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• Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you're changing, emotionally as well as physically?

  Clint Eastwood

  Looks, Facts, Advantage

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• For all aspects of memory, keep yourself physically fit. My catchphrase is, Healthy mind, healthy body, healthy body, healthy mind. Your memory needs oxygen as fuel, so why not feed it often?

  Tony Buzan

  Memories, Oxygen, Healthy

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• I say, 'Why not' to everything.

  Russell Westbrook

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• Why not go down the pub? A guy once came up to me at a gig and asked me if I had MySpace. I said, 'This is my space, and you're invading it.'

  Paul Weller

  Space, Guy, Gigs

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• Stop trying to figure it all. Why worry about it all so much? Why not just live? And then you die. And then you live again, unless, of course, you follow me.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Worry, Trying

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• In real life, however, you don't react to what someone did; you react only to what you think she did, and the gap between action and perception is bridged by the art of impression management. If life itself is but what you deem it, then why not focus your efforts on persuading others to believe that you are a virtuous and trustworthy cooperator?

  Jonathan Haidt

  Life, Art, Real

  Jonathan Haidt (2006). “The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom”, p.61, Basic Books

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• We are savages insides. We all want to be the chosen, the beloved, the esteemed. There isn't a person reading this who hasn't at one point or another had that why not me? voice pop into the interior mix when something good has happened to someone else.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Reading, Voice, Envy

  Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.185, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• We live in an age where revenge seems to be the most important thing for individuals and countries.

  Liam Neeson

  Country, Revenge, Moving

  "Liam Neeson Seeks Revenge in Seraphim Falls!". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. January 26, 2007.

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• Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not.

  Wayne Rooney

  Football, Hair, Followers

  Twitter post from Jun 04, 2011

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• I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?

  Colleen Haskell

  Jobs, Acting, Great Job

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• Science isn't about WHY, it's about WHY NOT!

  J.K. Simmons

  Portal

  "Fictional character: Cave Johnson". "Portal 2", Video Game, 2011.

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• I do believe in saving shoes. But that does not make me a hoarder. I am not a hoarder. But why not save them? Styles come back.

  Diane Keaton

  Believe, Shoes, Style

  "Diane Keaton on Woody Allen's feet, Al Pacino's nose" by Bob Minzesheimer, www.usatoday.com. April 28, 2014.

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• The concept of minimum wage is crazy, if you really stop to think about it. If $8 an hour seems right, why not $20 an hour? If its coming by order of the government, why stop at any level? Why not just say everyone should get what Gates gets?

  Malcolm Wallop

  Crazy, Thinking, Government

  "[Flashback interview] Retired Senator Malcolm Wallop: 'The Great American Experiment'". Interview With Peter Evans, Helen Evans, www.ff.org. January 6, 2013.

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• A man is more than one being in his life. If the last persists, why not the first? If there be a hereafter for his age, why not for his youth?

  Gertrude Atherton

  Men, Age, Lasts

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• Not only was it enough to be a cover band, it was perhaps the highest calling. After all, if you could play music recorded by others, stay true to the original, and still add fire and flare, why not?

  Paul Shaffer

  Fire, Play, Add

  Paul Shaffer, David Ritz (2009). “We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Show-biz Saga”, p.58, Anchor

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• Some people look at creamed corn and ask, 'Why?' I look at creamed corn and ask, 'Why not?'

  Brian Regan

  People, Looks, Corn

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• Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?

  Salma Hayek

  Cheer, Giving, Beauty Products

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• "I was just offered a contract on your life, for enough money to make it worth my while." It was my turn to be quiet. "Did you take it?" "Would I be calling you if I had?" "Maybe," I said. He laughed. "True, but I'm not going to take it." "Why not?" "Friendship." "Try again," I said. "I figure I'll get to kill more people guarding you. If I take the contract, I only get to kill you." "Comforting."

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  People, Comforting, Trying

  "The Killing Dance (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter, Book 6)". Book by Laurell K. Hamilton, June 1, 1997.

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• To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?'

  Christopher Hitchens

  Dumb, Cosmos, Return

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Mortality”, p.14, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Ripred sighed. 'I suppose so. You and I seem to end up doing everything. Shall we say four members for each delegation?' 'Why not?' Luxa said. 'Four can be as stupid as ten. No need to crowd the room.' Ripred laughed. 'You know, I think you an I are going to get on famously.

  Suzanne Collins

  Stupid, Thinking, Needs

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• If you know you have to wait anyway, why not make a decision to enjoy your life while you’re waiting? Why not be happy while God is in the process of changing things? After all, there’s nothing we can really do to make it happen any faster. We might as well relax and enjoy our lives, knowing that at the appointed time God is going to bring his plan to pass.

  Joel Osteen

  Knowing, Decision, Waiting

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• You can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can't be English American. Why not?

  Christopher Hitchens

  Greek, Polish

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• Don't talk to me." "Why not?" "Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret.

  J. K. Rowling

  Memories, Humor, Ferrets

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• This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Funny, Girl, Wall

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• Religious moderation is the direct result of taking scripture less and less seriously. So why not take it less seriously still? Why not admit the the Bible is merely a collection of imperfect books written by highly fallible human beings.

  Sam Harris

  Religious, Book, Scripture

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