Quotes with would-be

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  • Buzz Aldrin I think the American Dream used to be achieving one's goals in your field of choice - and from that, all other things would follow. Now, I think the dream has morphed into the pursuit of money: Accumulate enough of it, and the rest will follow.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Hubert Humphrey I think the worst thing this nation could do for humanity would be to leave any uncertainty as to our will, our purpose and our capacity to carry out our purpose.
    Hubert Humphrey
    American politician (1911 - 1978)
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  • Lord George Byron I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation - they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Aaron Spelling I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer
    Aaron Spelling
    American film and television (1923 - 2006)
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  • Buzz Aldrin I think there would be no shortage of applicants to the government astronaut corps to be settlers on the planet Mars. And I think this would be very inspiring.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Anita Hill I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Adam Clymer I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing.
    Adam Clymer
    American journalist (1937 - 2018)
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  • Andrew Wiles I tried to fit it in with some previous broad conceptual understanding of some part of mathematics that would clarify the particular problem I was thinking about.
    Andrew Wiles
    English mathematician (1953 - )
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Walter Winchell I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.
    Walter Winchell
    American newspaper and radio commentator (1897 - 1972)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Adam Arkin I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.
    Adam Arkin
    American actor (1956 - )
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  • Brooke Elliott I want to do voiceover for animation, so I am looking to do something along those lines. So, my agent is looking for something in that area, and I think that would be a lot of fun.
    Brooke Elliott
    American actress and singer (1974 - )
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  • Bruce Cockburn I want to raise every voice
    At least I got to try
    Every time I think about it
    Water rises to my eyes
    Situation desperate
    Echoes of the victims cry
    If I had a rocket launcher
    If I had a rocket launcher
    If I had a rocket launcher
    Some son of a bitch would die
    Source: Stealing Fire (1984) If I Had a Rocket Launcher, Track 8
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Buzz Osborne I want to travel around the country and make my living playing music. I also try to behave in a way that I would appreciate as a music fan. That's how we conduct ourselves, be it in writing music or playing it live.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • Dolly Parton I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out.
    Dolly Parton
    American singer and songwriter (1946 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Alonzo Church I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate school. Actually they gave me fellowships that paid my way, otherwise I would not have been able to continue.
    Alonzo Church
    American mathematician and logician (1903 - 1995)
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  • Allan Carr I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl.
    Allan Carr
    American theater producer and manager (1937 - 1999)
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