#asks

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. ↗

— Helen Keller

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It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal. ↗

— Helen Keller

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It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

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Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

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Our bodies must always be wherever that struggle and the moment we forget that, the moment we become lazy, the moment we sit back, then then the evil ones do their ordained tasks to us. ↗

— William Kunstler

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I'm not one of those actors who asks for too many favours. So when I do, people tend to listen. ↗

— Ryan Kwanten

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One of your tasks is to separate the "personal" from the "substantive." The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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Every question is a hypothetical question for everyone but the person who asks it. ↗

— Dan Savage

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