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My guess is that most Australians today would vote for Babe. A piglet who dreams of being a statesmanlike sheepdog. Who merely by asking politely, can lead the electorate two by two through the gate where the grass is always greener. -- Wendy Harmer
I've never been afraid to make a polite ask to someone. -- Gerald Chertavian
My mother always told me it wasn't polite to ask what people make. -- Clint Eastwood
It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things. -- Viggo Mortensen
Be aware of who in your life is actually interested in hearing you discuss your writing, and who's just asking to be polite. Listening to writers talk about their work is often excruciatingly dull. -- Hanya Yanagihara
I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, 'Can't you write anything normal?' -- Octavia E. Butler
It is harder to lie in an interview. A good interview - and it can be polite - is not a one way street like a candidate controlled ad. An interview is not programmed by the candidate and so the candidate can't be exactly sure what will be asked. -- Greta Van Susteren
A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it. -- Taylor Swift

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