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A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
John Henry Newman
Wisdom
Great
Memory
Made
Synonymous
Would
Would-Be
More
Never
Than
Dictionary
Any
Treatise
All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten o'clock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle.
John Hersey
War
Morning
Thought
Looking
Sigh
Would
Would-Be
About
Ten
General
Particular
Hulk
Cursed
Which
Them
Plane
Turned
Turtle
Watched
It would be fantastic to have the two top-ranked players in the world playing out of the same club.
John Higgins
World
Club
Out
Would
Would-Be
Same
Fantastic
Players
Playing
Two
Snooker has just been a British-based sport for such a long time and when I started at 18 the furthest you'd go would be London.
John Higgins
Time
You
Long
Long Time
Furthest
Would
Would-Be
London
Sport
Go
Been
Just
Such A Long Time
Started
It would be rather naive to imagine that Oprah doesn't have an Earth Evacuation Plan. You know Richard Branson does - his is in plain sight.
John Hodgman
You
Earth
Sight
Would
Would-Be
Rather
Naive
Know
Does
His
Oprah
Plain
Plan
Richard
Evacuation
Imagine
I would be good for maybe not the center square but an upper square on 'Hollywood Squares.'
John Hodgman
Good
Would
Would-Be
Square
Squares
Upper
Maybe
Center
Hollywood
If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.
John Hume
Word
Language
Speechless
Would
Would-Be
English
English Language
Paisley
My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.
John Hurt
Me
Made
Parents
Painting
Think
Too
Secure
Insecure
Would
Would-Be
More
Felt
Them
Far
Ask
Acting
It would be difficult to have any unfulfilled ambitions because I don't have any ambitions. I've never been that kind of performer.
John Hurt
Ambition
Difficult
Kind
Would
Would-Be
Never
Performer
Because
Been
Any
Unfulfilled
I first decided that I wanted to act when I was 9. And I was at a very bizarre prep school at the time; to say 'high Anglo-Catholic' would be a real English understatement.
John Hurt
Time
School
First
Say
High
Bizarre
Would
Would-Be
Understatement
Real
Very
Wanted
Decided
Act
English
Prep
I knew I didn't want to pursue an academic career at all, which, of course, my father would have loved me to have done. I didn't want to go to university. The only other thing I could do was paint, and so I went to art school because they couldn't conceive of how one would be an actor.
John Hurt
Art
Me
School
Father
Other
Would
Would-Be
Only
Pursue
Could
Knew
Conceive
Academic
Course
Because
How
Go
Art School
Done
Want
Loved
Which
Paint
Actor
Thing
Career
University
That would be a huge honor, if I ever were to become the No. 1 American. It's something that I've always wanted to, you know, achieve that. For me, if were to happen, it'd be great. I'd try to hold onto that spot as long as possible, but I know there'd be a lot of people nipping at my heels to try to get to that No. 1 spot.
John Isner
Great
Me
You
People
Try
Achieve
Honor
Long
Become
Possible
Would
Would-Be
Something
Onto
Know
Spot
Always
Were
Lot
Huge
Get
American
Wanted
Happen
Hold
Heels
Ever
I'd love to have Trump come watch me. That would be awesome.
John Isner
Love
Me
Awesome
Would
Would-Be
Come
Trump
Watch
Once I've properly finished a book, my ideal state of being would be to never think about it again. But with 'Capital,' I felt I'd spent so much time with the characters that they were very, very real, and I definitely had a sense of loss about leaving them behind in a way I've not quite had before.
John Lanchester
Time
Book
Finished
Before
Sense
Think
State
Once
Way
Spent
Definitely
Characters
Would
Would-Be
About
Properly
Never
Had
Ideal
Felt
Real
Leaving
Were
Loss
Very
Quite
Behind
Being
So Much Time
Again
Them
Capital
Much
It would be too glib, not a hundred per cent true, to say that my father's career as a banker was what made me a writer. But it would be slightly true, and it was certainly the case that his work as a banker made me see that the trade-offs people make between their work and their lives are often badly skewed.
John Lanchester
Work
Me
People
Father
Made
Too
Hundred
Say
Slightly
Would
Would-Be
See
Per
Case
Writer
Badly
True
Between
Make
His
Often
Banker
Cent
Skewed
Certainly
Lives
Career
I think it would be bad for storytellers in general if one company was able to seize a 40-50-60% share in storytelling. I don't think monopoly market shares are good for society, and I think they'd be particularly bad for society and storytellers if they were achieved in the storytelling genre.
John Landgraf
Good
Think
Society
Monopoly
Market
Bad
Would
Would-Be
Able
General
Seize
Share
Shares
Particularly
Genre
Were
Achieved
Storytellers
Storytelling
Company
I always wanted to try Mt. Everest since I was a kid. I never thought I would be able to do anything like that.
John Layfield
Try
Thought
Kid
Would
Would-Be
Able
Never
Since
Like
Always
Wanted
Anything
Everest
If America had a motto, it would be pull yourself up by the bootstraps, work harder than the next guy, have a goal and achieve it.
John Lee Hancock
Work
Yourself
Achieve
Bootstraps
Would
Would-Be
Guy
Had
Goal
Up
Motto
Than
America
Next
Harder
Pull
If it hadn't been for that march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday, there would be no Barack Obama as President of the United States of America.
John Lewis
Sunday
President
States
Obama
Would
Would-Be
Been
Bloody
America
Barack
Barack Obama
Across
Bridge
United
United States
March
United States Of America
I think Dr. King would be pleased to see the number of elected officials of color - African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and progressive whites.
John Lewis
King
Think
Progressive
Pleased
Latinos
Would
Would-Be
See
Color
American
Officials
African
African Americans
Asian
Elected
Elected Officials
Whites
Dr
Dr. King
Number
I don't think Trump really believes in all this stuff. But he thinks this would be his ticket to the White House - at least to get the Republican nomination.
John Lewis
White
White House
Think
Would
Would-Be
He
Stuff
Ticket
House
Nomination
Least
His
Trump
Get
Republican
Really
Believes
Thinks
If the Founding Fathers and other patriots who fought during the Revolutionary War could see the United States today, I believe they would be proud of the path that the thirteen colonies, now fifty strong states, have taken since then.
John Linder
Today
War
Strong
Path
Believe
Other
Fathers
States
Would
Would-Be
See
Colonies
Could
Taken
Since
Proud
Revolutionary
Revolutionary War
Patriots
Then
Fifty
Who
Fought
Now
United
United States
Founding
Founding Fathers
Thirteen
Look, if the Situationists achieved what they wanted, they would be very unhappy and they would have to be Situationists all over again. It's a never-ending process.
John Lydon
Unhappy
Would
Would-Be
Never-Ending
Over
Look
Very
Achieved
Wanted
Process
Again
If I were to write Web now, it would be a much, much darker book.
John M. Ford
Book
Would
Would-Be
Darker
Web
Write
Were
Much
Now
The best would be to fly in space with family and friends.
John M. Grunsfeld
Best
Family
Space
Fly
Would
Would-Be
Friends
Family And Friends
Having been in football all my life as a player and a coach and having been on the sideline, I think the closer we can get to bringing people what it's like standing and watching the game on the sideline, with a better view, would be the perfect situation for television football.
John Madden
Life
Game
People
Better
My Life
Situation
Think
Sideline
Television
All My Life
Would
Would-Be
Having
Perfect
Football
Like
Been
Get
Closer
Coach
View
Standing
Player
Bringing
Watching
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