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The other day I was walking down the street in the rural town where we live (in France) and a truck hit me, rather hard, going fairly fast. And he starts to drive off, so I chase after him, reach in the window and grab his steering wheel. And I say, `Normally, in a civilized society, when we hit someone with a truck, we might inquire as to their well being.` So he said, `I`m sorry,` and I said, `Great. Try and be a little more careful and that would be fantastic, and so sorry to have troubled you.` I walk another 30 meters and he pulls up beside me a second time -- and asks me if he can have an autograph.

- John Malkovich

We just have to go and do things for people that count: meeting their felt needs. And if in the process they inquire, and if the opportunity is there to plant a seed, we do it and then move on. With the atmosphere in the Muslim world, that`s the only path to take.

- Jimmy Bennett

People can get their news any way they want. What I love about what`s happened is that there are so many different avenues, there are so many different outlets, so many different ways to debate and discuss and to inquire about any given news story.

- Jim Lehrer

I didn`t inquire about any costs. If I did that, I wouldn`t have had time to raise money.

- David Rosen

All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

- Alex Albany

It is our task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the sequence of events that have led to the establishment of the multifarious forms of human life.

- Alex Culbertson

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.

- Amy Saelens

I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have any objection to the motion it is this, that whereas it is a motion to inquire into the manufacturing distress of the country, it should have been a motion to inquire into manufacturing and agricultural distress.

- Amy Uriell

While they are at our Web site, they are not only finding out about how they can participate (in the promotion), but they learn a lot about Ford, and a fair number of these people go on to inquire about a Ford product, ... So, ultimately, it sells us cars.

- Askar Akayev