I do wish that reviews were less like book reports. There was an era when reviewers had something to say about a book: when they painted context and drew conclusions. Many reviews these days are little more than plot summary.
Marcus Sakey
BookWishSayMoreConclusionsPlot
I wish everybody finds the serenity that good, strong faith brings.
Ann Jillian
GoodFaithStrongSerenityWish
As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of.
Iain Banks
TimeSmartThoughtWishYouPlay
There's a number of companies clearly that we wish we had invested in either at the early or at the moderate stage.
Douglas Leone
WishEarlyStageClearlyModerate
I wish I could be Peter Falk.
Ryan Gosling
WishI WishPeterCould
I ride the same bike that I rode on 'Sons,' a Harley Dyna Super Glide. You know, I wish I wasn't the guy who rode the same bike he rode on his show, but the problem is there's no better bike out there.
Charlie Hunnam
RideBikeBetterWishProblemYou
What is it in people, or just in people like me, that would rather let a lie go by, would rather wish it away or minimize it, than point it out and cause the liar embarrassment?
Walter Kirn
LieLiarPeopleMeWishGo
I came out when I was 17 - coming out in middle or high school is one of the most difficult things that anyone could experience. I wouldn't wish it on my enemies.
Mary Lambert
ExperienceSchoolHigh SchoolWish
I would wish for more British involvement in Europe, not less.
Wolfgang Schauble
WishMoreInvolvementEuropeBritish
But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the Chinese are not religious.
Hu Shih
WishWrongSayI WishOutPoint
If I were going to prom again, I would wear a huge skirt and plain cotton tank. A big, poofy, flotation-device-sized skirt. I wish I had done that.
Leandra Medine
WishDoneI WishCottonBigGoing
I never thought that tailoring was something that normal people did; I just thought that it was something that guys who had suits made of Italian silk depended on, and I wish someone had told me what a difference tailoring makes!
Anna Kendrick
PeopleMeThoughtSuitsWishNever
I'm very punctual. I wish I could change this about myself because most people around me are not.
Hansika Motwani
ChangeMyselfPeopleMeWishI Wish
I don't think there's going to be a day when I don't think about food or my body, but I'm living with it, and I wish I could tell young girls to find their safe place and stay with it.
Demi Lovato
FoodDayThinkWishBodyFind
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
Richard Bach
WorkPowerWishYouTrueNever
Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and pass into the state of belief; while the latter is a calm and satisfactory state which we do not wish to avoid, or to change to a belief in anything else.
Charles Sanders Peirce
ChangeStruggleFreeCalmWishPass
Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.
Victoria Pendleton
I AmAngelDevilWishSometimesOh
I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane. It's insane.
Mike Rowe
BusinessKnowledgePathWishPerson
As an immigrant, my wish is that we fix immigration. At Sequoia, we've backed a number of exceptional founders that were born abroad but started their careers in the Valley. They've created immense value, but more importantly, massive numbers of jobs locally, nationally and globally.
Alfred Lin
ValueImmigrationWishBornNumbers
I wish Obama would focus on governing the United States and would forget his country's imperialist pretensions.
Hugo Chavez
FocusWishCountryForgetI Wish
I reckon, if I was a girl, I'd fancy Johnny Depp - he's pretty cool. I wish I looked like Johnny Depp.
Lee Ryan
GirlCoolWishI WishFancyPretty
If you wish to have free access to the single market, then you have to accept the fundamental rights as well as obligation that come from it.
Angela Merkel
FreeWishYouAcceptSingleRights
We call ourselves a dog's 'master' - but who ever dared to call himself the 'master' of a cat? We own a dog - he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But we entertain a cat - he adorns our hearth as a guest, fellow-lodger, and equal because he wishes to be there.
H. P. Lovecraft
DogWishWishesHimEqualMaster
I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
TimeWishBackGoI WishOnly
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