Quotes with wish-it

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  • George Orwell Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Frank Sinatra Oh, I just wish someone would try to hurt you so I could kill them for you.
    Frank Sinatra
    American singer, actor, and producer (1915 - 1998)
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  • Gertrude Stein Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.
    Gertrude Stein
    American author (1874 - 1946)
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  • John Adams Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • Carter Burwell On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable.
    Carter Burwell
    American composer of film scores (1954 - )
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  • Jonathan Swift One of the very best rules of conversation is to never, say anything which any of the company wish had been left unsaid.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Orson Welles Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • B. C. Forbes Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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  • William Hazlitt Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Sir William Temple Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.
    Sir William Temple
    British Diplomat, Essayist (1628 - 1699)
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  • Benito Mussolini Our program is simple: we wish to govern Italy. They ask us for programs but there are already too many. It is not programs that are wanting for the salvation of Italy but men and will power.
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian journalist, politician and dictator (1883 - 1945)
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  • Thomas Troward Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and this will in time release us from the bondage of habits which at present seem almost insuperable.
    Thomas Troward
    English author (1847 - 1916)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Robert Fulghum Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.
    Robert Fulghum
    American author and minister (1937 - )
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  • Alice Walker People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Bill Cosby People will frighten you about a graduation.... They use words you don't hear often: And we wish you Godspeed. It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Marcel Proust People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • Horace Poets wish to profit or to please.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Bob Dole President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, 'I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.' I'm not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.
    Bob Dole
    American politician and attorney (1923 - )
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