Asked why, he replied primly: `` Because that's no activity for a gentleman ''.

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Asked to explain herself she insisted on first summoning witnesses and after disclosing the rape called on him and them for vengeance, a plea that could not be ignored, as she was speaking to the chief magistrate of Rome.

Asked about his favorite scenes, Burton answered that he especially liked holodeck adventures: " The Holmes and Watson episodes for Data and Geordi, the Robin Hood episode, you know, those were a lot of fun for us.

The IBM Archives Frequently Asked Questions asks if he said in the 1950s that he foresaw a market potential for only five electronic computers.

Asked later for his opinion of the stadium, he replied, " Some ball yard.

Asked if Lady Diana ( his love interest ) would have fallen for a ' savage ' in real life Valentino replied, " People are not savages because they have dark skins.

Asked if they were doing it for the money, Ernst explained that " Money is a reason, but not the reason ".

Asked for a summary of the Jewish religion in the most concise terms, Hillel replied ( reputedly while standing on one leg ): " That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.

( Asked for a statement on the scandal, he reportedly said " No comment ... in glorious Technicolor !").

Asked years later why Groves chose him, Oppenheimer replied that the general " had a fatal weakness for good men.

Asked for comment on De la Madrid's statements, Senator Manuel Bartlett, who was the president of the Federal Electoral Commission ( Comisión Federal Electoral ) during the de la Madrid administration, declared Salinas won the election albeit with the smallest margin of any PRI candidate before him.

Asked what reward he'd like for his service to the Allies, Tura hems and haws in a show of false modesty, but Maria quickly answers in his stead, " he wants to play Hamlet.

Asked by anxious citizens — Abbie's uncle, Dr. Irving ( Henry Travers ) among them — to be the new sheriff, Hatton politely declines, saying he is not cut out for this kind of job.

Asked if he would change something he had produced on an editor's say-so, he answered with a flat " No. " But he added: " Oh, I will take a suggestion for revision.

Asked in the House of Commons about the completion of the coding exercise, the Minister of State for Posts and Telecommunications ( whose role superseded that of Postmaster General in 1969 ), Sir John Eden, stated that it was expected to be completed during 1972.

Asked if there was serious cause for concern about his health she said: " No, right now there is no cause whatsoever.

Asked for his opinion, Wimsey finally reveals to the reader exactly what alerted him to the murder, and points the finger at the true killer.

Asked in June 2010 what are upcoming plans for Mercyful Fate, guitarist Hank Shermann replied, " We have a DVD coming out with the early years, likely sometimes in early 2011!

Asked to pray for the soldiers about to shoot him, he said: " I will say a prayer for all men who do their duty according to their lights.

Asked how to pronounce her surname, she told the Literary Digest she preferred the French way, but " If the French is too difficult for American consumption, both syllables should be equally accented, and the a should be more or less broad ": fon-tahn.

Asked by Prog-Sphere. com what is his favorite Dream Theater song to play live, James says " The favorite song for me is Scarred, I love performing that live.

Asked about her advice, Amanda Wynne, senior dietician with the British Dietetic Association, said: " We are appalled.

Asked by George Robert Waterhouse for advice on classification, he wrote of " descent from common stocks " and " members of the series, which have not become extinct ", cautiously asking for the letter to be returned, but Waterhouse was influenced by Owen and in print attacked such heresies, setting his species in symbolic circles, not hereditary trees.

Asked to give advice to writers, Mr. Menen, who was admired as a satirist, told the publication Contemporary Authors that the aspiring writer should perform a daily physical exercise: He should sit on his bottom in front of a table equipped with writing materials, he said.

He is best known for his work as an advice columnist in his column " Since You Asked ," which appears on the website Salon. com.

In an unusual format for advice columns, " Since you Asked " publishes long letters, sometimes of 1, 000 words, and equally long responses.

Asked by the townsmen to cease his suit, Greville had answered that `` hytt shulde coste hym 500 first & sayed it must be tried ether before my Lorde Anderson in the countrey or his uncle Ffortescue in the exchequer with whom he colde more prevaile then we ''.

Asked about this afterwards, the scholar observed: " I don't know about you, Gentlemen, but in Oxford I at least am known by my face.

Asked about the liberal, non-democratic rule by a Chilean interviewer, Hayek is translated from German to Spanish to English as having said, " As long term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships.

Asked by Terre Haute politician and lawyer John Palmer Usher, future Secretary of the Interior under President Abraham Lincoln, to testify in a slander case, Cannon became fascinated with the law.

Asked by Adler why he had chosen to react this way, he said, " I'm a chicken-What do I know from a bomb?

A Unitarian Universalist approach to the Christian Bible and other sacred works is given in Our Unitarian Universalist Faith: Frequently Asked Questions, published by the UUA:

Asked of Canada were the terms of the Canadian side to initiate discussions, and whether or not the island of Barbados could depend on the full influence of Canada in getting the change agreed to by the United Kingdom.

" Asked by Patterson – who became Secretary of War a few months later – what he would do, Patton replied: " I would have you tell the Red Army where their border is, and give them a limited time to get back across.

Asked by an announcer what his solution to the problem was, he answered simply, " Just stand up and lambast the next pitch ", which he often did.

" Asked by suspicious American sentries during the Battle of the Bulge who had won the World Series in 1943, he answered " Haven't the foggiest idea.

Asked by an ILP reporter if she were prepared to spend time in prison, Pankhurst replied: " Oh, yes, quite.

Asked by Wikinews how she feels when criticized from within the movement, she said: " Somebody has to push the envelope.

Asked how the president should be chosen if there were to be a republic, 80 percent said elected by the people, against 12 percent who favoured appointment by parliament.

Asked the secret of his staying power by a reporter who had watched a succession of women parade into, and out of, the champion's hotel room, Johnson supposedly said " Eat jellied eels and think distant thoughts ".

Asked by admirers to return to chess competition, he refused.

Asked to accept deep cuts in pay and benefits, on March 4, 1989, Frank Lorenzo locked out Eastern's mechanics and ramp service employees, represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ( IAM ).

Asked by BBC political editor Nick Robinson whether people caught carrying knives illegally could expect a lesser punishment, Clarke said ministers would not insist on " absolute tariffs ".

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Asked about the unfavourable comments by other aristocrats when he turned the family home into a safari park, the 13th Duke said, " I do not relish the scorn of the peerage, but it is better to be looked down on than overlooked.

Asked by a group of music students in Boston which twentieth-century composer he most admired, he replied, " Gershwin: because in an age of experimentation with rhythm ... Gershwin kept song alive.

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Asked by a publisher to write an autobiography, Couture responded " Biography is the exaltation of personality — and personality is the scourge of our time.