If I Could Quotes - Page 38

• If I could only turn the etch-a-sketch of my life upside down.

  Lynda Barry

  Etch A Sketch, Upside Down, Turns

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• I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, my money would be on you.

  Suzanne Collins

  Games, Would Be, Ifs

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.141, Scholastic Inc.

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• Butch nodded as if he knew exactly what was doing. "Like I said, my man, it's whatever. You and me? Same as always, no matter who you screw. Although… if you're into sheep, that would be tough. Don't know if I could handle that.

  J.R. Ward

  Men, Sheep, Would Be

  J.R. Ward (2007). “Lover Unbound: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.211, Penguin

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• No," I say, looking up at Griggs. "It's actually because my heart belongs to someone else." And if I could bottle the look on his face, I'd keep it by my bedside for the rest of my life.

  Melina Marchetta

  Heart, Looks, Bottles

  Melina Marchetta (2006). “On The Jellicoe Road”, p.190, Penguin UK

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• It's because I'm alone.. If I could just feel it, it would be different, because I would not be alone. But if I were not alone, everybody would know it. And he could do so much for me, and then I would not be alone. Then I could be all right alone.

  William Faulkner

  Different, Would Be, Feels

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• If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Writing, Novel, Needed

  "10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Patrick Rothfuss". Amazon Interview, www.amazon.de.

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• Mine. He was mine, and not even death would take him from me—not if I could help it.

  Patricia Briggs

  Helping, Mines, Ifs

  Patricia Briggs (2011). “River Marked”, p.128, Penguin

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• Not that I'd really been planning on keeping the attack secret; it had just been an option I'd wanted to keep open if I could.

  Patricia Briggs

  Secret, Planning, Wanted

  Patricia Briggs (2011). “River Marked”, p.149, Penguin

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• sometimes i'd wake up at two or three in the morning and not be able to fall asleep again. i'd get out of bed, go to the kitchen, and pour myself a whiskey. glass in hand, i'd look down at the darkened cemetary across teh way and the headlights of the cars on the road. the moments of time linking night and dawn were long and dark. if i could cry, it might make things easier. but what would i cry over? i was too self centered to cry for other people, too old to cry for myself.

  Haruki Murakami

  Morning, Fall, Dark

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Feb 13, 2012

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• If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up--lift her up. I would ask you, mother and father, brother and sister, lovers, mother and daughter, father and son, lift someone. The very idea of lifting someone up will lift you, as well.

  Maya Angelou

  Daughter, Mother, Brother

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• I'll think about something else. I'll just sit quietly. If I could sit still. If I could sit still, maybe I could read. Oh, all the books are about people who love each other, truly and sweetly. What do they want to write about that for? Don't they know it isn't true? Don't they know it's a lie, it's a God-damned lie? What do they have to tell about that for, when they know how it hurts?

  Dorothy Parker

  Hurt, Lying, Book

  Dorothy Parker (2002). “Complete Stories”, p.80, Penguin

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• If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish.

  Charles Dickens

  Thinking, Hiking, Feet And Walking

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• It makes me boil when I think of the power we profess and the utter impotency of our action. Believers who know one-tenth as much as we do are doing one-hundred times more for God, with His blessing and our criticism. Oh if I could write it, preach it, say it, paint it, anything at all, if only God's power would become known among us.

  Jim Elliot

  Writing, Thinking, Blessing

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• Suddenly the clouds seem high above us. They’re moving over us in an arch, circling the planet. They have seen abysmal oceans and charred, scorched islands. They have seen how we destroyed the world. If I could see everything, as the clouds do, would I swirl around this remaining continent, still so full of color and life and seasons, wanting to protect it? Or would I just laugh at the futility of it all, and meander onward, down the earth’s sloping atmosphere?

  Lauren DeStefano

  Ocean, Moving, Clouds

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• She reaches up and pulls my face to her and kisses me, her soft lips on mine. I don't want her to stop kissing me. As long as she is, then everything is fine. Everything is right, I would stay in this room forever if I could. The world can pass by without me, without us. Just as long as we can stay here, together, in each other's arms.

  Pittacus Lore

  Kissing, Long, Forever

  Pittacus Lore (2010). “I Am Number Four: (Lorien Legacies Book 1)”, p.194, Penguin UK

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• If there's a message to pass to people, I'd say that it's normal to be different from others, it's good to differ from one another, and we'd better look at ourselves first before we start criticising someone who looks, acts, speaks different or has a different skin colour. I'd like to continue, even at a minimal level, what John Lennon had started. If I could do as much as a bit of what he did, if I could contribute to the elimination of hatred among us, that would be a great deal.

  Johnny Depp

  People, Hatred, Skins

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• If I could just get to Poland everything would be okay.

  Jim Rohn

  Would Be, Poland, Okay

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• When I was creative director [at Estée Lauder], I was always being asked about my beauty must-haves. From there I had this fun idea to create a line of what was in my makeup bag. But I also love accessories, and people associate me with home, family, and beauty. As a girl, my favorite toy was my dollhouse; if I could still play with it now, I would! I used to love a well-arranged room: the furniture, the fabric, the lighting.

  Aerin Lauder

  Girl, Fun, Home

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I actually loved to dress like a boy, and I still kind of do and try to sneak boy's pieces into my wardrobe. I have Levi's boot cut jeans that actually might be from the boy's department, but I love them. Those jeans and flannel are my favorites. If I could choose anything to wear for the rest of my life, I'd just want a boy's outfit.

  Analeigh Tipton

  Cutting, Boys, Jeans

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I love writing, directing and photography; if I could figure out a way to put the three things together, that's what I would love to do.

  Drew Barrymore

  Photography, Writing, Together

  "Play Date with Drew". Interview with Carrie Fisher, www.glamour.com. February 28, 2007.

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• My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped improve my self-image because of trauma in my childhood and other issues.

  Pam Grier

  Mother, Winning, Issues

  "Actress Pam Grier". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 13, 2010.

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• If I could clone myself, we’d be all right. But I can’t.

  LeBron James

  Ifs, I Can

  "Cavaliers Insider: Brown looking for alternatives to slow down Magic offense" by Jodie Valade, www.cleveland.com. May 25, 2009.

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• I'm focused on this election, I am going full time for Senator Obama. But I never rule anything out. Everyday is a new opportunity. I would like to be Pope if I could.

  Terry McAuliffe

  Pope, Ifs

  "McAuliffe Considering 09 Bid for Governor" by Tim Craig, voices.washingtonpost.com. August 27, 2008.

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• One of the greatest freedoms of living in America is being able to ask the question: "If I could do anything I wanted with my life - money being no object - what would I do?" In many parts of the world, people don't have the luxury of asking that question.

  Mark Burnett

  Luxury, America, People

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• Boxing has always been work to me, a job. If I could say anything to a youngster taking up boxing it would be to "be smart and not take a lot of punches". It's called the sweet science for a reason. Hit and not be hit, make a lot of money without taking a lot of punishment. That's what it's about.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Sweet, Jobs, Smart

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