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174 They Wish quotes by 146 unique authors
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Strength is paradoxical. I am not strong because I can force others to do what I wish as a result of my play with them,…
— James P. Carse
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I believe that all novels, ... deal with character, and that it is to express character – not to preach doctrines, sing songs, or celebrate…
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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When I was with Yoav, everything in me that had been sitting stood up. He had a way of looking at me with a kind…
— Nicole Krauss
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When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not embrace racism as…
— Bell Hooks
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Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.
— Ouida
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When people learn to master their feelings, they can soon learn to master their reflections and thoughts in the degree requisite for attaining the objects…
— Brigham Young
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Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.
— Gene Wolfe
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People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.
— Erin Morgenstern
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I find I think of myself not as a writer so much as someone who provides a gateway, a tangential route for readers to reach…
— Erin Morgenstern
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All really nice girls wonder when men don't try to kiss them. They know they shouldn't want them to and they know they must act…
— Margaret Mitchell
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There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have relinquished…
— Christopher Hitchens
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What is it? For what do you scheme? Ethine's death would weigh on you and the stain of her blood would seep into your skin"…
— Holly Black
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People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes…
— Lucille Clifton
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Parents always have their own ideas about how they wish their children to be brought up, both morally and spiritually. But they must understand that…
— Graham Masterton
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You will find ambiguity a great ally on your road to power. Give a sign of Slytherin on one day, and contradict it with a…
— Eliezer Yudkowsky
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Every driven person comes from a mountain of pain they wish to keep hidden.
— Chris Colfer
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Surely the Shadowhunter community must honor you and hold you in high esteem as a gentleman who has truly advanced their race. No, Henry said…
— Cassandra Clare
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The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish" - Tyrion Lannister
— George R. R. Martin
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When they had eventually calmed down a bit, and had gotten home, Mr. Duncan put the magic pebble in an iron safe. Some day they…
— William Steig
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If husbands could realize what large returns of profit may be gotten out of a wife by a small word of praise paid over the…
— Mark Twain
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Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people.…
— Dalton Trumbo
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It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish
— Heraclitus
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I think that freedom means freedom for everyone. As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay, and it is something we have…
— Dick Cheney
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All men can live together, if they wish to.
— Josephine Baker
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My son died from cancer. My granddaughter died from cancer. I have a lot of reasons to think that reality is not a friendly neighborhood.…
— David Morrell
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