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“My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee.”

Ifs Hands Would Be Black Coffee Cups Black Coffee

Author:Aaron Levie

“I've never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it would be great if I could avoid doing it... Lawsuits are a ridiculous way to do business.”

Ifs Way May Would Be Ridiculous If I Could Files Patents Lawsuit

Author:Nathan Myhrvold

“I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.”

Ifs Needs Sometimes Would Be Creative Outlets Creative Outlets

Author:Jodie Foster

“Because Hightower's problem, among other things, is that advertisers would be a lot less interested in his show than in Limbaugh's, even if they have similar ratings, because of what Hightower is saying.”

Ifs Shows Problem Would Be Rating Advertisers

Author:Robert Waterman McChesney

“Life would be indeed easier if the experimentalists would only pause for a little while!”

Ifs Littles Would Be Easier Pauses

Author:Rudolph A. Marcus

“As I've said before, and I still hold to, I truly am the most boring person alive. And if there was a great investigation to be found at the end of the resume, it would be, the most boring person alive.”

Ifs Persons Said Stills Ends Would Be Found Alive Boring Investigation Resumes Boring Person

Author:Jodie Foster

“If I were to continue on with 'The Host,' which is a possibility, there are characters and stories that could continue... If I went ahead with that, it would be two more... Next would be 'The Soul,' and then 'The Seeker.”

Ifs Two Soul Character Stories Would Be Next Possibility Host Seekers

Author:Stephenie Meyer

“Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.”

Ifs Thinking World Real Would Be Morning Magic Tears Get Up Real World Veils Dreary

Author:Victoria Moran

“If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair. A human being that has certain propensities for quarrelling, filled with imagination and with appetite for the new and with respect for the old - somebody who takes good care of things and of people.”

People Ifs Humans Persons Would Be Care Beautiful Certain Imagination Human Beings Filled Generous Appetite Elderly Propensity Flair Copenhagen

Author:Connie Nielsen

“It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.”

Ifs Made Would Be Chance Fairs Pity Contact Frustrated

Book:The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver

Source: The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver

“If a man could give birth it would be to a book - it's an 18-month gestation period.”

Ifs Men Giving Book Would Be Months Birth Periods Gestation Gestation Period

Author:Kevin O'Leary

“My goal at every tournament is to finish top 18. At the end of the year if I could finish every tournament top 18, that would be pretty good.”

Ifs Years Ends Would Be Goal If I Could Tournaments

Author:Bubba Watson

“I've been training with my mixed martial arts guy as much as I can when I'm back in L.A., so if I could do another movie like I did in 'The Killing Game,' with Samuel L. Jackson, that would be awesome.”

Ifs Art I Can Would Be Guy Games Training Killing If I Could Martial Arts I'm Back Mixed Martial Arts Samuel L Jackson

Author:Kellan Lutz

“"You know that it is quite preposterous of you to chase rainbows," said the sane person to the poet. "Yet it would be rather beautiful if I did one day manage to catch one," mused the poet.”

Ifs Knows Persons Said Would Be Beautiful Science Poet One Day Manage Sane Rainbow

Book:Little Stories

Source: Little Stories

“I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been held out to me. I have to remember who helped me when I needed help. The people of Jamaica helped me. I can't forget that. I would be ungrateful if I forgot.”

People Ifs I Can Done Helping Hands Would Be Remember Forget Needed Engineers Ungrateful Jamaica Needed Help Ungrateful People

Author:Michael Lee-Chin

“I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a challenge and I really like doing things that are different because if I had to do the same thing all the time, then I don't think I would be an actor.”

Ifs Thinking Different Play Would Be Actors Challenges Roles Type Aspire

Author:Vanessa Lengies

“If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn.”

Ifs Would Be Able Sports Born Born Again

Author:Andy Lau

“If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.”

Ifs Thinking I Can Body Would Be New York Lists Fabulous New York Times Sellers Tattooed Best Sellers

Author:Camilla Lackberg

“If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America.”

Ifs Doe Stills Matter Would Be America Young Particular Color Advantage Skins Privilege Tone Wheels Celebration Whiteness Skin Tone Color Wheel

Author:Eric Liu

“I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being cast in something, or if performances were canceled. It was a fix that I obviously needed.”

Ifs Way Would Be Needed Performances Casts Disappointed

Author:Trevor Nunn

“At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all different kinds of characters and I'm known as someone who is well-respected for my approach to the craft, that would be a beautiful life.”

Ifs Wells Kind I Can Different Ends Play Character Would Be Able Beautiful Known Careers Approach Crafts The End Of The Day Different Kinds Beautiful Life

Author:Adepero Oduye

“To me, most of life kind of lives in the grey and I don't just mean morally. I just mean kind of everything. If things were black and white it would be a lot clearer as to what to do all the time.”

Ifs Kind Mean Would Be Black White Black And White Grey

Author:Sarah Paulson

“If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.”

Ifs Thinking Men Would Be Able Culture Acceptance Men And Women Compromise

Author:Tamora Pierce

“If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.”

Ifs Feels Would Be Energy Situation Limits Feels Right

Author:Dana Plato

“If we were the problem, it would be very convenient, kick Greece out, everything's fine. But what happened to Spain? What about Portugal? What about Italy? What about the whole of the Eurozone? We need more cooperation and less simplification and prejudice about what has to happen.”

Ifs Needs Whole Problem Happens Would Be Fine Prejudice Kicks Zone Cooperation Spain Greece Convenient Euro Simplification Portugal

Author:George Papandreou

“It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you can't do that.”

Ifs Would Be Information Ideals Flow

Author:John Poindexter

“It would be incredibly presumptuous and self-serving of me to believe that Facebook was the end of history. The only way it could possibly be the end of history is if it becomes some sort of artificial super intelligence that takes over the world.”

Ifs World Way Believe Ends Self Would Be Serving Artificial Self Serving Presumptuous

Author:Sean Parker

“My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who's concerned about his body - an athlete, say - I'll get in shape. If I'm playing a character who doesn't or wouldn't, I don't. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.”

Ifs Knows Should Character Body Would Be Moving Careers Shapes Concerned Athlete Looking Good Getting In Shape

Author:Aidan Quinn

“I think my mother would be very happy if I found a nice Welsh girl.”

Ifs Thinking Would Be Mother Girl Found Nice Very Happy Welsh

Author:Matthew Rhys

“I don't really talk about my personal life. It's a strange and funny and weird thing. Sometimes you have a conversation with someone and the paparazzi snaps a picture of you and people decide you're dating. If I try to answer everything people say, I would be up all night.”

People Ifs Trying Sometimes Would Be Night Answers Strange Conversation Dating Personal Life All Night Snaps Paparazzi Weird Things Up All Night

Author:Tracee Ellis Ross

“Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman!”

Ifs Men Character Would Be Rights Equal Cease Folly Detrimental

Author:Ernestine Rose

“If I were overweight because I ate too much, I would have far more of a complex. I would know if I just stopped eating and showed a little discipline I would be thin. But there's not a hell of a lot I can do about being short. You just gotta run with it.”

Ifs Knows Littles I Can Would Be Running Can Do Hell Too Much Discipline Eating Complexes Overweight

Author:Michael J. Fox

“But, yeah, I'm really happy when I'm writing. When I'm being creative and when I have something that I can put down. You know, if you go out and you overhear a conversation or you have a thought, you have a receptacle to go home and say, 'Oh, this would be great in this script.' Your antenna's out in a different way, and I love that time.”

Ifs Knows Way Writing I Can Different Home Would Be Creative Conversation Yeah Scripts Different Ways Be Creative Really Happy Antenna

Author:Josh Radnor

“I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good for me, I'll put it down. That said, most of what I read would be considered high-end or good for you, I suppose. But, I also think that reading should be enjoyable.”

Ifs Thinking Should Said Ends Would Be Reading Reader Be Good Enjoyable Dense Masochistic

Author:Josh Radnor

“If you could really guarantee that the money would be spent on something more worthwhile, I'd say, absolutely, scrap the space program, but it never works that way.”

Ifs Way Would Be Space Program Guarantees Worthwhile Scrap Guarantees That Space Program

Author:Mary Roach

“I've gotten to work with amazing people. I would say usually we get to a point before we get into the studio where there isn't that sense of anxiety or nervousness of who they are because I don't think it would be as productive in the studio if that was the case. But maybe meeting someone like Neil Young for the first time made me anxious.”

People Ifs Thinking Firsts Made Would Be Young Cases Anxiety First Time Meetings Studios Productive Anxious Nervousness Amazing People Meeting Someone

Author:Rick Rubin

“You never know if you're a writer. You can't trust it. If you woke up and said, "I'm a writer," it would be gone. You wouldn't see anything for miles - even the dust would be running away.”

Ifs Knows Said Would Be Running Gone Miles Dust Running Away

Author:Ali Smith

“Movies are as old as psychoanalysis. So if I were to put you or anyone else on a couch and say, 'Tell me your favorite movies,' it would be a way of psychoanalyzing you.”

Ifs Way Would Be Couches Psychoanalysis Your Favorite

Author:Andrew Sarris

“If you were out of a job and your kid needed diapers and your husband just left you, you would be so confused.”

Ifs Would Be Kids Jobs Left Needed Husband Confused Your Husband Diapers So Confused

Author:Barbara Steele

“In some ways I think it would be very dignified if I went away for twenty years and then wrote my fourth book.”

Ifs Thinking Way Years Book Would Be Twenties Fourth

Author:Curtis Sittenfeld

“If I were an animal, I would be an eagle.”

Ifs Would Be Animal Eagles

Author:Jamie Foxx

“It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point.”

Ifs Thinking Would Be Careers Nice Being Nice

Author:Donna Summer

“It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.”

Ifs Would Be Lost Protect Instinct Courage To Love

Author:Emeli Sande

“I think Prince should open up a little more to other artists. Just because we love Prince. Especially the old stuff - we love him to death. But if he opened up he would be something to deal with. Imagine Kanye West producing a Prince track? It would be banoodles!”

Ifs Thinking Should Littles Would Be Artist Stuff Deals Imagine West Track Old Stuff

Author:Jamie Foxx

“I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost. I don't really need to do that, and I thought if I could do something for sport in Scotland, that would be really fulfilling.”

Ifs Needs Firsts Helping Feelings Would Be Sports Politician If I Could Fulfilling Scotland

Author:Gordon Strachan

“Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are part of our common cultural heritage.”

Ifs Would Be Common Understood Backgrounds Italian Heritage Divorced Unthinkable Cultural Heritage Faust

Author:Gustav Stresemann

“Acting has been gentrified. It's become part of the bourgeoisie. But there was a time when it would be a great scandal if you announced you were going to be an actor.”

Ifs Has Beens Would Be Actors Acting Scandal Bourgeoisie

Author:Julian Sands

“While it is possible to create all your own energy, most people feed off the energy of others. If you could see on multiple planes of attention you would be astonished!”

People Ifs Would Be Energy Attention Planes Multiple

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental.”

Ifs Would Be Values Pay Support Conservative Conservative Values

Author:Eric Cantor

“I believe that I possess this value: to serve Jesus. I am less at peace than if my goal would be to attain a professorship and a good life, but I live. And that gives me the tremendous feeling of happiness, as if one would hear music. One feels uprooted, because one asks, what lies ahead, what decisions should I make-but more alive, happier than those anchored in life. To drift with released anchor.”

Ifs Giving Feels Should Believe Feelings Would Be Lying Values Asks Jesus I Believe Goal Decision Christianity Alive Give Me Good Life Should I Anchors Professorship

Author:Albert Schweitzer

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