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Wishing Quotes

Where wanting something ends and doing something begins.

Several of these wishing quotes are skeptical of wishing itself, calling it the worst of all employments or warning that work wins where wishy-washy wishing never will. That tension between hope and effort runs through the whole page.

An actor's wish for meatier roles adds a more personal note, while a dry aside about email as the ideal way to reach Americans shows wishing doesn't always have to be so serious. Our desire quotes make a good next stop.

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