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While Thee I seek, protecting Power, Be my vain wishes stilled; And may this consecrated hour With better hopes be filled.
The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.
Victories come when their time comes. Often later than you wish. Patience is an essential quality of a coach's profession.
The strongest lesson I can teach my son is the same lesson I teach my daughter: how to be who he wishes to be for himself.
I wish I had been wiser. I wish I had been more effective, I wish I'd been more unifying, I wish I'd been more principled.
I wish you could see some of the girls I have genuinely had crushes on in my life. They're not the girls you would assume.
I wish you wouldn't make the strings such an important part of your arrangements because frankly they're only a tax dodge!
The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to.
My wish is for gay to become less of a label, and more of just one of many great colors in the collective box of humanity.
I don't think there's ever a time where I step back and say I wish I was something different. I'm doing what I love to do.
You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be.
Sometimes when relationships end, you write an e-mail and say everything you wish you said. Sometimes you don't push send.
Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.
After a few minutes, he asked, real quietly, if you turned into an animal, too. And I said, ‘She wishes she was that cool!
A man may smile and bid you hail Yet wish you to the devil; But when a good dog wags his tail, You know he's on the level.
I wish to do something Great and Wonderful, but I must start by doing the little things like they were Great and Wonderful
Making a wish is like saying, 'I can't deal with anything, I give up, somebody bigger come along and solve it all instead.
Your assumption, to be effective, cannot be a single isolated act, it must be a maintained attitude of the wish fulfilled.
Nature is an old lady with few friends these days, and those who wish to make use of her charms, she rewards passionately.
I would shoot for long periods in Chennai, and now I wish I spent more time with my family. That is what matters the most.
I played piano for a lot of my childhood and stupidly quit. I wish I hadn't - I could have been a great classical pianist!
I wish Elton Brand the best. He's a great guy. He's always going to be a great friend of mine, regardless of what goes on.
There is much to learn about what could happen in the gardens of the future, should designers wish to learn about the past.
'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
I wish, when I was first born, the first thing I said was "Quote" so the last thing I said before I died would be "Unquote.
It's funny, isn't it? When you are young you just want to be old, and then later you wish you could go back to being a kid.
So ... will you stay with me until it's over? Please?" "Kaylee, I would do anything for the girl who granted my dying wish.
The biggest pests are the people who use altruism as an alibi. What they passionately wish is to make themselves important.
It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
I wish I could make the statement that 'the odds were against me but you never quit', It was not true. I wanted to give up.
He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with the course of events and with the shaping of his own destiny.
Anger is almost always an emotion for people who wish to control others while simultaneously failing to control themselves.
I like the obvious statement, although some people might wish to think they aren't there, that they will go away with time.
There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical.
Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.
I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products.
Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
I begin to love this little creature, and to anticipate his birth as a fresh twist to a knot, which I do not wish to untie.
I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.
No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other side.
We forget that despite the superficial differences between us, people are equal in their basic wish for peace and happiness.
I was convinced that luck was a matter of knowing what one wanted and then being willing to work to make the wish come true.
Not what we wish, but what we want, Oh! let thy grace supply, The good unask'd, in mercy grant; The ill, though ask'd, deny.
Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.
I'm the kind of person that when I really want something, I wish for it. I wish on shooting stars. I wish on lots of things.
A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.
I wish we would all remember that being American is not just about the freedom we have; it is about those who gave it to us.
Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog
As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.
Inspiration can come from anywhere. But I do love actors. I wish I could drop a bunch of names, but there are just too many.