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  • Edith Wharton I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, and consequently suggests more tugging, and pain, and diversified elements of misery, than the marriage tie.
    Edith Wharton
    American Author (1862 - 1937)
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  • Anne Stevenson I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • Samuel Johnson I would advise you Sir, to study algebra, if you are not already an adept in it: your head would be less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbors about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin and sorrow.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Henry David Thoreau I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Brooke Shields I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Rosa Parks I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
    Rosa Parks
    American activist in the civil rights movement (1913 - 2005)
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  • Buddy Valastro I would love to sit at home all day and play with my kids. It's my favorite thing to do in my time off.
    Buddy Valastro
    American baker and reality television personality (1977 - )
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  • Luigi Pirandello I would love to spend all my time writing to you; I'd love to share with you all that goes through my mind, all that weighs on my heart, all that gives air to my soul; phantoms of art, dreams that would be so beautiful if they could come true.
    Luigi Pirandello
    Italian poet, playwright and Nobel laureate in literature (1934) (1867 - 1936)
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  • Bill Bailey I would never condone the burning of a Dan Brown novel, much though I loathe and detest his work. Well, I say work, you know, words, randomly arranged to form millions of dollars... I'm not bitter at all...
    Dandelion Mind
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Marcus Valerius Martial I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
    Marcus Valerius Martial
    Latin poet and epigrammatist (40 - 104)
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  • Albert Speer I would rather not tell you here things which every German has at heart.
    Albert Speer
    German architect and Minister of Armaments during WWII (1905 - 1981)
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  • Samuel Johnson I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • William Somerset Maugham I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Madonna I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.
    Madonna
    American musician, singer and actress (1958 - )
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  • Bruce Babbitt I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute.
    Bruce Babbitt
    American attorney and politician (1938 - )
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  • Alejandro Amenabar I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.
    Alejandro Amenabar
    Spanish-Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer (1972 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley I write everything many times over. All my thoughts are second thoughts.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Bruce Vilanch I write screenplays that don't get made and pilots that don't get picked up, and I re-write other people's movies, and those are all different kinds of fees.
    Bruce Vilanch
    American comedy writer, songwriter and actor (1948 - )
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  • Arthur Hertzberg I write to tell my grandchildren where they come from, and what their grandparents were up to, and I hope they will in their own way continue. I invite anyone else to listen in.
    Arthur Hertzberg
    Jewish-American scholar and activist (1921 - 2006)
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  • Buzz Aldrin I wrote 'Reaching for the Moon' because I wanted to tell kids that all of us have a moon, a dream, that we can strive for. Even if you don't attain it, you can at least reach for it.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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