If I Could Quotes - Page 4

• I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Photography, Men, Choices

  Margaret Bourke-White (2016). “Portrait of Myself”, p.314, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• If I could be anything in the world I would want to be a teardrop because I would be born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.

  Mary, Queen of Scots

  Love, Eye, Would Be

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• I'd be happy if I could think that the role of the library was sustained and even enhanced in the age of the computer.

  Bill Gates

  Thinking, Age, Library

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• If I could turn down the noise of my own will and choiceI could hear the truth of my life in a clear voice. I will bow down my head to the wisdom of my heart.

  Carrie Newcomer

  Faith, Inspiration, Heart

  Song: When One Door Closes

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• It would be a wonderful experience to stand there in those enchanted surroundings and hear Shakespeare and Milton and Bunyan read from their noble works. And it might be that they would like to hear me read some of my things. No, it could never be; they would not care for me. They would not know me, they would not understand me, and they would say they had an engagement. But if I could only be there, and walk about and look, and listen, I should be satisfied and not make a noise. My life is fading to its close, and someday I shall know.

  George Woodward Warder

  Heaven, Would Be, Looks

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• I came to realize that my money problems, worries, and shortages largely began and ended with the person in my mirror. I realized also that if I could learn to manage the character I shaved with every morning, I would win with money.

  Dave Ramsey

  Money, Morning, Character

  Dave Ramsey (2013). “The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness”, p.3, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Winter has caused damage everywhere: meadow and forest are all grey, where before you heard many sounds. If I could see the girls play ball on the street, then bird song would come back. If only I could sleep through the winter! When I am awake I feel only hatred that his power is so far and wide. God knows, he even fights with May; I picked flowers where there is now snow.

  Walther von der Vogelweide

  Girl, Song, Flower

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• I began to feel that I lived on a higher plane than the skeptics of the ground; one that was richer because of its very association with the element of danger they dreaded, because it was freer of the earth to which they were bound. In flying, I tasted a wine of the gods of which they could know nothing. Who valued life more highly, the aviators who spent it on the art they loved, or these misers who doled it out like pennies through their antlike days? I decided that if I could fly for ten years before I was killed in a crash, it would be a worthwhile trade for an ordinary life time.

  Charles Lindbergh

  Art, Wine, Years

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• I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! For then, 'tis like I should forget myself; O, if I could, what grief should I forget!

  William Shakespeare

  Depression, Grief, Mad

  William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.316, Wordsworth Editions

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• All I watch is the Food Network. I took a cheese making class a few weeks ago, and I told my family and friends to only get me kitchen stuff on my birthday. I'm into every kind of cookbook and anything by Anthony Bourdain. I'd love to own a restaurant if I could find the right chef.

  Jesse McCartney

  Birthday, Class, Kitchen

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• If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.

  George Foreman

  Son, Thinking, Names

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• I watched the Olympics as a kid. It would be fun to try to win a medal. If I could swap Olympic gold for a US PGA Championship? I'd take the Major every time.

  Luke Donald

  Fun, Kids, Winning

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• I think it's good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half and half every year I would be a very, very happy man.

  Richard Madden

  Men, Thinking, Years

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

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• If I could change my appearance, I would have the gap between my front teeth put back in.

  Thandie Newton

  Teeth, Gaps, Appearance

  "What I see in the mirror" by Thandie Newton, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2011.

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• Going to regular public high school and working and auditioning was really, really tough. I never really fit in and hit the stride that all the other kids were on. Instead of going out and hanging out with my friends at that age, I remember being in my bedroom and putting on like a Christina Aguilera tape and just like belting. And seeing if I could hit every single note just like her.

  Naya Rivera

  Kids, School, Age

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• I hate mirrors; every time I look in one I see things that could be improved. If I could give my younger self any advice it would be: ‘Take a deep breath, the world is not ending – and do something with your hair.’ I had the same haircut from when I was a toddler all the way through high school, it was this weird side-parting. I didn’t like change.

  Chris Colfer

  Hate, School, Mirrors

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• I love doing photo shoots... I mean, if I could just sign with IMG and do ad campaigns and model more, I’d do that... Because that’s fun for me. That’s not work.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Fun, Mean, Campaigns

  "Flashback Friday: La Vida Lohan". Interview with Luke Crisell, nylon.com. April 2009.

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• I work out all the time! I don't just sit around and eat burgers whenever I want. Oh, if I could I probably would, but I don't.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Work Out, Burgers, Want

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• If I could uninvent anything, I would uninvent Hitler's mum, guns and broccoli.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Gun, Broccoli, Mum

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If I could be a third of the woman that my mom is and have a third of the strength that she has, then I will have done good by this life.

  Brittany Murphy

  Mom, Done, This Life

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I mean I’m 16 and 17 years wiser now. So if I could do it when I was 18 with a guy, I can certainly do it at 33 with a lady.

  Charlie Hunnam

  Mean, Years, Guy

  "Charlie Hunnam on 'Fifty Shades' Co-Star: There's 'Tangible Chemistry Between Us'" by Sophie Schillaci , Aaron Couch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 7, 2013.

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• No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?

  Audrey Hepburn

  Real, Rain, Mean

  "Fictional character: Holly Golightly". "Breakfast at Tiffany's", www.imdb.com. 1961.

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• If I could do one thing over I'd have been nicer to my parents.

  January Jones

  Parent, Has Beens, One Thing

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• I'd have avoided some of the pain if I could. Anyone would. But I wouldn't have missed knowing any of the people-even the ones whose leaving hurt most. In fact, the only thing I'm sorry about is that I didn't meet one particular guy, a clown named Joe Skelton. You know, he sure picked the right profession. I mean, a clown's got it all. He never has to hold back: He can do as he pleases. The mouth and the eyes are painted on. So if you wanta cry, you can go right ahead. The make up won't smear. You'll still be smiling. . . .

  Red Skelton

  Hurt, Sorry, Pain

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• I don't know if I could kill someone with a frozen turkey because that is a lot of evidence to eat .... unless I found a whole room of people who also wanted that person dead.

  Dane Cook

  Turkeys, People, Rooms

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