Should Have Quotes - Page 23

• The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.

  Martin Luther

  Sex, Science, Clay

  Table Talk 'Of Marriage and Celibacy'

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• Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.

  John Lydon

  Art, Humanity, Imitation

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• U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs.

  John Lydon

  Song, Band, Life Experience

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• The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and now it's happening to the film studios. It's crazy what's going on. But artists should have control of their work; especially if, as I always say, you never turn down a good idea and never take a bad idea.

  David Lynch

  Crazy, Artist, Ideas

  "David Lynch Interviews – Uncut". Interview with Scott Thill, www.wired.com. March 10, 2006.

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• Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.

  Joe Manchin

  Family, Teacher, Children

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• I think it took me half a page of 'Wolf Hall' to think: 'This is the novel I should have been writing all along.'

  Hilary Mantel

  Writing, Thinking, Half

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• When I was thin, I had no notion of what being fat is like. When I worked in a department store, I had sold clothes to women of most sizes, so I should have known; but perhaps you have to experience the state from the inside, to understand what fat is like.

  Hilary Mantel

  Clothes, Size, States

  Hilary Mantel (2004). “Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir”, p.197, Macmillan

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• I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.

  Ziggy Marley

  Love, Thinking, Foreign Policy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.

  Ricky Martin

  Loyalty, Perseverance, Determination

  "Ricky Martin giving a voice to exploited children". "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" with Anderson Cooper, www.cnn.com. November 16, 2010.

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• The criminal justice system should have the authority to determine the immigration status of all criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, and report illegal immigrants who commit crimes to federal authorities.

  Susana Martinez

  Race, Ethnicity, Justice

  "Susana Martínez Tells Police to Check Immigration Status in New Mexico". The Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. February 01, 2011.

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• I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Marriage, Sarcastic

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.

  Ewan McGregor

  Inspirational, Motivational, Thinking

  Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2002.

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• The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance, contrast, and a sensitivity to the material out of which it is made.

  Norman McLaren

  Art, Unity, Quality

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• I told her that there was something about Christmas carols that always brought tears to my eyes. I added that I also cry at weddings. To me weddings are very solemn occasions. I should have cried at a couple of my own.

  Ethel Merman

  Christmas, Wedding, Couple

  "Merman: An Autobiography".

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• It's true my father abused me and didn't love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me.

  Joyce Meyer

  Father, Way, Helping

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• Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

  Moby

  Dog, Enthusiasm, Shame

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• Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Men, Bird

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• No 22-year-old should have to enter the real world already in a virtual debtors' prison.

  Michael Moore

  Real, Years, Debtors

  "An Open Letter to President Obama" by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2012.

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• I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it.

  Toni Morrison

  Views, People, Done

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• I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for its accommodation and the funds for its completion were available.

  Edvard Munch

  Rooms, Accommodations, Fund

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• Without anxiety and illness I would have been like a ship without a rudder.

  Edvard Munch

  Anxiety, Ships, Illness

  "The Man and the Artist".

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• A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Art, Writing, Imagination

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• My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents. I don't think Kennedy should have done it. I don't think Johnson should have done it, and I don't think we should have done it.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Thinking, Views, Decision

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• I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness.

  Graham Norton

  Nice, Thinking, People

  "Glad to be Graham". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2001.

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• I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.

  Gary Numan

  Believe, Nuts, Community

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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