Would Be Quotes - Page 33

• A minister full of comforts & free from failings as an angel, though he would be happy, wouldn't be a good or useful preacher

  John Newton

  Angel, Comfort, Failing

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• I'm not saying running could solve all of the world's problems, but I think it would be a good start.

  John Bingham

  Running, Thinking, World

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• If God were not just, there would be no demand for his Son to suffer and die. And if God were not loving, there would be no willingness for his Son to suffer and die. But God is both just and loving. Therefore his love is willing to meet the demands of his justice.

  John Piper

  Son, Love Is, Justice

  John Piper (2005). “For Your Joy”

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• I have to hope that my instincts will do the right thing, because I can't erase what I have done. And if I drew something first, then my paintings would be illustrations of drawings.

  Francis Bacon

  Illustration, Drawing, Done

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• I'm a citizen in a democracy. To call me an activist would be redundant. It's not a spectator sport. If we all become non-participants, it no longer works.

  Michael Moore

  Sports, Democracy, Citizens

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• We can't simply take the way things seem and just work on that, because that would be another kind of mistake thought makes-taking the surface and calling it the reality.

  David Bohm

  Mistake, Reality, Mind

  David Bohm (2004). “Thought as a System”, p.15, Routledge

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• We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights.

  Frank Murphy

  Trust, Rights, Giving

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• I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.

  Dan O'Brien

  College, Track, Fields

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• A Stalin functionary admitted, Innocent people were arrested: naturally - otherwise no one would be frightened. If people were arrested only for specific misdemeanours, all the others would feel safe and so become ripe for treason.

  Paul Johnson

  Fear, People, Safe

  "Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the 1980s". Book by Paul Johnson, 1983.

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• And he who has dwelt with his heart alone, Hears all the music in friendship's tone. So better and better I comprehend How sorrow ever would be our friend.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Forgiveness, Heart, Sorrow

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2012). “Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)”, p.67, Jazzybee Verlag

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• It would be a colorless world if each individual did not secretly believe himself superior to almost everyone else.

  Don Marquis

  Believe, Ego, World

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• But I had not quite fixed whether to make him [Don Juan] end in Hell-or in an unhappy marriage,-not knowing which would be the severest.

  Lord Byron

  Marriage, Knowing, Unhappy

  Lord Byron, Donald A. Low (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.333, Routledge

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• The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty.

  John Lubbock

  Happiness, People, World

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• It would be a nice problem to have. It would mean we had reached the final. I'd like to think common sense would prevail and we'd have the use of both of them.

  John Hughes

  Nice, Mean, Thinking

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• The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus.

  Dean Smith

  School, Player, Two

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• When I wrote 'Marley & Me,' I had a clear audience in mind. And it did not include children. I wrote my book for adults and assumed only adults, and possibly teenagers, would be drawn to it.

  John Grogan

  Children, Teenager, Book

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• I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd love to be a Catholic. I think it would be fantastic - faith, forgiveness, absolution, extreme unction - all these wonderful words. I don't think anyone who was ever born a Catholic hasn't died a Catholic, no matter how lapsed they are.

  Kate Atkinson

  Thinking, Catholic, Glitter

  "Emotionally weird? Moi?". Interview with Kim Bunce, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2000.

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• Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.

  Kate Atkinson

  Insane, Looks, Look At Me

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• I can't imagine what it would be like to write in a relaxed state. I'm going to be writing some stories for my own interest. I want to experiment with different things and see if I can approach writing with much less control and in a better psychological state. It will be like breaking out of a straitjacket.

  Kate Atkinson

  Writing, Different, Stories

  "Emotionally weird? Moi?". Interview with Kim Bunce, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2000.

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• I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol. It would be quite possible to build automobiles out of carbon fibre that would be just as strong, weigh 10 times less and consume 10 times less petrol.

  Susan George

  Strong, Carbon, Automobile

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• When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.

  Imran Khan

  Possibility

  "The path of Khan" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2006.

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• The technology for a clothing printer exists but is not packaged in a form that would be suitable for consumer use. With the future potential of printing technology, an at-home clothing printer is a definite possibility. Our challenge was to define the experience.

  Joshua Harris

  Home, Technology, Challenges

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• I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong.

  Adam Johnson

  Unique, Korea, Citizens

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• While we enjoy the benefits of living in the greatest democracy in the world, we must be ever conscious of the fact that none of the achievements or freedoms enjoyed in America would be possible without the price that has been paid for by our servicemen.

  Mark Kennedy

  America, Achievement, Democracy

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• Take a moment to reflect upon the existence of the musical The Book of Mormon. Now imagine the security precautions that would be required to stage a similar production about Islam. The project is unimaginable—not only in Beirut, Baghdad, or Jerusalem, but in New York City.

  Sam Harris

  New York, Book, Cities

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