If I Could Quotes - Page 5

• I came to realize that my money problems, worries, and shortages largely began and ended with the person in my mirror. I realized also that if I could learn to manage the character I shaved with every morning, I would win with money.

  Dave Ramsey

  Money, Morning, Character

  Dave Ramsey (2013). “The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness”, p.3, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Winter has caused damage everywhere: meadow and forest are all grey, where before you heard many sounds. If I could see the girls play ball on the street, then bird song would come back. If only I could sleep through the winter! When I am awake I feel only hatred that his power is so far and wide. God knows, he even fights with May; I picked flowers where there is now snow.

  Walther von der Vogelweide

  Girl, Song, Flower

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• I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! For then, 'tis like I should forget myself; O, if I could, what grief should I forget!

  William Shakespeare

  Depression, Grief, Mad

  William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.316, Wordsworth Editions

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• All I watch is the Food Network. I took a cheese making class a few weeks ago, and I told my family and friends to only get me kitchen stuff on my birthday. I'm into every kind of cookbook and anything by Anthony Bourdain. I'd love to own a restaurant if I could find the right chef.

  Jesse McCartney

  Birthday, Class, Kitchen

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• If I could change my appearance, I would have the gap between my front teeth put back in.

  Thandie Newton

  Teeth, Gaps, Appearance

  "What I see in the mirror" by Thandie Newton, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2011.

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• Going to regular public high school and working and auditioning was really, really tough. I never really fit in and hit the stride that all the other kids were on. Instead of going out and hanging out with my friends at that age, I remember being in my bedroom and putting on like a Christina Aguilera tape and just like belting. And seeing if I could hit every single note just like her.

  Naya Rivera

  Kids, School, Age

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• I love doing photo shoots... I mean, if I could just sign with IMG and do ad campaigns and model more, I’d do that... Because that’s fun for me. That’s not work.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Fun, Mean, Campaigns

  "Flashback Friday: La Vida Lohan". Interview with Luke Crisell, nylon.com. April 2009.

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• I work out all the time! I don't just sit around and eat burgers whenever I want. Oh, if I could I probably would, but I don't.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Work Out, Burgers, Want

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• I mean I’m 16 and 17 years wiser now. So if I could do it when I was 18 with a guy, I can certainly do it at 33 with a lady.

  Charlie Hunnam

  Mean, Years, Guy

  "Charlie Hunnam on 'Fifty Shades' Co-Star: There's 'Tangible Chemistry Between Us'" by Sophie Schillaci , Aaron Couch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 7, 2013.

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• No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?

  Audrey Hepburn

  Real, Rain, Mean

  "Fictional character: Holly Golightly". "Breakfast at Tiffany's", www.imdb.com. 1961.

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• I'd have avoided some of the pain if I could. Anyone would. But I wouldn't have missed knowing any of the people-even the ones whose leaving hurt most. In fact, the only thing I'm sorry about is that I didn't meet one particular guy, a clown named Joe Skelton. You know, he sure picked the right profession. I mean, a clown's got it all. He never has to hold back: He can do as he pleases. The mouth and the eyes are painted on. So if you wanta cry, you can go right ahead. The make up won't smear. You'll still be smiling. . . .

  Red Skelton

  Hurt, Sorry, Pain

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• I don't know if I could kill someone with a frozen turkey because that is a lot of evidence to eat .... unless I found a whole room of people who also wanted that person dead.

  Dane Cook

  Turkeys, People, Rooms

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• If I could play any character from the book though it’d be Church. Who wouldn’t want to be a cat?!

  Jamie Campbell Bower

  Book, Character, Cat

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• If I could be good at any sport, it'd be javelin. I know a few people I would love to throw a spear at.

  Cheryl Cole

  Sports, People, Javelin

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• My father and mother. I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material.

  Jerry Stiller

  Mother, Father, Fighting

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• I wish I could recall with clarity the impulse that compelled me to help bring this camp into being. I'd be pleased if I could announce a motive of lofty purpose. I've been accused of compassion, of altruism, of devotion to Christian, Hebrew, and Muslim ethic, but however desperate I am to claim ownership of a high ideal, I cannot. I wanted, I think, to acknowledge Luck; the chance of it, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the lives of others, made especially savage for children because they may not be allowed the good fortune of a lifetime to correct it.

  Paul Newman

  Christian, Children, Thinking

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• I think if I could be any superhero, it'd probably be my mom...but I don't think I'd look too good in high heels, so it's not gonna happen.

  Jason Behr

  Mom, Thinking, High Heels

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Ive always said that if I could do anything in the world, I would be a professional golfer.

  Dane DeHaan

  Would Be, World, Golfers

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• If I could pick my wife by name, It'd be Whitney. That name just sounds right

  Joel Madden

  Names, Wife, Sound

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• If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

  Juliet Stevenson

  Wall, Artist, Sitting

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• Like the Impressionists, I enjoy the effects of light, and especially natural light on the figure. If I could, I would take each viewer along to my favorite places along the seacoasts or in the mountains to the secret places of nature.

  Ariana Richards

  Light, Secret Places, Mountain

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• I'd live in Glasgow if I could. I can't praise it enough; it's the nicest place I have ever worked and I've worked in a lot of nice places.

  Roxanne McKee

  Nice, Praise, Enough

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If I could forgive, it meant I was a strong good person who could take responsibility for the path I had chosen for myself, and all the consequences that accompanied that choice. And it gave me the simple but powerful satisfaction of extending a kindness to another person in a tough spot.

  Piper Kerman

  Strong, Powerful, Kindness

  Piper Kerman (2010). “Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison”, p.280, Spiegel & Grau

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• I do a lot with characters' sense of identity. I also like challenging stereotypes, gender roles, things like that. Give me a stereotype or a genre expectation and the first thing I want to do is stand it on its head. In the Nightrunner books I wanted to see if I could create a believable gay hero, one who wasn't someone's sidekick or a victim.

  Lynn Flewelling

  Book, Hero, Character

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• It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine - a gun - which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a large extent supersede the necessity of large armies, and consequently, exposure to battle and disease [would] be greatly diminished.

  Richard Jordan

  Army, Gun, Men

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