- Perspective
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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
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
How does an artist know when the line that he just painted is good or not good? That's the catch. De Kooning was the greatest of my contemporaries in art, and he knew when he'd done a good line. When he didn't, he threw it away. I wish I'd thrown away some of mine.
- Nov 07, 2020
I wish we were smart enough that, every time we had an idea for a script, that it was great right off the bat.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love everything that Frank Gehry does. I wish I could have that man build me a Wayne Manor-style mansion, like his idea of it.
- I Wish
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Vatican has tried to condemn 'The Magdalene Sisters' as a pack of lies and that I've made it all up - I wish I was that good a dramatist - and in terms of public relations, that was the daftest thing they ever did.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like parties. There was never a party I was at where I didn't wish I was somewhere else.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any scene in Shakespeare can be vulgarised almost out of recognition with the wish to have a modern concept.
- Nov 07, 2020
My only regret in life is that I didn't spend as much time with my kids as I now wish I had.
- Big Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really hard to imagine there ever being the kind of impact there was when punk rock happened in the late 70's. I wish there would be one big change like that again, but I don't know if that'll ever happen.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a huge honor to be put in the Hall of Fame... it's even better because I played there for six years, and I left on bad terms. To be able to come back and be recognized - in hindsight, I wish I would have stayed, because everyone understands my career was large in Orlando.
- I Wish
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- Nov 07, 2020