They Wished Quotes
28 quotes by 27 authors
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The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious beliefin lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us,…
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
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When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.
— Edith Hamilton
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I therefore took this opportunity and also began to consider the possibility that the Earth moved. Although it seemed an absurd opinion, nevertheless, because I…
— Nicolaus Copernicus
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We were told that they wished merely to pass through our country. . . to seek for gold in the far west . . .…
— Red Cloud
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Penal law was not created by the common people, nor by the peasantry, nor by the proletariat, but entirely by the bourgeoisie as an important…
— Michel Foucault
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As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict with those who…
— Diego Rivera
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Most people’s major life regrets are not about the things they’ve done, but about the things they’ve not done, the goals they never reached, the…
— Thom Hartmann
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In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the…
— Stephen Gardiner
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All of us who attended the meeting - including Microsoft - unanimously agreed that unilaterally extending the Java programming language would hurt compatibility among Java…
— James Gosling
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Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves.
— Samuel Richardson
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These dear souls came not to Sabbath school because it was popular to do so, nor did I teach them because it was reputable to…
— Frederick Douglass
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I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books they…
— Anne Lamott
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I do not fault anyone else who makes choices to play characters that they wished they hadn't... Because at the end of the day, none…
— Peter Dinklage
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Probably the institution of marriage had its origin in love of property. Both men and women were united in this--that whatever they loved best, they…
— Henry Adams
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Clerks in downtown hotels were said to be asking guests whether they wished the room for sleeping or jumping. Two men jumped hand-in-hand from a…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go…
— Carroll Quigley
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In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When…
— Edward Gibbon
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For they imagined as they wished--that it was a wild shot,/ an unintended killing--fools, not to comprehend/ they were already in the grip of death./…
— Homer
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Life was about spending time together , about having the time to walk together holding hands, talking quietly as the sun go down. It wasn't…
— Nicholas Sparks
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Women always seemed to bring the size they wished they were to the fitting room, rather than the size that would actually fit.
— Ann Brashares
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