Could Have Been Quotes - Page 2

• The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.

  Wes Moore

  Tragedy, Stories, Chill

  Wes Moore (2010). “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates”, p.11, Spiegel & Grau

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• It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.

  Alan Paton

  Habit, Has Beens

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• I honestly didn't even know who the coach was when I was coming to New York. I just wanted to win a championship; I didn't even know who was coaching. I didn't care. It could have been Aunt Jemima. They could have had the syrup coaching. I was coming here regardless. I just wanted to win a championship here.

  Metta World Peace

  New York, Aunt, Winning

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• With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I'd done more, I could have been quite remarkable.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Opportunity, Done, Remarkable

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• This is a sad, regrettable day that all of us wish could have been avoided.

  Gary Bettman

  Nhl, Wish, Avoided

  "NHL cancel remainder of the season". www.cnn.com. February 16, 2005.

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• I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones.

  Patti Page

  Redneck, Actors, Done

  Interview with David Adams, www.elvis.com.au. November 29, 2005.

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• If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against hunger and poverty were a real priority for the international community.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Real, Fighting, Hunger And Poverty

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• I wished that I could have been down there because Paul actually wanted me to do the tour with him, but then he realized that it just wouldn't be right. It wouldn't be a solo tour anymore. It would look like just half of KISS.

  Eric Carr

  Kissing, Looks, Half

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• I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

  Duffy Daugherty

  Football, Motivational Sports, College

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• We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

  Albert Einstein

  Science, Discovery, Taught Us

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• Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else being taught, except a little ancient geography and history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language. Especial attention was paid to versemaking, and this I could never do well. I had many friends, and got together a good collection of old verses, which by patching together, sometimes aided by other boys, I could work into any subject.

  Charles Darwin

  Teaching, Mean, School

  Charles Darwin (2016). “Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: the Evolution”, p.25, VM eBooks

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• It was a bit of a surprise for us that we had problems in Hungary. But in reality, I think the car could have been pretty competitive with a trouble-free race.

  Fernando Alonso

  Reality, Thinking, Race

  "Turkish GP: Renault preview". Motorsport.com Interview, www.motorsport.com. August 15, 2005.

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• People spend a lifetime thinking abouthow they would really like to live. I asked my friends and no one seems to know very clearly. To me, it's very clear now. I wish my life could have been like the years when I was writing 'Love in the Time of Cholera.'

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Writing, Thinking, Years

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• When you can dump a load of bricks on a corner lot, and let me watch them arrange themselves into a house - when you can empty a handful of springs and wheels and screws on my desk, and let me see them gather themselves together into a watch - it will be easier for me to believe that all these thousands of worlds could have been created, balanced, and set to moving in their separate orbits, all without any directing intelligence at all.

  Bruce Barton

  Spring, Believe, Moving

  Masonic News, Volume 8, p. 181, 1927.

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• Chamberlain's stubborn, fanatical insistence on giving Hitler what he wanted, his trips to Berchtesgaden and Godesberg and finally the fateful journey to Munich rescued Hitler from his limb and strengthened his position in Europe, in Germany, in the Army, beyond anything that could have been imagined a few weeks before. It also added immeasurably to the power of the Third Reich vis-a-vis the Western democracies and the Soviet Union.

  William L. Shirer

  Army, Journey, Europe

  "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany". Book by William L. Shirer, 1960.

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• I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that - and it has been a really successful song over the years. It is still massively used, in advertising, in films, and people do cover versions of it a lot.

  Gary Numan

  Song, Writing, Successful

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• How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms

  Aristotle

  Argument, Disputes, Term

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• My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one if I hadn’t fallen into the fatal folly of reading anything I could lay hands on. With just a touch more self confidence and a liberal helping of ignorance I could have been a famous evangelist.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Reading, Ignorance, Self Confidence

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• It was not perfect but I'm very happy. It could have been better, but I'm now looking forward to my second race of the season.

  Usain Bolt

  Motivational, Race, Track

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• I want you to be happy, you're my best friend. But it's so hard to let you go now with all that could have been. I'll always have the memories. She'll always have you. Fate has a way of changing just when you don't want it to. Throw away the chains, let love fly away. Till love comes again, I'll be okay.

  Amanda Marshall

  Memories, Lost Love, Fate

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• Peter, in showing that the Church is one and that only those who are in the Church can be saved, said: "In the Ark of Noah certain persons, numbering only eight, were saved by water, which Baptism effects in like manner for you" (1 Peter 3:20). He proves and demonstrates that the solitary Ark of Noah was the figure of the One Church. If, at the time of this Baptism of the world anyone could have been saved without having been in the Ark of Noah, then he who is outside the Church could now be brought to life by Baptism.

  Cyprian

  Eight, Water, Baptism

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• I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein in the body of American music, it gives me strength as a writer, like I'm dipping my pen into a deep ink well. That's the folk music tradition. Like Pete Seeger said, 'Everyone's a link in the chain.' It's a strong chain, so rely on it. ... I believe it takes all those great songs in the past to make your song even a little bit good.

  Ketch Secor

  Song, Strong, Believe

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• I was afraid of last place, ... There were a lot of fears. Below .500 - I never thought I'd see that here. Then, losing 100 games seemed like a possibility, then 90 games. All of those things could have been a reality here. The grave seemed like a reality here, but the guys didn't let it happen.

  Felipe Alou

  Reality, Games, Guy

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• The team was going into transition. The team that we had could not continue to exist. Because of age, injury, it could not get to that same level. It had to change. I wish this team could have been frozen in time for 10 years, but that's not the reality.

  Geoff Petrie

  Team, Reality, Years

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• Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Art, Affection, Born

  Joseph Lewis, Robert Green Ingersoll (1957). “Ingersoll the Magnificent: To which Has Been Added a Special Arrangement of Some Gems from Ingersoll for Inspiration, Wisdom, and Courage”

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