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		Even if they end up together, which I highly doubt, given the strength of that particular bond-...-but even if Schuyler still loves him, or thinks she does, it doesn't matter. Because Jack is going to leave her one day. i know he will. He's too much for Schuyler. They're wrong for each other. Anyone can see that. And when he leaves her, I'll be there. However long it takes, I'll still be there for her. Waiting.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Melissa de la Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them money, unless I needed a pan. I do give money to homeless people, whether they ask or no. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hamish Linklater 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mac Thornberry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My biggest luck was the Terry McMillan era, because what happened after the phenomenon of 'Waiting to Exhale' is that publishing woke up. They said, 'Wow. Black people do read.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tananarive Due 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even when I was modelling, I never had a mom sitting on my head and a bunch of people waiting on me. I've always been independent. I'll do my thing and go. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malaika Arora Khan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dag Hammarskjold 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		'Vicky Donor' proved that the audience was waiting for well-scripted funny films. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yami Gautam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The way I see it, I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green lights to go by. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camryn Manheim 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Ewing 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		With two civil wars, an al-Qaida presence and 40% unemployment, what else is President Saleh waiting for? He should leave office now. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tawakkol Karman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt; And I the hymn the Brahmin sings. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Waldo Emerson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I hadn't originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I read or not wouldn't make a difference, I would still be waiting to get cremated. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gao Xingjian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		If you know even as little history as I do, it is hard not to doubt the efficacy of modern war as a solution to any problem except that of retribution - the 'justice' of exchanging one damage for another. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wendell Berry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Personally of course I regret everything. Not a word, not a deed, not a thought, not a need, not a grief, not a joy, not a girl, not a boy, not a doubt, not a trust, not a scorn, not a lust, not a hope, not a fear, not a smile, not a tear, not a name, not a face, no time, no place, that I do not regret, exceedingly. An ordure, from beginning to end. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Beckett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I thought that the painter had no right to paint so unclearly.. ..(but) the first faint doubt as to the importance of an 'object' as the necessary element in painting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wassily Kandinsky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yann Martel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Without doubt, if we are to go back to that ultimate, integral experience, unwarped by the sophistications of theory, that experience whose elucidation is the final aim of philosophy, the flux of things is one ultimate generalization around which we must weave our philosophical system. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alfred North Whitehead 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I make no doubt... that these rules are simple, artless, and natural. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Blaise Pascal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		No," I say firmly. "If you ever doubt anything here, if you ever not know what to think or who to trust, you trust Todd, okay? You remember that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Ness 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I always say it was great for God to send his only son, but I'm waiting for him to send his only daughter. Then things will really be great. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Candace Pert 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Jesus never wanted us to have canned, prefabricated answers for every issue—he wants us to wrestle with the complexity of his message over and over again, until we are able to hold truth in tandem with tension. Truth must be held humbly next to the same hand that holds our doubt. Jesus, I believe, wants us to embrace the tension of faith and repent of our own need for certainty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Benjamin L. Corey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can't wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chris Gardner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The greatest injustice in the world is to bring a child into the world, and not be able to offer it peace. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nafisa Joseph 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even if they end up together, which I highly doubt, given the strength of that particular bond-...-but even if Schuyler still loves him, or thinks she does, it doesn't matter. Because Jack is going to leave her one day. i know he will. He's too much for Schuyler. They're wrong for each other. Anyone can see that. And when he leaves her, I'll be there. However long it takes, I'll still be there for her. Waiting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Melissa de la Cruz