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asking

«Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.»
«Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.»
«Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs»
«Anything that's worth having is worth asking for. Some say yes and some say no.»
Author: Melba Colgrove | Keywords: asking
«Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas»
«Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.»
«Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp post how it feels about dogs»
«A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.»
«. . . see without looking, . . . hear without listening, . . . breathe without asking.»
Author: W. H. Auden (Dramatist, Editor, Poet) | Keywords: asking, breathe
«Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.»

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