I Quotes
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“I would far rather add a character who generates strong feelings than someone who just kind of floats along, generating medium-warmth smiles of gentle affirmation.”
“I would far rather convey grace than explain it.”
Source: What's So Amazing about Grace?
“I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.”
“I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought!”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)
“I would far rather over-estimate the threat [imposed by the Patriot Act] and be proven wrong than to underestimate the threat and wake up one morning in a world where the 21st century's J Edgar Hoover has the power to blackmail anyone in America.”
“I would far rather that Hinduism died than that untouchability lived.”
Source: Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace
“I would far rather that India perished than that she won Her freedom at the sacrifice of truth.”
Source: Wit and wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi
“I would favor a law that no one could ever buy a gun.”
“I would favor three policies: raising the minimum wage to $12, closing the tax loophole where persons only pay a 15% income tax on long term capital gains (tax it at the full tax rate), and institute a progressive tax moving the highest tax rate from 39.6% to 45%. I would favor implementing these three policies in that order, starting with raising the minimum wage, but not stopping there.”
“I would feel a hundred times better right now if I could go for a run without getting arrested.”
Source: The Disasters
“I would feel a little awkward because of my connection with politics.”
“I would feel dead if I didn't have the ability periodically to put my world in order with a poem. I think to be inarticulate is a great suffering, and is especially so to anyone who has a certain knack for poetry.”
“I would feel his absence even after death, would ache for him to be near me in a way he could never be again. I would bear the pain gladly to keep even a small part of him with me. The pain meant we'd been real.”
— Serpent & Dove,”
Source: Serpent & Dove
“I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.”
“I would feel ill without theater. It's kind of a cliche, but every time you make a mistake, you really do have to learn from it to move on. When you're doing something live, there's no time to dwell. Hopefully you'll laugh it off, but if not, you can always take a day to hate yourself.”
“I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your presence if you would agree to treat gravity as a law, rather than one of a number of suggested options.”
“I would feel like my life was a success if my children grow into well-adjusted, happy, functioning members of society. Capable and happy and normal.”
“I would feel lousy at the Roque De Los Muchachos Observatory in La Palma which was at 7,861 feet, and I would have to take company supplied drugs and oxygen to work at the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) in Hawaii at 13,796 feet. In both cases we would rapidly ascend to the summit in two hours or less from near sea level.”
“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.”
“I would feel much the way I feel when anybody is elected. You deal with what you end up getting.”
“I would feel [my son's] wants at such a moment fraudulent, as an attempt moreover to defraud me of living even for fifteen minutes as myself. My anger would rise”
Source: Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution
“I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog, but I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.”
“I would feel pretty embarrassed if I was doing what I do and I wasn't at least attempting the eloquent translation of the human experience in some way.”
“I would feel real trapped in this life if I didn't know I could commit suicide at any time.”
“I would feel really dishonest writing a song that was really sassy, or really confident, because I'm not a supremely confident being. I think that's what people find interesting about what I do; it's very different lyrically.”
“I would feel safe with my husband as president. I think Barack Obama is a fine man. I think Michelle Obama is a fine woman. This is about who would be better and I think my husband would be better.”
“I would feel so guilty about lying that I would try to stress myself out and work up a headache so I wouldn't have the guilt of not having a bit of the symptom.”
“I would feel weird having someone style me. It would have to be a collaboration. I've had those experiences and every time it happens I don't feel good. What's the point of putting all this work into something and then when you present it, it's not you?”
“I would fight every angel between us until God said, "Yes.”
“I would fight God Almighty Himself if He didn't play square with me”
“I would fight of course. Oh, I would fight. Better destroy everything than surrender her.”
Source: Lolita
“I would fight them if they were a million!”
“I would figure out, later, how to explain to my boss that, for me, Delia will never be a story, but a happy ending.”
Source: The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes
“I would find it more difficult if somebody else was doing the action.”
“I would find it very strange to be on the road without my family. It's really second nature to me.”
“I would find myself backing away from all of the 'isms,' all of the communities. I have always been able to be misused by every community But that is OK. I would rather be misused than neglected.”
“I would find myself getting deeply distressed if I lived in hindsight all the time.”
“I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from.”
“I would find myself, not necessarily always assigning these little bits of music for here or there, but all of a sudden something would fall into place and it would be exactly that.”
“I would find you in every life, in every realm. I will be drawn to you for eternity. So yes, call me your mate. I will always call you mine.”
Source: Long Live the Elf Queen
“I would finish my evening online class at 9:30 pm and then after making and eating a quick dinner would then keep writing my novel till 3 am in the morning. I would sleep till 4:30 am and then get ready for going to our Institute to take my 6:30 am class.
Reminiscing about the time when I was writing my novel , "Why the Silhouette?”
“I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines.”
“I would flip this the other way and say over 90 percent of African-Americans voted against Donald Trump.”
“I would fly around a lot. I would fly around the world.”
“I would fly to Los Angeles just for a cheeseburger with pickles and extra tomatoes from In-N-Out.”
“I would fly to the moon with my wings of love so that I could express my lifelong admiration of you.”
“I would follow him right down the roughest road I know..”
“I would follow in your footsteps if I wasn't so busy making my own.”
Source: Wantin
“I would follow my mother around the kitchen watching and trying to find any way to help. One of the first dishes my mother taught me to make was hollandaise sauce. Though she always served it with broccoli, I soon realized it was equally delicious with asparagus, artichokes, or any other vegetable.”
Source: The Pollan Family Table: The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom for Delicious, Healthy Family Meals
“I would for sure do a thousand dollar meet and greet because literally every single person knows where I live.”