"I wish I could be behind the wheel for every stunt."
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"People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction."
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"I love all waste And solitary places; where we taste The pleasure of believing what we see Is boundless, as we wish our souls to be."
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"That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful in gratifying them, he is esteemed a great statesman."
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"If you live in the [Middle East] area, you see [U.S actions] as part of a continuing drive for dominance, and with it a kind of obduracy, a stubborn opposition to the wishes and desires and aspirations of the people there."
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"My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me."
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"Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible."
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"Do not strive for things occurring to occur as you wish, but wish the things occurring as they occur, and you will flow well."
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"Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life."
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"Your master is he who controls that on which you have set your heart or wish to avoid."
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"All your secret wishes could right now be coming true."
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"Beware of your wishes: They will probably come true."
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"Those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries."
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"In a word, to perceive an object abstractly means not to perceive some aspects of it. It clearly implies selection of some attributes, rejection of other attributes, creation or distortion of still others. We make of it what we wish. We create it."
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"I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime."
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"Wish not so much to live long as to live well."
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"I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to colour the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song."
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"Scenery is here. Wish you were beautiful."
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"You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are."
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"Love takes many forms - it is up to you to choose which you wish to express."
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