All of us have a romantic streak in us. That's why we are fallible, aren't we?
I have this fear of falling in front of large groups of people. That's why I tend not to wear heels.
Why should conservationists have a positive interest in... farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat.
We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?
That's why it's so important to have that gap between your fastball and off-speed pitches: then, when you effectively locate your fastball, it plays at a higher velocity.
'As I Lay Dying,' I reread that often. That's the first work of Faulkner's that I read that so amazed me and that I responded to emotionally and viscerally. I admired it so much, and I think that's why I keep rereading it.
Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful?
Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?
Why are Franz Ferdinand the perfect live band? They just are.
The novel is an artifact, which is why antiquarians cling to it so fervently.
The pop market is a very fickle market, and that's why for me to go into the teeny-pop, 'TRL' mode, it's not really for me.
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
Why are we so obsessed with monogamous fidelity?
There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research.
The Doors were successful. It was Jim Morrison as the centre and the figure and the spokesman, the figurehead, but we were all into the same thing. That's why we were a band.
I think why people are drawn to me is because I'm very relatable. I don't filter.
I thought I was depressed because I wasn't a writer/director. I moved into a space where I'm a writer/director, my movie is a hit at Sundance, I have a wonderful, loving boyfriend, and wow, I have financial stability. Why can't I get out of bed still?
If the goal of the DOT's rule is to prevent companies from deceiving passengers about the total cost of their ticket, why is the department mandating that airlines hide the taxes, surcharges and government fees in the fine print?
What can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli.
There's no reason why fiscal responsibility is a Democrat or a Republican point of view. It ought to be all of our points of view.
