Edna O'Brien
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Mean nothing more than meow to an animal THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS JEAN-LUC GODARD Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI C.S. LEWIS GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy HENRY N. BEARD TOM ROBBINS MAURA TIERNEY I think picture books should stretch children. I think they should be full of wonderful, amazing wor... JANE YOLEN SAINT AUGUSTINE I think people should be able to do what they want to do. BODE MILLER For me, I think people should be held accountable for what they put on the air or in print. WILLIAM KRISTOL MARC JACOBS The press should not get special privileges - if they drive recklessly or put people in danger, they... ADAM COHEN I think it's important because everybody should be treated fair. Nobody should be treated on how the... BEN CHAPPELL PATRICK NESS NEIL GAIMAN I don't think people should be unduly alarmed, ... They should try to keep the mosquito population d... DANIEL BLUMENTHAL They should fine the referee. That's who they should fine, for that bad call. I do think referees sh... JEREMIAH TROTTER FRANCESCA ANNIS ZYGMUNT BAUMAN For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I'm related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I go... KIM NOVAK DONALD RUMSFELD F. SIONIL JOSE ELIE WIESEL JOE BARTON AL GOLDSTEIN People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given t... DAVID MILLAR People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not. MARTHA PLIMPTON I don't believe any religion should be exclusive or feel superior in any way, or be judgmental. ... CATHERINE HICKS JOSH RADNOR JEFFREY FRY MICHAEL JORDAN BARBARA W. TUCHMAN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE They should be concerned but definitely not panicked or alarmed. BOB CANNON ELTON JOHN Good riddance to bad rubbish. RODMAN PHILBRICK Who cares what THEY think, what do YOU think? You can't control others' perception of you, so just b... DAN O'DONNELL LJUPKA CVETANOVA THOMAS S. MONSON WALTER PAYTON GWEN STEFANI LOBSANG TENZIN MIKE PENCE RUPERT MURDOCH JOSEPH CONRAD MICHAEL PHELPS DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF HENRY ROLLINS I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person'... SEAN PAUL Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by ... LAURENCE HOPE Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by ... ADELA FLORENCE NICOLSON DOLLY PARTON JOHN EDWARDS They impact the way young people dress and act more than anyone else, so I think they should be held... BOBBY WRIGHT I think the Israelis should decide what they want -- peace with Arabs or not. AZMI BISHARA I don't think the Fed is under pressure to raise rates faster than they have been but I think they'd... BILL CHENEY EMMA STONE LYDIA MILLET DAVE BARRY I really can't say if [Arthur Gagnon] is trying to pull a fast one. But I think it should be correct... JOSEPH LAWRENCE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Editorial cartoons should be smart and substantive, provocative and informative. They should stir pa... MICHAEL RAMIREZ COLIN KAEPERNICK I say it to thee again, and doubt never the contrary, that if it were the custom to put the little m... CHRISTINE DE PISAN LINDSEY STIRLING STANLEY KUBRICK STANLEY KUBRICK I think they rely on me so much to have the ball. So their confidence is not as high as it should be... JASMINE WHITBY I don't think they should be able to take action on us for what we do outside of school. DANNY SMITH JAY-Z NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON RANDY PAUSCH As soon as the time machine is invented, all religious people should be sent back in time, where the... JASON MENEZES I don't think the guy should be looked at as an outcast or be looked at in a negative way because of... LAMONT JORDAN THOMAS HARDY JAMES JOYCE HENRY ALDRICH NICHOLAS KRISTOF ERIC SCHLOSSER JAMES JOYCE ALICE COOPER This country isn't a melting pot. Think of this country as a stir fry. That's what this coun... JANE ELLIOTT I think journalism anywhere should be based on social justice and impartiality, making contributions... JUDY POLUMBAUM PATRICK ROTHFUSS I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse. DAVID IVES GEORGE BUSH I like to think I play rugby as it should be played - there are no yellow or red cards in my collect... JONNY WILKINSON Pedestrians should be aware they are more liable to be killed or injured, not motorists. LUDWIG P. GAINES I think, as women, we have to stop being scared to be the women we want to be and we have to raise o... JADA PINKETT SMITH More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma DEBORAH HEILIGMAN That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth. JAMES MARSHALL JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN JEFFREY R. HOLLAND And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju... JOAN BAUER THOMAS S. MONSON Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l... JUSTINA CHEN
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To be, or not to be, that is the question. 
To be or not to be. That's not really a question. 
The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... 
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. 
To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. 
I've been misquoted a lot, and there's this tendency for people to put on to you how they th... 
Women should not be enlightened or educated in any way. They should, in fact, be segregated as they ... 
I think journalists have the right to their opinions but I think their opinions should be based on h... 
A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative. That'... 
I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who ... 
I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what ot... 
Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different,... 
differences as to who should be in command of what, differences as to where forces should be reinfor... 
Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They ... 
I don't like docudramas. Documentaries should not go together with fiction, or half-fiction or q... 
Supercookies are legal, but I don't think they should be. 
To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be... 
I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'... 
Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. 
The way I've been playing, I should be down, way down. I haven't done anything to think I should be ... 
The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention. 
Men should be what they seem;Or those that be not, would they might seem none! 
I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the li... 
Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. 
When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they... 
All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want... 
I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so the... 
Interreligious dialogue is extremely important for religious people as well as secular people or non... 
No one should be harassed or mistreated because of who they are, who they love, or what they believe... 
I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that on television.... 
Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... 
I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at... 
I don't think tablets are where we should be focused. But I do think they could end up being an ... 
I think more airtime should be given to Donald Trump and Orly Taitz. They should run for office toge... 
I think everyone should be with who they love. 
Faith is not a political strategy and should not be a political strategy. If it is being used as a t... 
I think women should wear whatever makeup they want for themselves. Makeup should be fun. 
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Both of your socks should always be the same color, Or they should at least both be fairly dark 
The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What they're trying to do ... 
I have great respect for people's right to believe what they want to believe. And I don't th... 
I never liked feeling like the world needed to have labels on everything, whether it's people or... 
A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods ... 
I don't profess to be a political rapper, like groups such as 'Dead Prez' or 'Public... 
Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of... 
If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you. 
It takes two or three generations to do what I tried to do in one; and my impulses--affections--vice... 
I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of... 
If all be true that I do think, there are five reasons we should drink: Good wine -- a friend -- or ... 
Every high school and college graduate in America should, I think, have some familiarity with statis... 
I think there should be very strict limits on the pathogens that can be sold in your meat. There sho... 
I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Pa... 
They should invent some way to tape-record your dreams. I've written songs in my dreams that wer... 
Kid's books should be just as good as any other books. No. They should be held to a *higher* standar... 
No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as pa... 
Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women... 
In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ... 
They did not submit to the obvious alternative, which was simply to close the eyes and fall. So easy... 
I guess we're really brothers, aren't we? Don't know what that means, except it means that some of t... 
They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of th... 
There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive a... 
Virtue should always be colmingled with humor. 
One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silenc... 
In yourself right now is all the place you've got. 
[H]iding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes ... 
Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - t... 
I think it is safe to say that while the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Chris... 
You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You... 
All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. 
Gabrielle chuckled, her dark eyes twinkling. “So he’s been after you, has he? Poor Etta, pursued... 
Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and ... 
They should."
Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed w... 