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I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses.

If you make people uniform, you can control them. If you teach people to read, and think, and question things, you lose control. So, the best idea is to separate people if you wish to maintain a monetary system. It's called divide and conquer. By dividing people, they're not a threat, you can control them.

I wish the Peace Corps and its volunteers continued success and perseverance. We are grateful for their contributions to society and dedication to providing assistance where it is needed. May the Peace Corps continue its legacy of service, both at home and abroad.

You can't buy peace by just wishing it and avoiding the challenges that other nations present to you.

The radios are going to dictate. That's another fight. That's another story there. I wish they just let it be.

One great flaw in the reforming passion is that in its eagerness to remedy social wrongs it tends to neglect, certainly to undervalue, the experience of those whose lives it wishes to improve.

Anyone who says they don't enjoy the Army is mad - you can spend a week hating it and the next week it could be the best thing in the world and the best job you could ever, ever wish for. It has got so much to offer.

I wish we could do something useful with tobacco - like making fertilizer out of it.

We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our birth. These are concepts which the Black Consciousness approach wishes to eradicate from the black man's mind before our society is driven to chaos by irresponsible people from Coca-cola and hamburger cultural backgrounds.

More than anyone else, he's (Hank Aaron) made me wish I wasn't a manager.

If you wish to learn swimming you have to go into the water and if you wish to become a problem solver you have to solve problems.

The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be.

Once upon a time people talked about the infallibility of the pope; today it is that of the merchant which they wish to establish.

I'm really a very weak musicologist. Wish it weren't so, but there's only so much you can dig deeply into in one lifetime, as if you hadn't noticed.

I wish I’d played my whole career in flag football.

The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.

My life has changed. I'm not walking around any more wishing I wasn't me, which was the case at one time.

I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.

I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation.

I don’t feel that this is unfair. That’s the thing about cancer. I’m not the only one, it happens all the time to people. I’m not special. This just intensifies what I did. It gives it more meaning. It’ll inspire more people. I just wish people would realize that anything’s possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try

We are thankful for these and all the good things of life. We recognize that they are a part of our common heritage and come to us through the efforts of our brothers and sisters the world over. What we desire for ourselves, we wish for all. To this end, may we take our share in the world's work and the world's struggles.