Quotes with wish-it

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  • Benjamin Disraeli 'Frank and explicit', that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Don Marquis A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • Franz Kafka A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Helen Rowland A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Phillips Brooks A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.
    Phillips Brooks
    American Minister, Poet (1835 - 1893)
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  • John Locke A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Erica Jong Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
    Erica Jong
    American author (1942 - )
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Juvenal All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
    Juvenal
    Roman poet
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  • Buddy Rich Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to learn how to play drums. I wish I could say that for about ten thousand other drummers.
    Buddy Rich
    American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917 - 1987)
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  • Baltasar Gracian Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Aristide Briand Among peoples who are geographically grouped together like the peoples of Europe there must exist a sort of federal link. It is this link which I wish to endeavour to establish.
    Aristide Briand
    French statesman (1862 - 1932)
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  • Barbara Bush And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Bobby Jindal As we embrace the American dream and the freedoms it represents, we must also ensure that those who wish to enjoy those freedoms become a part of our society and learn to speak our language.
    Bobby Jindal
    American politician (1971 - )
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  • Barry Ritholtz Asset managers have different approaches, and I don't wish to suggest there is only one way to run money. There are many ways one can attempt to reduce risk, improve performance, lower drawdowns and reduce volatility.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Barbara Hepworth At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
    Barbara Hepworth
    English artist and sculptor (1903 - 1975)
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  • Marcus Valerius Martial Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
    Marcus Valerius Martial
    Latin poet and epigrammatist (40 - 104)
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  • Thomas à Kempis Be not angry that you cannot make another what you wish them to be; since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Katherine Mansfield Before confessing, be perfectly certain that you do not wish to be forgiven.
    Katherine Mansfield
    New Zealand-born British Author (1888 - 1923)
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  • Bob Considine Call it vanity, call it arrogant presumption, call it what you wish, but I would grope for the nearest open grave if I had no newspaper to work for, no need to search for and sometimes find the winged word that just fits, no keen wonder over what each unfolding day may bring.
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