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“It would be a real failure if agreeing that it [abortion] was not an electoral issue provided an alibi for taking it seriously as a public issue.”

Ifs Real Would Be Issues Failure Abortion

Author:Rowan Williams

“The question, 'How can you believe in a God who permits suffering on this scale?' is therefore very much around at the moment, and it would be surprising if it weren't - indeed it would be wrong if it weren't.”

Ifs Believe Moments Would Be Suffering Scales Permit Surprising

Author:Rowan Williams

“Rejection would be a disaster for the U.S., but ratification alone will not end our problems in Iraq. Even if the constitution is ratified, the insurgents are not going to lay down their arms.”

Ifs Ends Problem Would Be Arms Constitution Lays Iraq Disaster Rejection Insurgent

Author:Andrew Bacevich

“It would be easier to fight the Russian army, and it would give me great satisfaction, but I have a responsibility to my people”

People Giving Would Be Fighting Responsibility Easier Give Me Army Satisfaction

Author:Aslan Maskhadov

“It is not possible to think of a way of screening out effectively the most appropriate embryos, and hence, what we should expect would be late abortions - either occurring spontaneously or being induced deliberately in the second or third trimester of pregnancy - in order to prevent the birth of abnormal children.”

Thinking Way Should Children Would Be Order Birth Late Thirds Abortion Appropriate Pregnancy Abnormal Screening Embryos

Author:Ian Wilmut

“Trees and soils can absorb carbon dioxide released by fossil fuel burning. It would be great to subsidize responsible farmers and forest managers.”

Would Be Tree Responsible Forests Burning Managers Soil Fuel Farmers Carbon Fossils Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide

Author:Alana Beard

“The full meaning of a language is never translatable into another. We may speak several languages but one of them always remains the one in which we live. In order completely to assimilate a language it would be necessary to make the world which it expresses one's own and one never does belong to two worlds at once.”

World May Doe Two Would Be Order Speak Language Remains Two Worlds Phenomenology

Book:Phenomenology of Perception

Source: Phenomenology of Perception

“My hold on the past and the future is precarious and my possession of my own time is always postponed until a stage when I may fully understand it, yet this stage can never be reached, since it would be one more moment bounded by the horizon of its future, and requiring in its turn, further developments in order to be understood.”

May Moments Would Be Past Order Turns My Own Stage Development Understood Possession Horizon Precarious

Book:Phenomenology of Perception

Source: Phenomenology of Perception

“If any country were indeed filled with men, each thus diligently discharging the duties of his own station without breaking in upon the rights of others, but on the contrary endeavoring, so far as he might be able, to forward their views and promote their happiness, all would be active and harmonious in the goodly frame of human society.”

Ifs Men Humans Country Might Would Be Able Views Rights Duty Filled Active Contrary Stations Diligence Harmonious Human Society

Book:A Practical View of Preferred Christians

Source: A Practical View of Preferred Christians

“People are bringing shotguns to UFO sightings in Fife, Alabama. I asked a guy, "Why do you bring a gun to a UFO sighting?" Guy said, "Way-ul, we didn' wanna be ab-duc-ted." If I lived in Fife, Alabama, I would be on my hands and knees every night praying for abduction.”

People Ifs Way Said Humor Hands Would Be Funny Night Guy Praying Gun Knees Every Night Ufo Alabama Shotguns Abduction

Author:Bill Hicks

“The words are very distinctly formed; but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood than they would be if they were heard by the ear. It is impossible not to understand them, whatever resistance we may offer... There is no escape, for in spite of ourselves we must listen...”

Ifs May Would Be Impossible Heard Listening Offers Understood Ears Resistance Spite

Author:Teresa of Avila

“It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.”

States Government Would Be Goal Economy Foolish Alternatives Aesthetic Custodians

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“Fit men walking around and bathing, it would be just like being in Ancient Rome [on a footballers dressing room”

Men Would Be Rooms Fit Walking Ancient Rome Dressings Footballer Bathing Dressing Rooms Ancient Rome

Author:John Barrowman

“I do not think it would be appropriate to use official party resources such as the DNC website on behalf of organizations whose purpose is to reverse the current platform and/or to enact legislation that contradicts that platform.”

Thinking Use Would Be Purpose Party Resources Organization Currents Officials Contradiction Appropriate Platforms Reverse Legislation Behalf Website

Author:Terry McAuliffe

“Animals on factory farms and slaughter houses are mutilated, drugged and abused in ways that would be illegal if dogs or cats were treated similarly. The problem is that farm animals are exempted from the Animal Welfare Act. Therefore, companies often act with impunity.”

Ifs Way Problem Would Be House Animal Company Dog Cat Treated Welfare Illegal Farms Factories Slaughter Animal Welfare Impunity

Author:Bruce Friedrich

“I do not need the musing of the philosophers to tell me what I am doing. It would be more interesting to let me know why I am doing it.”

Knows Needs Would Be Interesting Let Me Critics Philosopher Bourgeois Musings

Author:Louise Bourgeois

“I have in the past declared that in order to achieve a real, just and durable peace, I would be willing to make painful compromises. But we cannot make any compromise on the security of our citizens and their right to live without the threat of terrorism and violence.”

Real Would Be Past Order Violence Achieve Security Willing Citizens Threat Painful Terrorism Compromise

Author:Ariel Sharon

“Before creation, God did just pure mathematics. Then He thought it would be a pleasant change to do some applied.”

Would Be Creation Pure Mathematics Pleasant

Author:John Edensor Littlewood

“I think if they put a laugh track on 'Intervention,' it would be funny.”

Ifs Thinking Would Be Laughing Track Intervention

Author:Zach Galifianakis

“I think that when you do an adaptation for theater, it's either a marriage or a love affair..and so tremendous is my esteem and affection of many years for Ernest Gaines, there was no question but that I would be a very faithful adapter..which I did do.”

Thinking Years Would Be Theater Affair Affection Esteem Faithful Adaptation Love Affair Adaptability

Author:Romulus Linney

“Medusa was fascinating to work with because I gave her a snake's body so that she could pull herself with her hands which gave her a very creepy aura. I didn't want to animate cosmic gowns. Most Medusas you see in the classics have flowing robes which would be mad to even try to animate.”

Want Trying Body Hands Would Be Mad Fascinating Cosmic Snakes Creepy Robes Auras Gowns Medusa

Author:Ray Harryhausen

“I've only myself to blame. It would be easy for me to blame others but I have to look at myself.”

Looks Would Be Easy Blame

Author:Craig Bellamy

“Chloride is essential for digestion and in respiration. Without sodium, which the body cannot manufacture, the body would be unable to transport nutrients or oxygen, transmit nerve impulses, or move muscles, including the heart.”

Heart Body Would Be Moving Essentials Including Impulse Muscles Nerves Oxygen Transport Transmit Digestion Nutrients Respiration Sodium

Book:Salt: A World History

Source: Salt: A World History

“But we agree with the NTSB that if we eliminated the thrust- reverser calculation, it would be an extra margin of safety. Airport capacity and airline efficiency are important, but safety is the most important thing.”

Ifs Important Would Be Capacity Agree Safety Important Things Extras Efficiency Airports Margins Thrust Calculations Airline

Author:Laura Brown

“If someone does not have a specific charity they would like to donate to, that's OK. An undesignated donation would be split up evenly amongst all the charities supported by the Annapolis Area Complex.”

Ifs Doe Would Be Areas Charity Complexes Splits Donation Donate Annapolis

Author:Derren Brown

“When it comes to fully understanding how to strategically move all the pieces on the marketing and distribution chess board on a worldwide basis, Jeff Blake is always thinking two moves ahead and that gives Sony a true competitive edge. He is the studio's secret weapon and while he would be the first to credit his fantastic sales and marketing team, there are few executives here that deserve more credit for our successes during the past several years than Jeff.”

“You've probably heard the term, 'red flag warning.' That means there are extreme conditions. Low humidity, high temperatures. The fuels are extremely dry and volatile. We classify those in East Tennessee as 'fire days' so if your fire class day is a 1, it's relatively low. A class 5 day would be an extremely high danger day. A day like Sunday would be a 4 or a 5.”

Ifs Mean Would Be Term Class Fire Heard Conditions Danger Lows Red Extremes East Dry Fuel Sunday Warning Flags Temperature Tennessee Red Flags Humidity East Tennessee

Author:Bruce Miller

“In Spain, we should have enough intelligence, enough sense of individual and collective responsibility to do for ourselves that which would be imposed upon us by a dictatorship.”

Should Enough Would Be Individual Responsibility Should Have Collectives Dictatorship Spain Collective Responsibility

Author:Federica Montseny

“My life would be in danger if I return to Mexico.”

Ifs Would Be Danger Return Mexico

Author:Gloria Trevi

“If the Poe Lock were ever rendered unusable due to a terrorist attack or natural disaster, it would halt commerce on the Great Lakes and these industries would be helpless.”

Ifs Would Be Natural Industry Dues Disaster Terrorist Lakes Commerce Locks Helpless Halt Terrorist Attacks Natural Disaster Great Lakes

Author:Bart Stupak

“I think anyone would be disappointed with a .230- something season. Now I've dealt with disappointment and hopefully I can bounce back and learn from it.”

Thinking I Can Would Be Seasons Disappointment Hopefully Disappointed Bounce

Author:Brian Dopirak

“The worst person to be in the celebrity Big Brother house with would be Peter Andre - cos I hate his Missus.”

Persons Bigs Would Be Hate House Worst Brother I Hate Peter Worst Person

Author:Jodie Marsh

“If Shane Warne were to become England spin bowling coach I think it would be fantastic for myself and all those learning to bowl spin in England.”

Ifs Thinking Would Be England Coaches Fantastic Bowls Shane Bowling

Author:Monty Panesar

“I've got one Aussie flag on my car. It would be nice to have two.”

Two Would Be Nice Car Flags Being Nice Aussies

Author:Tom Lehman

“This art of conservation is strength, and makes the masterpiece a masterpiece. Otherwise, the man who simply brought all the different colors obtainable, and squeezed them out upon the canvas to give it 'full force,' would be the greatest master, instead of being merely extravagant.”

Men Giving Art Different Would Be Force Color He Man Masters Canvas Conservation Masterpiece Being Me Extravagant Different Colors

Book:Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting

Source: Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting

“The only way to do my job without optimism would be as a cynic, and that's not my nature.”

Way Would Be Jobs Optimism Cynic

Author:Jon Snow

“I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen. The first of these came as a terrible shock and, like anything that changes you forever, split my life into halves: Before and After.”

Firsts Happens Would Be Half Accepting Forever Terrible Ordinary Extraordinary Shock Splits Extraordinary Things Before And After

Book:Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Source: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

“It would be stupid of me to rule out ever being the leader because that's an impossible thing to rule out. I can't predict future events.”

I Can Would Be Leader Impossible Events Stupid Impossibility Impossible Things Future Events

Author:John Key

“The reason people think I look good now is because I was never a beauty as a wee girl. And thank heavens. It's frightening to get old anyway, but if your looks were the cornerstone of your life, well, it would be very difficult.”

People Ifs Thinking Wells Looks Reason Would Be Girl Heaven Difficult Frightening Cornerstones

Author:Lulu

“I think we can find a formula that would be to everyone's satisfaction, which would make it possible for Croatia to take some more steps and for Europe to accept us into its midst, and for the talks to start.”

Thinking Would Be Accepting Steps Europe Satisfaction Midst Formulas Croatia

Author:Stjepan Mesic

“It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.”

Would Be Born Freedom Grass Reasonable Sheep

Author:Emile Faguet

“If I could tell you only one thing about my life, it would be this: When I was 7 years old, the mailman ran over my head.”

Ifs Years Would Be One Thing Seven Ran If I Could Seven Years Mailman

Author:Brady Udall

“If art depended on content, then one painting of an apple would be as good as the next one.”

Ifs Art Would Be Next Painting Apples The Next One

Author:Walter Darby Bannard

“I find that as I get into a painting I have high hopes, then little by little I begin to see that it is not going to be the masterpiece I thought it would be, and I start putting my hopes into the next work.”

Littles Would Be Next Painting Masterpiece Dissatisfaction

Book:The Painter's Keys: A Seminar with Robert Genn

Source: The Painter's Keys: A Seminar with Robert Genn

“Art thrives on a difference of opinion. My treasure is your junk, sort of thing. Life would be dull if we all agreed.”

Ifs Art Would Be Differences Opinion Standards Treasure Dull Thrive Junk Differences Of Opinion

Author:Robert Genn

“Now familiar with my own particular voice and accent, my Dragon app prints out exactly what I speak into my iPad. Twenty years ago this miracle would be unthinkable.”

Years Would Be Speak Voice My Own Technology Particular Years Ago Miracle Twenties Familiar Dragons Print Accents Unthinkable Apps Ipads

Author:Robert Genn

“If a painting of mine suits me, it is right. If it does not please me, I care not if all the great masters should approve it or the dealers buy it. They would be wrong.”

Ifs Should Doe Would Be Care Mines Painting Masters Please Satisfaction Suits I Care Dealer Please Me

Author:Arshile Gorky

“We were told, quite seriously, that there never would be a Canadian art because we had no art tradition.”

Art Would Be Art Is Tradition

Author:Lawren Harris

“A female artist friend of mine recently told me that she was advised to 'look more slutty.' I asked her boyfriend what the equivalent advice for a man would be. He said to be more muscular. That made me rush to the gym.”

Men Looks Made Said Would Be Artist Advice Mines Female Gender Gym Female Artists

Author:Mark Kostabi

“I feel that it would be tedious for a person to have only one life. It would be much better to have two or three lives going on simultaneously.”

Feels Persons Two Would Be Three Tedious Life Going On

Author:Mu Xin

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