Wish Quotes - Page 33

• I would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me, but I'm not anxious to rule it in.

  Colin Powell

  President, Talk To Me, Anxious

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• The fabric of my life is under my skin; [but] it's definitely not something that comes up in a conscious way when I read material. I have an incredible relationship with my mom, so I'm fascinated by mothers who do not have that. But I've never done anything that resembled my life. People always jump to that conclusion, and I wish life were that simple, but it's not.

  Charlize Theron

  Mom, Mother, Simple

  Source: www.elle.com

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• The future is sending back good wishes and waiting with open arms.

  Kobi Yamada

  Positive Thinking, Waiting, Arms

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• I served 40 years in government, and I'm not looking forward to a position or an assignment. Of course, I have always said if a president asks you to do something, you have to consider it. But I am in no way interested in returning to government. But I, of course, would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me.

  Colin Powell

  Government, Years, President

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.

  Rae Smith

  Cancer, Fall, Opportunity

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• I agree, intellectualism in photography is overrated. I just wish it could be replaced by common sense.

  Bill Jay

  Photography, Common Sense, Overrated

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• I love the Lonely Island. I wish there was more Lonely Island movies.

  Judd Apatow

  Lonely, Islands

  "Judd Apatow Talks ‘Popstar’, Letting The Lonely Island Do Their Thing, and More". Interview with Haleigh Foutch, collider.com. June 4, 2016.

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• There are people so blind and self-absorbed in all matters that they always believe that, whatever they desire or think, they can impose their will on other people. Whatever bad reason they use to persuade others, these self-centered people are so caught up in the process that it seems to them all they have to do is to speak their wishes in a lofty and commanding tone of voice in order to convince everybody.

  Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

  Believe, Thinking, Self

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• Men have various subjects in which they may excel, or at least would be thought to excel, and though they love to hear justice done to them where they know they excel, yet they are most and best flattered upon those points where they wish to excel and yet are doubtful whether they do or not.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Love, Men, Justice

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.100, OUP Oxford

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• It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.

  Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

  Learning, Achievement, Would Be

  Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (2013). “The Art of Chess Combination”, p.205, Courier Corporation

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• When the liver is diseased, the eyesight fails; when the kidneys are diseased, the hearing is adversely affected. The disease is not visible, but its effects are. Therefore, enlightened people, wishing to be free from obvious faults, first get rid of hidden faults.

  Zicheng Hong

  People, Taoism, Disease

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• There is no immigration policy in the US that is permitting what's happening. What's happening here is happening outside the law, that our leaders do not wish to enforce or acknowledge. And the same thing happened in the UK.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Law, Leader, Immigration

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• We women take love too seriously. Men wish to be loved with laughter, not with sighing. So laugh, sweetheart, laugh, or soon you may be weeping.

  Minna Antrim

  Happiness, Laughter, Men

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• Margaret [Hodge] is obviously entitled to do what she wishes to do. I would ask her to think for a moment, a Tory prime minister resigned, Britain's voted to leave the European Union, there are massive political issues to be addressed, is it really a good idea to start a big debate in the Labour Party when I was elected less than a year ago with a very large mandate not from MPs, I fully concede and understand that, but from the party members as a whole.

  Jeremy Corbyn

  Party, Thinking, Years

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• Some things aren't to my taste and I wish they wouldn't have happened but they have been some of the best experiences to learn and grow from so I am grateful for every moment.

  John Assaraf

  Grateful, Best Experiences, Taste

  Source: insearchofheroes.com

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• I only wish to climb even higher during the rest of my career bc with the power of Team Grimmie, I won't stop.

  Christina Grimmie

  Team, Careers, Higher

  Source: glittermagrocks.com

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• I'm a fifth generation Washingtonian and I was born and raised here. My kid's a sixth generation Washingtonian. Honestly I wish people didn't move because I love the people of the city.

  Ian MacKaye

  Moving, Kids, Cities

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• Hiding is not an option and you're going to step out and you're going to make mistakes. I'm going to look stupid. I'm going to say things I want to retract. I'm going to sing notes I wish I could have back, there's just no getting around the stumble, but if you stumble enough times you're going to fall off the edge and have no choice but to freakin' fly.

  Ben Harper

  Mistake, Stupid, Fall

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• I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children's books are the ones who create their own picture books. I wish I could say I'm one of them, but I'm not.

  Judy Blume

  Children, Love Picture, Book

  Interview with Kendra Ralston, www.nypl.org. November 19, 2002.

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• I wish the press was fair. They're really dishonest. The media is really dishonest. It's incredible.

  Donald Trump

  Media, Incredibles, Fairs

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I also feel like motherhood, especially, is seen usually in movies with this saintly veil over it. There's something about tipping that and showing what's actually going on. Or the wish fulfillment of probably most moms, which is really exciting. It's an area that's unexplored.

  Kathryn Hahn

  Mom, Motherhood, Veils

  "Here's Mila Kunis and Kathryn Hahn's Advice For Every Husband". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. July 29, 2016.

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• There may be some who wish that he would have taken the occasion to first comment on the Brexit vote, but they're not going to abandon him. They're not gonna let the media do it. Romney people? The media could separate his supporters from him, but they can't from Trump. They don't understand this yet. They think one of these times when they do a trick like this it's gonna work and they're gonna be able to really harm [Donald] Trump.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Taken, Thinking, Media

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I wish I was one of those people who could write script after script and pages and pages. I can only aspire to do that.

  Fred Armisen

  Writing, People, Pages

  Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January, 2012.

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• I wish I could say I coined the phrase "failing forward." I do it all the time. I find as I've embraced this approach to business, life, cycling and generally any new endeavor I take on, I've grown more and more comfortable with the possibility that I am not likely to succeed on my first try. And that's ok.

  John C. Maxwell

  Cycling, Trying, Phrases

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• I feel strongly about helping fundraise and donating to causes that help children, animals, and the environment. I wish I could do more!

  Mateus Ward

  Children, Animal, Causes

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