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You can't wish away poverty overnight.
James Wolfensohn
You
Poverty
Wish
Overnight
Away
I have many regrets and things I wish I could go back and change, but I have also worked hard and tried to improve myself.
Jan Koum
Myself
Change
Wish
Back
Tried
Could
Also
Go
Improve
Regrets
Worked
Hard
Many
Things
I don't know why people keep banging on about the '60s. I came from a conventional family and I didn't go off with different people - I rather wish I had now, seeing all the fun everyone else was having.
Jane Birkin
Family
People
Wish
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Seeing
About
Rather
Having
Had
Know
Came
Go
Off
Banging
Different
Conventional
Different People
Fun
Keep
Now
Why
I, like almost every actor in the world, auditioned for 'Friends.' I wish I had gotten that one. I actually auditioned for Rachel and didn't go very far.
Jane Krakowski
World
Wish
Every
Had
Almost
Like
Gotten
Go
Friends
Very
Far
Actor
Actually
Mantle didn't want to stick out, but he did. He didn't wish to be treated as special, but he was. He was uncomfortable being the center of attention, but he was the centerfielder for the most famous franchise in sports.
Jane Leavy
Sports
Wish
Franchise
Out
Uncomfortable
He
Attention
Most
Stick
Did
Being
Famous
Want
Center
Mantle
Special
Treated
I don't really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don't.
Janeane Garofalo
Funny
Politics
Wish
Funny Things
Say
About
Did
Really
Things
I wish I felt that I acted like Korra in any part of my life. I really carry around 'Be the leaf' in my head. That's not a character, but it's something from the show that's really impacted my daily life.
Janet Varney
Life
Daily
Character
My Life
Wish
Carry
Impacted
Something
Part
Head
Leaf
Like
Around
Felt
Any
Really
Acted
Show
Daily Life
I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age.
Janice Dickinson
Age
Wish
Gotten
Sober
Younger
Younger Age
I haven't figured out why people like what they like. I don't know. I wish I did. I could sell that to everybody, man, and be a millionaire.
Jason Aldean
Man
People
Millionaire
Wish
Everybody
Out
Could
Like
Know
Sell
Did
Figured
Why
We were producing 'La La Land'... and then we weren't. So it was a very painful topic, but I'm happy the movie was as successful as it was. And, of course, I wish we had produced it.
Jason Blum
Happy
Wish
Topic
Had
Course
Were
La
Very
Movie
Land
Then
Produced
Successful
Producing
Painful
I wish that more people were willing to turn down upfront money in exchange for doing things that are more original. Turning down a seven-figure check has a ripple effect on the budget, which has a ripple effect on the storytelling. The higher the budget gets, the fewer storytelling risks you're able to take.
Jason Blum
You
Risks
Ripple
People
Money
Wish
Down
Willing
Able
More
More People
Higher
Take
Exchange
Check
Budget
Doing
Were
Effect
Upfront
Gets
Fewer
Which
Storytelling
Turn
Turning
Original
Things
I'm writing all the books I wish I had when I was a kid.
Jason Reynolds
Writing
Wish
Books
Kid
Had
I wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it.
Jasper Johns
Work
Humor
Wish
See
More
Were
Than
I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.
Javan
Wish
Everyone
Everything
Would
Someone
Something
Like
It was such a whirlwind for us for about three to four years there that, every time we turned around, we were pulled in 90 different directions, and I look back on that now, and they're such wonderful memories, but you kinda wish that you would've taken the time to savor them a little bit more.
Jay DeMarcus
Time
You
Memories
Wonderful
Three
Wish
Every
Every Time
Back
Savor
Bit
Kinda
About
More
Directions
Taken
Look
Around
Were
Years
Different
Different Directions
Little
Little Bit
Them
Whirlwind
Turned
Us
Now
Four
Pulled
Typically, every 14 to 16 months, we're putting a new album out. To be honest, I wish it was slower.
Jay DeMarcus
Wish
To Be Honest
Every
Months
Out
Slower
Putting
New
Album
Honest
As good and as smart as you may be, no one knows everything. I truly wish I was as smart as I thought I was when I started my first company.
Jay Samit
Good
You
Smart
Thought
First
Wish
Everything
No-One
Knows
Truly
May
Company
Started
If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to apply to that society.
Jean-Francois Lyotard
Knowledge
Wish
Society
Must
Developed
Highly
Most
Contemporary
Contemporary Society
Answer
Question
Discuss
Representation
Preliminary
Apply
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
Jean Rostand
Future
Men
Wish
Past
Built
Were
Might
Certain
Moments
I wish all consumers were as gullible as advertising's biggest critics. Anyone who believes advertising is that powerful will believe almost anything.
Jef I. Richards
Will
Wish
Believe
Critics
Gullible
Consumers
Almost
Almost Anything
Powerful
Advertising
Were
Anyone
Anything
Biggest
Who
Believes
I thought there couldn't be a better backdrop for some kind of powerful music than a big orchestra. My wish to hear how a guitar would sound in front of an orchestra has always been there.
Jeff Beck
Music
Guitar
Better
Thought
Wish
Big
Backdrop
Kind
Would
Some
Powerful
Always
How
Sound
Hear
Been
Than
Front
Orchestra
I can't remember in 1980 who I voted for. I wish I could tell you.
Jeff Greene
You
Remember
Wish
Tell
Could
Voted
Who
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
Jeff Rich
Wish
Without
Goal
Just
Plan
As an industry, the film industry is better than most. It's not perfect - I wish every company would carbon-offset their productions - but it's better than one would expect.
Jeffrey Skoll
Better
Not Perfect
Wish
Every
Would
Perfect
Most
Industry
Expect
Than
Productions
Company
Film
Film Industry
Write down everything you feel about money - 'I love you;' 'I wish I had more of you;' 'I don't trust you;' - Then, look at the ones that aren't quite so pretty and figure out how you can shift them to be in a more positive, grateful space.
Jen Sincero
Positive
Love
You
Trust
Grateful
Money
Space
Wish
Down
Everything
Out
Pretty
About
More
Write
Had
Feel
Look
How
Shift
Quite
Love You
Them
Then
Figure
Learning to live with not meeting other people's expectations has been extremely freeing and is the only gift I wish to pass on to any future offspring.
Jenna Wortham
Future
Learning
People
Gift
Wish
Live
Other
Meeting
Extremely
Has-Been
Only
Freeing
Pass
Been
Expectations
Offspring
Any
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