Why Not Quotes - Page 39

• Because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it.

  Mindy Kaling

  Mindy Kaling (2015). “Why Not Me?”, p.200, Crown Archetype

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• I make mistakes. I say stupid things. I do idiotic things. And, quite frankly, I'm proud of them. Why not make mistakes?

  Mika

  Mistake, Stupid, Proud

  "Amazing Grace" by Paul Flynn, www.theguardian.com. December 09, 2007.

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• Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation of reward or punishment, safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.

  Princess Diana

  Change, Kindness, Knowledge

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• These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't be making a deal out of. hey go on and on with all this bullshit about "sanctity"—don't give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.

  Clint Eastwood

  Gay, People, Giving

  "The Leo Tapes". Interview with Mark Harris, www.gq.com. October 8, 2011.

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• I am all about new beginnings. A new grandchild, another new hairstyle, a new email account. Why not a new relationship with the press?

  Hillary Clinton

  New Relationship, New Beginnings, Grandchildren

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• You have to think anyway, so why not think big?

  Donald Trump

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

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• Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?

  Goldie Hawn

  Music, Live In The Moment, Mindfulness

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• No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers.... Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn't the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children? The way, the only way to stop this evil is for the red man to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was first, and should be now, for it was never divided." We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave.

  Tecumseh

  Country, Children, Native American

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