- Strong
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wish Quotes
On wishing for more - understanding, time, and change.
Wishing shows up here in very different registers: a scientist wishing ordinary language could capture atomic structure, a wish that Israelis could witness daily life across the border firsthand, and a simple wish to take on more creative work. I Wish continues the theme.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Clarify
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish to clarify that I have absolutely not made a decision regarding my participation in the next Olympics. On a personal level, playing in the Olympics would be a huge honour. However, the Games in Rio are still four years away and I certainly won't be making any decisions with regards to participating any time soon.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
- Played
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I'd played Coriolanus.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish the word whimsical wasn't used now.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I had decided on the pattern of my career.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many critics who think the megachurches thrive on people who enjoy dramatic Sunday services with fine music but don't wish to become very 'religious' on a day-to-day basis - that the megachurch appeal is a mile wide and an inch deep.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I knew what I know now before.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a number of places on my wish list, including Antarctica, the Norwegian fjords, and the Amazon. I have a passion for wilderness, and Siberia is on my list - however, that may be a bridge too far.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that we will be judged in history by not only how we disrupt terrorism but how we protect the civil liberties and constitutional rights of all Americans, even Americans who don't wish us well. We must do all these things exceptionally well.
- Democratic Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.
- Question
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020