W Quotes
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“Well, how do I know that they don't know the answer unless I ask?”
Source: The Memory of Earth and The Call of Earth
“Well, how'd we get to talking about our ancestors? People think we don't talk about anything else in Charleston.”
Source: Three O'Clock Dinner
“Well, Howard Stern has been doing his impression of me for years. It doesn't really bother me.”
“Well, human rights defenders, freedom of speech advocates, lawyers that we spoke to said this is really an expansion. After the military ouster of Egypt's unpopular, but elected Islamist president in 2013, we saw political opponents being arrested by the thousands, really. Then we saw a popular comedian go off the air out of fear of retribution.”
“Well, human security is a concept that I am very committed to enshrining in American foreign policy.”
“Well, I - all cases to me have interest. Every case is important to somebody, the people litigating that case. But the most difficult case for me is the case where one person says a, the other person says b, and you just don't know for certain who is not telling you the truth.”
“Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.”
“Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.”
“Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I was dealt. Let's remember that the real motivation in the sixties, and even in the fifties, was the Cold War.”
“Well, I actually tell my son that I don't have any hair because he asked me the same question that I gave it to him when he was born, so he actually still believes that. He's five years old.”
“Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.”
“Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.”
“Well, I already know what happened to my face", I say. "I was there. Sort of”
Source: Divergent Series (Books 1-3) Plus Free Four, The Transfer and World of Divergent
“Well, I always did want to go out in a Braveheart kind of way. I'll just have to think of something cool to yell before they cut my head off.”
Source: Blood Ties Book Three: Ashes to Ashes
“Well, I always had a chauffer, because I have never driven a car in my life. I still can't drive.”
“Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great.”
“Well, I always hope that I'm a role model.”
“Well, I always know what I want. And when you know what you want--you go toward it. Sometimes you go very fast, and sometimes only an inch a year. Perhaps you feel happier when you go fast. I don't know. I've forgotten the difference long ago, because it really doesn't matter, so long as you move.”
Source: We the Living
“Well, I always run the risk of falling on my face, which has in fact happened.”
“Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up cashing in on when I was writing fluffy magazine pieces.”
“Well, I always talk about how I used to work at an insane asylum and stuff, which is true, but to be honest, I just make crap up more than anything else.”
“Well, I always tried to look nice and be feminine even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there's no reason to add to everyone's misery by looking miserable yourself. That's my philosophy. This is why I always wore makeup and jewelry into the jungle-nothing too extravagant, but maybe just a nice gold bracelet and some earrings, a little lipstick, good perfume. Just enough to show that I still had my self-respect.”
Source: Eat Pray Love 10th-Anniversary Edition: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
“Well, I always try to look at my characters as being better than I am. That's one of the reasons I guess I became an actor - because you get to create a persona that's bigger or better or more interesting than your own.”
“Well, I am a Christian who believes that there are certainly many more paths to God other than Christianity.”
“Well, I am a dilettante. It's only in England that dilettantism is considered a bad thing. In other countries it's called interdisciplinary research.”
“Well, I am a giant pansy and freak out if seaweed touches my leg in the ocean.”
“Well, I am a great believer in supercompensation. Short term overtraining leads to long-term success. I can hear the complaints about injuries, but, in truth, not too many of us suffer injuries that lead to surgery, according to those studies in the 1950′s. In fact, if you are not a druggie and have some common sense, I think you can afford to train harder than you think.”
“Well, I am actually a daughter of the American Revolution”
“Well, I am an extremely beautiful person.”
“Well, I am as much a cheerleader for President Obama as Sen. McConnell is a Chippendale dancer.”
“Well, I am becoming doddering and old but I have - I'm writing two books a year now. It's like 220,000 words or something like finished, and, honest to God, I can't do that. I really do need the help of, you know, other people working with me.”
“Well, I am David Gilmour, the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd. I have been since I was 21.”
“Well, I am from India and I wanted to make films in English for the international market in India. So that was really the main thing, and then of course economically it was cheaper to make films in India.”
“Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.”
Source: Little Women Collection: Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins and More
“Well, I am not 100 percent sure of the definition of polemic, but it wasn't meant to convince anybody of anything.”
“Well, I am not afraid of the word 'liberal.'”
“Well, I am not always joking, sometimes I am serious. But some people always expect you to be funny. If you were like you are on stage, you would be obnoxious. With the jokes and the putdowns, I would need to take a break... juggle something.”
“Well, I am not really a conventional mom at all. Like, I had my kids really young. I had Danny when I was 18 or 19 and then Liam when I was 23 and Molly, I had when I was a little older.”
“Well, I am not sure of when my album will be released but my music has a lot of different sounds. I'm a hip-hop/R&B girl at heart, but I love pop music as well, and I even have an affinity for country music. So I would say my music might have something for everyone.”
“Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.”
“Well, I am ploughing on my canvases as they do on their fields (the peasants). It goes badly enough in our profession - in fact that has always been so, but at the moment it is very bad.”
Source: Further Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1886-1889
“Well, I am trying to put Quebec in its place - and the place of Quebec is in Canada, nowhere else.”
“Well, I am very happy that I was able to play a part in bringing music from the streets onto the radio and into modern culture, I worked very hard and always believed in the sounds I was creating.”
“Well, I Am... I Said was a very difficult song, very difficult because I really had to spend a lot of time thinking about what I was before the song was written.”
“Well, I aren't like a bird-clapper, forced to make a rattle when the wind blows on me. I can keep my own counsel when there's no good i' speaking.”
Source: Adam Bede
“Well, I beat my man. Now it's up to you to beat yours.”
“Well, I believe in God. I taught Sunday school.”
“Well, I believe she went in to rescue some Raggers from the pits,” Cuffs said. “She wasn’t all that specific.” “She went in to rescue — why would she do that?” Amon gripped the ironwork, studying the streetlord’s face. Was he lying? And if so, what was the purpose? “Guess she’s kind of taken with us,” Cuffs said. “You know, the glamor of the gang life and all. Getting beat up every other day, arrested for crimes you didn’t commit, long nights in gaol, sleeping in the cold and wet. It’s...seductive.” He raised an eyebrow.”
“Well, I believe that "thinking" is just as real a phenomenon in the world as anything else, and just as worthy of exploration. Maybe even more? So writing about "thought" to me is like writing about a tree or anything else real.”
“Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.”