"'O Tiger-lily,' said Alice... 'I wish you could talk!' 'We can talk,' said the Tiger-lily: 'when there's anybody worth talking to.""
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"I wish the Indians had newspapers of their own. If they had, you would have horrible pictures of the cold-blooded murders of inoffensive Indians."
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"I wish you’d find the exit out of my head."
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"He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act"
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"To impress people as much as we would wish, we would first need to successfully adopt each of their value systems"
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"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you."
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"Imagine, as realistically as possible, the place where you want to be in the near future, the state you wish to reach and the Universe will help you and guide you"
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"Happy birthday greetings and warmest wishes, too May today, tomorrow, everyday Be truly happy for you."
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"We must consult our means rather than our wishes."
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"It is a fearful mistake to believe that because our wishes are not accomplished they can do no harm."
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"I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers."
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"I don't know why this world keeps turning, round and round. But I wish it would stop and let me off right now!"
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"And I mean to hear ye groan like that again. And to moan and sob, even though you dinna wish to, for ye canna help it. I mean to make you sigh as though your heart would break, and scream with the wanting, and at last to cry out in my arms, and I shall know that I've served ye well."
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"Human beings can attain a worthy and harmonious life only if they are able to rid themselves, within the limits of human nature, of the striving for the wish fulfillment of material kinds. The goal is to raise the spiritual values of society."
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"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending."
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"I wish the world would become what God wanted it to be in the first place, before we tampered with it."
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"Nature doesn't ask your permission; it doesn't care about your wishes, or whether you like its laws or not. You're obliged to accept it as it is, and consequently all its results as well."
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"Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind."
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"The wish to be able to fly is to be understood as nothing else than a longing to be capable of sexual performance."
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"It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves."
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