If I Could Quotes - Page 39

• 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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• I don't know if I could write songs if it wasn't for the female race, to be honest with you.

  Christian Kane

  Song, Writing, Race

  "'Leverage': Christian Kane and John Schneider Act, Sing and Duke It Out". Interview with Kate O'Hare, screenertv.com. July 17, 2010.

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• I knew that I was smart enough to learn. I knew that I could learn, if I could just go to school and not hear gunshots.

  Ger Duany

  Smart, School, Enough

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• I think there's a part of us that fantasizes about having some sort of super power. If I could have one, it would definitely be teleportation!

  Celina Jade

  Thinking, Super Power, Ifs

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• Somebody asked me if I could go back and start again with a different brain, would I. Years ago I thought yes, I would, and now I know I wouldn't. Because whatever challenges I had in school, I guess they forced me to where I am today. So I now see them as an asset.

  Henry Winkler

  School, Years, Challenges

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• If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do that. I have here stated my purpose according to my official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, everywhere, could be free.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Leaving, Civil War

  Letter to Horace Greeley, 22 August 1862

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• People expect it to be easy because there you are, out there, doing the thing that you want and making lots of money out of it. But, you know, I'm not that smooth. I can get clumsy around certain people. Like if I were to sit down and think, 'OK, I'm really famous, how am I going to conduct myself in public?' I wouldn't know who that person would be! It would be a lot easier if I could, but I can't.

  Kristen Stewart

  Thinking, People, Would Be

  "Kristen Stewart’s Vogue Cover". Interview with Ella Alexander, www.vogue.co.uk. September 4, 2012.

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• If I could today become king or emperor, I would not give up my office as preacher.

  Martin Luther

  Kings, Giving Up, Office

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• If I could offer a single prescription for the survival of America, and particularly black America, it would be to restore the family. And if you asked me how to do it, my answer - doubtlessly oversimplified - would be; save the boys.

  William Raspberry

  Boys, America, Black

  William Raspberry (1991). “Looking Backward at Us”

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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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• I had started to wonder if maybe my life wouldn't always hold so much pain if I could just find the courage to let it go.

  Ka

  Pain, Let It Go, Wonder

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• Years ago I decided that the greatest need in our Country was Art... We were a very young country and had very few opportunities of seeing beautiful things, works of art... So, I determined to make it my life's work if I could.

  Isabella Stewart Gardner

  Beautiful, Country, Art

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• I wanted to see if I could create something that is emotional between people. Existing games are about killing each other or killing something together. The idea of social emotion means people need to share feelings. At that moment, the players are in sync. The problem [with many games] is there's no chance to share emotion. Most of them are busy, [there are] explosions everywhere. So we got rid of all the background noise and we had to get rid of the guns.

  Jenova Chen

  Mean, Player, Emotional

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