“I still stand by what I said. Do you want me to lie about it?' he asks.
'No, I want you to rethink it and come up with the right opinion,' I tell him.”

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American television writer and novelist 1962

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“I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.”

George Marshall (1880–1959) US military leader, Army Chief of Staff

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“If you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything.”

Kathy Acker (1947–1997) American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet

“I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and she said 'No.”

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician

Standup Comic (1999)
Context: A fast word about oral contraception. I was involved in an extremely good example of oral contraception two weeks ago. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, she said "no."

“You know,” he said, “this is why I love you so much.”
Her tone was heartbreakingly warm. “What do you mean?”
You don’t ask me to go inside because it’s cold. You just want to make it easier for me to be where I want to stand.”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

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