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• We shall wonder if one day our game is played on another planet? Why not? Then we will have not only a World Cup we will have inter-planetary competitions.

  Sepp Blatter

  Games, Competition, One Day

  "Sepp Blatter suggests that football could be played on other planets" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2014.

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• How many demons and people are enslaved here? (Jericho) Define slavery. (Asmodeus) Kept against their will. (Jericho) Good definition. Counting me? (Asmodeus) Why not? (Jericho) Probably a couple of million…you know it’s really hard to count to a million, plus they’re always dying and new ones are coming in. I tried to count once, but it got really depressing so I stopped. The constant adding and subtracting. Not my forte, really. (Asmodeus)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Depressing, Couple, People

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• Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?

  David Byrne

  Past, Building, Fortresses

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• It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another?

  David Byrne

  Attitude, Thinking, Symphony

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• "I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?" "Like I said," he said as I unlocked the car, "I'm not so sure that you should go by my example." "Why not?" "Because I have my regrets," he said. "Also, I'm a guy. And guys do different stuff." "Like ride bikes?" I said. "No," he replied. "Like have food fights. And break stuff. And set off firecrackers on people's front porches. And..." "Girls can't set off firecrackers on people's front porches?" "They can," he said... "But they're smart enough not to. That's the difference."

  Sarah Dessen

  Girl, Regret, Smart

  "Along for the Ride". Book by Sarah Dessen, June 16, 2009.

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• I think with more electric vehicles on the road, hopefully we'll still be able to drive some fantastic sports cars with big V8s, or V10s, or even V12s. Why not? If we can find a way to balance the automotive world, where ultimately, when we have most of the commuters drive electric cars, then we won't really have any issue with some sports cars driving around.

  Henrik Fisker

  Sports, Thinking, Electric Vehicles

  "Interview: Henrik Fisker talks new companies, the future of car design and ... minivans". Interview with C.C. Weiss, newatlas.com. December 24, 2016.

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• I think the one advantage to a failed - recovering, but a pretty broken - economy, and a lot of broken promises, is that we've pulled the veils from our eyes way earlier than most people do, and realize "Hey, you know what, maybe I should try do this thing that I really care about, and why not spend the time now during my best years to get into knitting, or coding, or swamp boat sailing." And there's this resource called the Internet that's going to provide you with a stage and a library for all of those things.

  Alexis Ohanian

  Eye, Thinking, Knitting

  Source: thetartan.org

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• That's my motto. That's what I stand by. That's what I believe in. Just continue to tell yourself 'why not?' Continue to strive and make the right play to help your team win.

  Russell Westbrook

  Team, Believe, Winning

  Source: www.sbnation.com

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• My new apartment might be a place where there are lots of children. They might gather on my porch to play, and when I step out for groceries, they will ask me, "Hi, do you have any kids?" and then, "Why not, don't you like kids?" "I like kids," I will explain. "I like kids very much." And when I almost run over them with my car, in my driveway, I will feel many different things.

  Lorrie Moore

  Running, Children, Kids

  Lorrie Moore (2012). “Anagrams”, p.53, Vintage

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• Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?

  Che Guevara

  Motivational, Passion, Heart

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• There are people at the extremes who aren't able to do anything musically, and then others sort of fall in the middle. And the same thing with math, and the same thing with art. You'll find people who are geniuses, or prodigies at the far end of the bell shaped curve, and I think you will find some of the acquired savants in that category who happened to have been endowed with that kind of talent, which explains why not everyone becomes an acquired savant.

  Darold Treffert

  Art, Fall, Math

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.

  Janet Macunovich

  Apology, Firsts, Plant

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• Why not learn from the positive aspect of Canadian populism, which is the way to deal with it? Learn from the negative side, but it's more important to learn from the positive side, because it's an enormous amount of energy.

  Preston Manning

  Important, Energy, Negative

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Hours of crisis often call for sacrifice. In matters of consequence, when have doubt and fear given the best advice? Why not heed faith, courage, and honor?

  Brandon Mull

  Sacrifice, Advice, Doubt

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• Torches," Porak ordered. "This is dumb," Jig grumbled as one of the others handed out torches. "Why not run ahead and warn any intruders that we're coming? Maybe we should sing, too, in case they're blind.

  Jim C. Hines

  Running, Dumb, Torches

  Jim C. Hines (2006). “Goblin Quest”, p.11, Penguin

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• I think Jesus is saying, Look, you guys are running around like monkeys trying to get people to clap, but people are fallen, they are separated from God, so they have no idea what is good or bad, worthy to be judged or set free, beautiful or ugly to begin with. Why not get your glory from God? Why not accept your feelings of redemption because of His pleasure in you, not the fickle and empty favor of man? And only then will you know who you are, and only then will you have true, uninhibited relationships with others.

  Donald Miller

  Beautiful, Running, Jesus

  "Searching for God Knows What". Book by Donald Miller, October 13, 2004.

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• Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were the words "WHY NOT?" "That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.

  Norton Juster

  Sides, Reason, Used

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.42, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• A Christian has no business being satisfied with mediocrity. He's supposed to reach for the stars. Why not? He's not on his own anymore. He has God's help now.

  Catherine Marshall

  Christian, Stars, Mediocrity

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• Stop it." Isabelle tapped a booted foot in the shallow water at the lake's edge. "Both of you. In fact, all three of you. If we don't stick together in the Seelie Court, we're dead." "But I haven't-," Clary started. "Maybe you haven't, but the way you let those two act..." Isabelle indicated the boys with a disdainful wave of her hand. "I can't tell them what to do!" "Why not?" the other girl demanded. "Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority, I just don't know what I'll do with you.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Boys, Lakes

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• Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?

  Gloria Estefan

  Sexy, Romance, Singing

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• Lyric poetry is, of course, musical in origin. I do know that what happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to be written for the page. When it's a question of typography, why not? Poets have done beautiful things with typography - Apollinaire's 'Calligrammes,' that sort of thing.

  James Fenton

  Beautiful, Lyric Poetry, Musical

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• In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?

  Jamie Foxx

  Everyday, Negative, Stamps

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• There are roles I am never considered for. Meryl Streep roles, let's say. Why not? I really wanted to do 'Ironweed,' for example, because the depression era in this country was one of the best for multiracial people, because everybody was poor. Everybody lived in the tents, and under buildings, and under gratings, together.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Country, People, Together

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• I've always started every day by going to the window for a glimpse of the sky. But now I won't have to." "Why not?" She asked softly. "Because I'll see the blue of your eyes instead." "How romantic you are," she murmured with a grin, kissing him gently. "But don't worry. I won't tell anyone.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Eye, Kissing, Blue

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• Many atheistic books and blogs seethe with anger. Remarkably, the authors do not limit their anger to Christians. They seem most livid with God. I don't believe in leprechauns, but I haven't dedicated my life to battling them. I suppose if I believed that people's faith in leprechauns poisoned civilization, I might get angry with members of leprechaun churches. But there's one thing I'm quite sure I wouldn't do: I would not get angry with leprechauns. Why not? Because I can't get angry with someone I know doesn't exist.

  Randy Alcorn

  Christian, Believe, Book

  Randy Alcorn (2009). “If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil”, p.136, Multnomah

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