Wish Quotes
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Trust me: I don't wish I was a New Zealander.
 James Spithill
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I wish sometimes that I could be Daniel Day-Lewis and say, 'You know what? If you want me to do this, I'm going to need a year to prepare myself.' But if I do that, they'll say, 'Thank you very much,' and they'll take someone else.
 Marion Cotillard
					 
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All of us wish we had an Alice. I wish I had an Alice.
 Ann B. Davis
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Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make bored.
 Ian Fleming
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I once said that it was unacceptable for Japan to remain "an isolated prosperous island." At one time, it might have been all right for Japan to avoid sending any citizens to dangerous areas [even as part of international efforts] and just wish for its own people's happiness. That time is gone.
 Sadako Ogata
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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.
 Penelope Spheeris
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I would be going until I went over the bounds of reality and was then caught up in a profound wish to be dead without having to go through the shaming defeat of suicide.
 Joshua Logan
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It took me about 10 years to get rid of. I'm all right now, though, lovely, I'm throwing some nice darts at the moment, but every now and then I get a bit of a jump. I wish I could find a cure, I'd make a bloody fortune.
 Eric Bristow
					 
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No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer'.
 Danielle Berry
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I was convinced I'd hate Twitter - but I've come to like it very much. I use it mostly to keep in touch with friends and colleagues I wish I could see more often - I sometimes feel a little isolated living in Yorkshire, and it's nice to have the contact.
 Joanne Harris
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I'm a better actor now than I ever was, I wish I could have hurried that up, but there's no way. Anyway, I always wanted to be around for a long time. Like a European actor, I hope I live a long time and that I'm acting until I finish.
 Christopher Walken
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In this life, I've learned to be patient. And I'm still learning... Even now, I wish things would go quicker.
 Benjamin Clementine
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Life has no meaning but what we give it. I wish a few more of ye would give it a little.
 Ed Greenwood
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I wish everyone was a sci-fi geek because then there would be no violence in the world. There'd be no wars. There'd only be people e-mailing each other.
 Claudia Christian
					 
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It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.
 John Boyd Orr
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I wish all difficult poems were profound. Honk if you wish all difficult poems were profound.
 Ben Lerner
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If I don't manage to negotiate with the European Union, something I wish, then I will ask the French to leave the European Union. And then you'll be able to call me Madame Frexit.
 Marine Le Pen
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God won’t give you more than you can handle.’” Holiday chuckled. “And we just wish He didn’t trust us so much, right?
 Christie Craig
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I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't.
 Desmond Tutu
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I wish we had more [Dwight] Eisenhower Republicans in this [Donald]Trump cabinet.
 E. J. Dionne
					 
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Mantle didn't want to stick out, but he did. He didn't wish to be treated as special, but he was. He was uncomfortable being the center of attention, but he was the centerfielder for the most famous franchise in sports.
 Jane Leavy
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I secretly wish I had experienced advertising in the 'Mad Men' period.
 David Droga
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Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food.
 Poppy Z. Brite
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And I wish that I was made of stone So that I would not have to see A beauty impossible to define A beauty impossible to believe A beauty impossible to endure The blood imparted in little sips The smell of you still on my hands As I bring the cup up to my lips No God up in the sky No devil beneath the sea Could do the job that you did, baby Of bringing me to my knees...
 Nick Cave The Birthday Party