If I asked for a (stage) light, it was not an ask but a demand. If I demanded, I was having a fit,

I read that I demanded. I didn't demand. I asked. Asking and demanding are two separate things. ... I just asked for a trade to go home. I don't care what people think or say, or whatever. But they were pretty quick to boo. I mean, I gave up a home run and it just came out, one after another.

We have not demanded anything excessive. The European side should not make an excessive demand either.

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

Be careful what you ask for. Answers responds to questions

As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy.