you, Puffin. More a mixture. So why not become a mongrel? It's healthy.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  People, Healthy, Church

  Kazuo Ishiguro (2001). “When We Were Orphans”, p.95, Vintage

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• And why not?” “You know why! This is a bad idea.” “Perhaps I like a challenge.” “Perhaps you’re a glutton for punishment!” “Perhaps I am in love.

  Karen Chance

  Punishment, Ideas, Challenges

  Karen Chance (2012). “Fury's Kiss: A Midnight's Daughter Novel”, p.43, Penguin

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• There are no demands - undue demands... There are many questions we get? Why China? Why now and the answer is why not?... There is no any hidden agenda in our cooperation with China, it is a relationship based on mutual understanding and equality; they understand our situation.

  Jakaya Kikwete

  Understanding, Agendas, Answers

  During President Hu Jintao's visit to Tanzania, February 16, 2009.

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• Why not have your first baby at sixty, when your husband is already dead and your career is over? Then you can really devote yourself to it.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Baby, Husband, Careers

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• As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Character, Giving, Reason Why

  Isaac Bashevis Singer, Grace Farrell (1992). “Isaac Bashevis Singer: Conversations”, p.91, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Most fiction series are written so that the reader can come in at any point and not feel lost, but if you can start at the beginning, why not?

  Julia Quinn

  Fiction, Lost, Reader

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• If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?

  Miranda July

  Letting Go, Wise, Trying

  Miranda July (2015). “The First Bad Man”, p.189, Canongate Books

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• Why not make cheerfulness, outrageousness, playfulness a new priority for yourself? Make feeling good your expectation. You don't have to have a reason to feel good - you're alive; you can feel good for no reason at all!

  Tony Robbins

  Expectations, Priorities, Feel Good

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.182, Simon and Schuster

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• We need to begin thinking about building permanence on the Red Planet, not just have voyagers do some experiments, plant a flag and claim success. Having them go there, repeat this, in my view, is dim-witted. Why not stay there?

  Buzz Aldrin

  Thinking, Views, Needs

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