I Quotes
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“I would meet you upon this honestly. I that was near your heart was removed therefrom To lose beauty in terror, terror in inquisition. I have lost my passion: why should I need to keep it Since what is kept must be adulterated? I have lost my sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch: How should I use them for your closer contact?”
Source: The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot
“I would mimic what I saw in Grease and Guys and Dolls in front of my mom's mirror and I would practice voices and songs. When you put me alone in a room, that's what I would do.”
“I would miss Colby, but it wasn't going anywhere. All the more reason why I should.”
Source: The Moon and More
“I would miss months of school and then return with bright blond hair. Needless to say, there was bullying. I wasn't beaten up daily, but there was name-calling and jealousy. You have to bear in mind that 'Harry Potter' wasn't cool. I wasn't part of the 'Terminator' franchise.”
“I would model well-being by presenting myself as a high-energy person who loves what I am doing and who is thrilled to be able to offer books, tapes, and products designed to make people feel good. I would explain that they are in a store filled with this kind of energy and that creating such a space is exactly why I got into the business in the first place. If you want to feel good, then my store is the place you should visit on a regular basis. I would stay very informed about what's out there and make sure I carry many things with very high energy.”
“I would much prefer that they take me as I am, that way the experience is genuine between the both of us.”
“I would much prefer the ‘wealth of impoverishment’ (where I have spent my life giving to others), over the ‘impoverishment of wealth’ (where I have squandered my life giving to myself).”
“I would much prefer their minds to be engaged in the deadly arts than clouded with dreams of marriage and fortune, as your own so clearly is!”
Source: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
“I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.”
“I would much prefer to be broken than to live out the entirety of my life never having known what it’s like to be healed.”
“I would much prefer to be overseas in a covert capacity working on issues, but that is hypothetical. That is no longer open to me. So if I can use my voice in this manner, and talk about something that I care about, then I feel fortunate.”
“I would much prefer to enlarge your life by giving you the gift of my life, rather than gifting your life to material obesity with frivolous trinkets.”
Source: An Autumn's Journey: Deep Growth in the Grief and Loss of Life's Seasons
“I would much prefer to have a baby gorilla than a baby human.”
“I would much prefer to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison.”
Source: Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 2: 1867-1868
“I would much rather always look forward to the time when I am going to ride in a carriage, than to look back on the time when I used to.”
“I would much rather America was a more stable, wonderful place. You know, I love it.”
“I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.”
“I would much rather be considered wise than smart. But, I still think it is wise to get an education.”
“I would much rather be found guilty of making a serious mistake in judgment, than to be accused of being even a little bit insincere.”
“I would much rather be hated for who I am, then loved for something that I am not.”
“I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.”
Source: Whistler
“I would much rather be rejected for who I am than accepted for who I am not.”
Source: Person-Centred Counselling for Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Practical Guide
“I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.”
“I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.”
Source: Tramp for the Lord: The Story that Begins Where The Hiding Place Ends
“I would much rather end up a fertiliser under a sunflower which is eventually made into sunflower seed oil so that instead of nibbling me in her prawn cocktail, the pretty girl will rub me on her bristols as she suns herself on a beach in the Caribbean.”
Source: Reed all about me: the autobiography of Oliver Reed
“I would much rather have 1,000 visitors click over to my website via a podcast interview that I’ve done on someone else’s website than have 1,000 search result visitors from Google. Anyday.”
“I would much rather have been merry than wise.”
Source: Emma: A Novel
“I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led me to and wondering what life had been like if I'd just been myself.”
“I would much rather have somebody say, "You know what? I just didn't like what you were doing," then say, "They didn't know what they were doing." I know what I'm doing. If it's going to be bad, or if it's great, it's me, in either case.”
“I would much rather have you believe in something I don’t agree with than to accept everything blindly.”
“I would much rather live a life of purpose than one in which I might have other things but not that.”
“I would much rather live among the monsters within books and on the big screen, than with the ones depicted on the ten o'clock news.”
“I would much rather not be the center of attention, and I'd much rather travel and be writing my novel, rather than standing on a stage and trying to get people to understand something.”
“I would much rather people kick and scream and tear their hair out and accuse me of all kinds of blasphemy, than just have no opinion whatsoever.”
“I would much rather read a book about Ty Cobb, who was quite possibly a sociopath. It makes for more interesting copy. Some of the most memorable characters in literature were villains.”
“I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.”
“I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.”
“I would much rather sit on the floor. Very rarely do I find a table and a chair that is comfortable. But the floor is comfortable.”
“I would much rather sit, dimmed by inattention, and study the atmosphere and the silence and dance between people, but often times I’m not offered this privilege. The necessity for isolation, and the striving for popularity is the only contradiction I find in being a writer and an actress.”
“I would much rather watch a horror film or science fiction than a comedy. I don't know why. I just like them. I find them relaxing.”
“I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening... that's the art.”
“I would murder the only person I’d ever loved and who had ever loved me. I’d dive back into battle wearing his bones.”
Source: Ruin and Rising
“I would murder to play Gambit again!”
“I would need an awful lot of willpower to fight my way through the ups and downs of the road to recovery, and there might be times when I may feel a bit down and depressed, but there would be counsellors that I could talk to about how I was feeling.”
Source: Remember Remember
“I would need flour for the chocolate cake, of course. But also ingredients for chicken soup; a person cannot live of chocolate cake alone.”
Source: Recipes for Love and Murder
“I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very well counterproductive.”
“I would never abdicate, nor would I expect any other governor to abdicate, the responsibility to protect the people of my state.”
“I would never accept a role that wasn't going to stretch me or challenge me in some way. I'd say Holy Smoke! probably did that more than anything I'd ever done. It took me to places I didn't actually know I could go to, and that's what I want my career to be all about.”
“I would never accept a world where Hank might be told: “I’m sorry, but while your cancer has a 92% cure rate when treated properly, there just aren’t adequate resources in the world to make that treatment available to you.” That world would be so obviously and unacceptably unjust. So how can I live in a world where Henry and his family are told that? How can I accept a world where over a million people will die this year for want of a cure that has existed for nearly a century?”
“I would never accept general impunity for the guerrillas!”