"Every bowling center should have a house pro."
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"Yes, I am white now,' said Gandalf. 'Indeed I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should have been."
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"Many a man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been."
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"Had it pleas'd heaven To try me with affliction * * * I should have found in some place of my soul A drop of patience."
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"In order to be able to set a limit to thought, we should have to find both sides of the limit thinkable (i.e. we should have to be able to think what cannot be thought)."
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"But it's not easy. I've been thinking it over for years. While we loved each other we didn't need words to make ourselves understood. But people don't love forever. A time came when I should have found the words to keep her with me, only I couldn't."
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"A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist."
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"Government should have drones. Industries, companies can have drones. Everyone else doesn't need drones. It's just going to create mischief. They are going to be crashing the planes, they're going to be spying on neighbors. People don't need drones."
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"Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work."
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"I feel there should have been some recognition of the Spice Girls at this year's 25th anniversary. We flew the flag for Britain around the globe in the 1990s and we achieved a hell of a lot."
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"Only those who would be called upon to risk their lives for their country should have the privilege of voting to determine whether the nation should go to war."
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"I really should have fell but I stood"
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"I came to Ottawa with the firm belief that the only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers."
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"I think every woman should have a blowtorch."
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"I don't know who named them swells. There's nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls."
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"Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model was, and I used to say, 'Why? Mine works, doesn't it? It's a piece of wood and six strings, and it works.'"
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"Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start."
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"A lie was something you told because you were mean or a coward. A story was something you made up out of something that might have happened. Only you didn't tell it like it was, you told it like you thought it should have been."
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"I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment."
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"unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs."
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