Quotes 281 till 300 of 327.
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We are so presumptuous that we would wish to be known by all the world, even by people who shall come after, when we shall be no more; and we are so vain that the esteem of five or six neighbors delights and contents us.
Source: Pensees (1669) -
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
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We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again.
Source: Calvin Coolidge says (1972) -
We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth.
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We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.
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We must be the epitome-the embodiment-of success. We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become.
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We must not wish anything other than what happens from moment to moment, all the while, however, exercising ourselves in goodness.
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We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.
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We wish to be happier than other people; and this is difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
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We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.
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We're saying this to both countries: We want a two-state solution. We want a Jewish state of Israel and alongside a independent Palestinian state. Unilateral measures are not helping at all to bring about this cause, and we agree that we wish to cooperate very closely on this, because as we both say, time is of the essence.
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What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
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What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'
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What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.
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What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.
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What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.
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What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.
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When I was a child, life felt so slow because all I wanted to do was get into show business. Each day seemed like a year, but when you get older, years pass like minutes. I wish there was a tape recorder where we could just slow our lives down.
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