Could Have Been Quotes - Page 8

• Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.

  Barack Obama

  Years, Trayvon, Has Beens

  Twitter post from Jul 19, 2013

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• Michael Brown and Eric Garner died because they got into a confrontation that could have been easily avoided. That's what made their deaths so tragic.

  Mike Rowe

  Eric, Made, Brown

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• No, those ears were not created by any chance coming together of atoms in nature (the Communist view). They could have been created only by immense design.

  Whittaker Chambers

  Views, Design, Together

  Whittaker Chambers (2014). “Witness”, p.16, Regnery Publishing

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• I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop, but because Honus (Wagner) could have been first at any other position, with the possible exception of pitcher. In all my career, I never saw such a versatile player.

  John McGraw

  Baseball, Player, Names

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• The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.

  James Anthony Froude

  Mistake, Men, Issues

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• It definitely could have been a horror story [Valley of Violence], oh my God, if the dog was impossible. So could the horses.

  Ti West

  Dog, Horse, Horror Stories

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• As a teacher of fourth-graders in a public school, where corporal punishement was not allowed, she had years of violence stored up and was, truth be told, sort of enjoying letting it out on Kona, who she felt could have been the poster child for the failure of public education.

  Christopher Moore

  Teacher, Children, School

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• The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball.

  Eddie Vedder

  Baseball, Interesting, League

  Interview with Josh Brolin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 25, 2008.

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• If Mars formed life, then life on Earth could have been seeded by life on Mars, making every life form on Earth descended from Martians.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Mars, Earth, Form

  "Neil DeGrasse Tyson Funks The Universe’ VIDEO Makes Rap Out Of Physics Conversation", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 4, 2013.

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• Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children.

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  Movie, Stars, Children

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• I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.

  Mitt Romney

  Usa, Lost, Barack

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• I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.

  Julia Roberts

  Dental, Fame, Microscopes

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• Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Successful, Cooks, Footballer

  "Gordon Ramsay on Rangers". www.theguardian.com. May 05, 2002.

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• I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?

  Drew Barrymore

  Fun, Optimistic, Dark

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• There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison

  Jane Austen

  Heart, Two, Feelings

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.509, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had.

  Shirley Jackson

  Hands, Two, Luck

  "We Have Always Lived in the Castle". Book by Shirley Jackson, www.elle.com. 1962.

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• If he had to have strange powers, Aden wished they could have been more like hers. That voodoo voice would have made his life a lot easier; he could have sent certain people (cough Ozzie cough) away with no memory of him.

  Gena Showalter

  Memories, Voice, People

  Gena Showalter (2010). “Intertwined”, p.158, Harlequin

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• Ralston didn't care. He turned on his brother as the surgeon knelt next to him and inspected the wound. "She could have been killed!" And what about you?" This time, it was Callie who spoke, her own pent-up energy releasing in anger, and the men turned as one to look at her, surprised that she and found her voice. "What about you and your idiotic pland to somehow restore my honor by playing guns out in the middle of nowhere with OXFORD?" She said the baron's name in disdain. "Like children? Of all the ridiculous, unnecessary, thoughtless, MALE things to do...who even FIGHTS duels anymore?!

  Sarah MacLean

  Brother, Children, Fighting

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• People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them. We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren’t, or of treasures that might have been found but were forever hidden in the sands. Because, when these things happen, we suffer terribly.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Heart, Thinking

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• Over the last month I had pulled a woman from a blazing inferno. I had called fire and lighting down on assassins and escaped to safety. I had even killed something that could have been either a dragon or a demon, depending on your point of view. But there in that room was the first time I actually felt like any sort of hero. If you are looking for a reason for the man I would eventually become, if you are looking for a beginning, look there.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Hero, Men, Fire

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.494, Hachette UK

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• How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most relationships and friendships, and damage another.

  Veronica Roth

  Simple, Decision, Ruins

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• It still amazes him how they could have been misled by her personality in Year Eleven. It's what depression does to a person, it changes them completely.

  Melina Marchetta

  Years, Personality, Doe

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• I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see.

  Roger Waters

  Stupid, Silly, Thinking

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• But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture.

  E. O. Wilson

  Dancing, Musical, Important

  "E.O. Wilson Is on Top of the World". Interview with Jill Neimark, www.psychologytoday.com. September 1, 1998.

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• The sun will rise tomorrow. It always does, and all the wishing in the world for the way things were, or for what they could have been, won't change that. It won't change how things are.

  Elizabeth Scott

  Wish, Doe, World

  Elizabeth Scott (2009). “Something, Maybe”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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