Quotes with could

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  • Bud Grant I happened to be in a position in Superior where I could play three sports, and when I came to Minnesota, I had the understanding they would allow me to play three sports. Kids now don't have the same amount of time. You have coaches that think baseball is 10 months a year. Hockey is 11 or 12 months a year.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • Henry James I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Oscar Wilde I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Mark Twain I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won t.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Mark Twain I have a higher and greater standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie but I won't.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Ann Richards I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.
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  • John Keats I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.
    John Keats
    English poet (1795 - 1821)
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  • Astrid Lindgren I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to be a pioneer woman in the beginning of labor movement.
    Astrid Lindgren
    Swedish children's book and novelist (1907 - 2002)
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  • François Rabelais I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
    François Rabelais
    French writer (1483 - 1553)
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  • Jean Paul I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • George Michael I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of.
    George Michael
    English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist (1963 - 2016)
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  • Thomas Jefferson I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Patrick Henry I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.
    Patrick Henry
    American attorney, planter, and orator (1736 - 1799)
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  • Babe Paley I have seldom known a person, who deserted the truth in trifles and then could be trusted in matters of importance.
    Babe Paley
    American socialite and style icon (1915 - 1978)
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  • Tallulah Bankhead I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.
    Tallulah Bankhead
    American actress (1902 - 1968)
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  • George W. Bush I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.
    George W. Bush
    American politician (1946 - )
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  • Warren Mitchell I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my ''spaceship'' and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again.
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  • Arthur Godfrey I know how I like to be treated, so I always start by saying, 'Could you give me a moment of your time, I know you're very busy,' and usually, they will.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Lord George Byron I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Garry Kasparov I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
    Garry Kasparov
    Russian chess grandmaster (1963 - )
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