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		Good speakers usually find when they finish that there have been four versions of the speech: the one they delivered, the one they prepared, the one the newspapers say was delivered, and the one on the way home they wish they had delivered.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Dale Carnegie
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Max Lerner
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		'Granted' is about a lively young woman who does a fairy godmother a good turn and is given a wish as her reward.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jody Lynn Nye
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When I was backstage at Comic-Con, about to go out and do the panel for Thor, and Joss Whedon ran up and introduced himself, I already almost passed out, right then. And then, he said, "I've been meaning to call you. You have a big part in The Avengers. Can we introduce you as part of the cast?" It was pretty Make-A-Wish Foundation. I was pretty sure I was dying and nobody had told me yet.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Clark Gregg
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It's a funny thing because I don't want to wish away my privacy. Do I want 'Terminator Genisys' to explode? Absolutely. Do I want to take my career to the next level? Absolutely? You have to trade some things for that. It's all about how you conduct yourself and what you make of the experience.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jai Courtney
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Google is a fierce competitor. I wish I was worth a bazillion dollars; that would be really nice. They're a fierce competitor, and they're very good in search. They're very good with their global map thing.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Carol Bartz
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
		
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		We too often satisfy ourselves with the perishable things of time, forgetting the opportunities we have of developing within us the great, the eternal principles of life and truth. The Lord wishes to establish a closer and more intimate relationship between Himself and us; He wishes to elevate us in the scale of being and intelligence, and this can only be done through the medium of the everlasting Gospel which is specially prepared for this purpose.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lorenzo Snow
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Our system, which we call democracy, at least leaves us the right from time to time to get rid of those who wish to govern us. And, if it's nowhere near Utopia, it is probably the best of all imperfect systems. All I can do is to advise you to be very cautious of those who claim to represent you and order you about for your own good.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				John Mortimer
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In our lust for measurement, we frequently measure that which we can rather than that which we wish to measure... and forget that there is a difference.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Udny Yule
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo, and I could not play this way if I were not able to divide my attention between my ever changing musical environment and my instrument itself.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				John Frusciante
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The wish to talk to God is absurd. We cannot talk to one we cannot comprehend - and we cannot comprehend God; we can only believe in Him. The uses of prayer are thus only subjective.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Immanuel Kant
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It is the nature of human beings, and especially of the mediocre ones, to wish to change everything. They desire it all the more because they know popularity will accrue rather to those who disturb than to those who maintain order.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Marie Antoinette
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to happen to me. I wish it was still here. It's something I really, really miss.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jack White
			
			
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		We are talking about a special player, the one who would mean a lot to us. Anyhow, I wish him a lot of luck in his career.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Zeljko Obradovic
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The wishes of the people, seldom founded in deep disquisitions, or resulting from other reasonings than their present feelings, may not entirely accord with our true policy and interest. If they do not, to observe a proper line of conduct for promoting the one, and avoiding offence to the other, will be a work of great difficulty.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				George Washington
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There is too little courtship in the world. ... For courtship means a wish to stand well in the other person's eyes, and, what is more, a readiness to be pleased with the other's ways; a sense on each side of having had the better of the bargain; an undercurrent of surprise and thankfulness at one's good luck.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Vernon Lee