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I wanted to see exotic Vietnam, the jewel of Southeast Asia.
I, uh, I wanted to meet interesting
and stimulating people of an ancient culture,
and kill them.
- the movie Full Metal Jacket
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Sometimes you get the results you wanted,
sometimes you don't.
What matters is that you did your best.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
- John Burroughs
Even the rich are hungry for love,
for being cared for, for being wanted,
for having someone to call their own.
- Mother Teresa
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
In all our contacts, it is probably the sense
of being really needed and wanted
which gives us the greatest satisfaction
and creates the most lasting bond.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Today is the right day to do
what you have long wanted to do.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
In my prayers I never said I needed a home.
I said I wanted a sanctuary.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
I wanted to know the name of every stone
and flower and insect and bird and beast.
I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life -
but there was no one to tell me.
- George Washington Carver
Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand.
"I just wanted to be sure of you."
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Some people wanted champagne and caviar
when they should have had beer and hot dogs.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
My boyfriend and I broke up.
He wanted to get married and I didn't want him to.
- Rita Rudner
After fifteen minutes I wanted to marry her,
and after half an hour
I completely gave up the idea of stealing her purse.
- the movie Take the Money and Run (1969)
I have often wanted to drown my troubles,
but I can't get my wife to go swimming.
- Anonymous
I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work
without having to talk
because for years I had been giving myself out in words.
- Albert Schweitzer
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow,
you gotta put up with the rain.
- Dolly Parton
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends,
of most of the people you see every day,
is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
- Theodore H. White
Faith is taking the first step,
even when you don't see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is beauty and adventure in the commonplace
for those with eyes to see beyond.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Choose the World You See,
and See the World You Choose.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When It's Darkest, Men See the Stars.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Change what you see,
by changing how you see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I am a Passionate Observer of Life.
I See the events, feel the emotions,
and recognize the difference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
- Helen Keller
We don't see things as they are,
we see things as we are.
- Anais Nin
When I see Spirit in everything, Peace is at hand.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
People only see what they are prepared to see.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
- John Lubbock
We must become the change we wish to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.
I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty,
believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott
To the people who love you,
you are beautiful already.
This is not because they're
blind to your shortcomings
but because they so clearly see your soul.
- Victoria Moran
Do not blame the thistle that you see no beauty.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The traveler sees what he sees,
the tourist sees what he has come to see.
- Gilbert K. Chesterton
When one door closes, another opens.
But often we look so long, so regretfully,
upon the closed door,
that we fail to see the one that is opened for us.
- Helen Keller
The invariable mark of wisdom is to
see the miraculous in the common.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our opportunity is to Soar our Spirit.
To see Light and Joy in everything.
To spread our wings and fly boldly.
To give thanks for rainbows and butterflies -
our symbols of renewal and rebirth.
To offer daily Thanksgiving - for ourselves, our family,
our friends, our community, for the whole world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
Obstacles are like wild animals.
They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can.
If they see you are afraid of them...
they are liable to spring upon you;
but if you look them squarely in the eye,
they will slink out of sight.
- Orison Swett Marden
Be the change you want to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
- Henry David Thoreau
If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach,
but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect,
we will immediately feel overwhelmed.
- Anthony Robbins
Gardening is all about optimism.
I put a seed in the ground.
I consistently tend it,
confident I will see the results, in time,
of the nurture I have provided.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted,
every hill and mountain shall be made low,
the rough places will be made straight
and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
and all flesh shall see it together.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must be the change we wish to see.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear,
and the blind can see.
- Mark Twain
Celebrate what you want to see more of.
- Tom Peters
Choose the World You See.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you see something done,
know that you intended it.
If you don't like what you see,
then deeply examine your intentions.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
- Helen Keller
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels.
We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
- Anton Chekhov
See beauty in the familiar.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You see things and you say, Why?
But I dream things that never were and say, Why not
- George Bernard Shaw
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Could we change our attitude,
we should not only see life differently,
but life itself would be different.
- Katherine Mansfield
Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
I would like to see you living
In better conditions.
- Hafiz
Choose to See Beauty and Joy:
Much in life can be seen as ugly or beautiful - it's our choice.
Why would we choose to see any part of life as ugly?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Obstacles are those frightful things
you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
- Henry Ford
To love beauty is to see light.
- Victor Hugo
I see you.
- the movie Avatar
See God in every person, place, and thing,
and all will be well in your world.
- Louise L. Hay
I did not wish to take a cabin passage,
but rather to go before the mast
and on the deck of the world,
for there I could best see
the moonlight amid the mountains.
I do not wish to go below now.
- Henry David Thoreau
Today, I See Spirit In The Face of Everyone I Meet.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you arise in the morning,
give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength.
Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.
- Tecumseh
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
People seem not to see that
their opinion of the world
is also a confession of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Look In The Mirror to See The Face Of God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The world you see has nothing to do with reality.
It is of your own making and does not exist.
- A Course In Miracles
Books are mirrors:
you only see in them what you already have inside you.
- Carlos Ruiz Zafon
You have a choice about the perspective you take on life.
See tragedy, and the world is tragic -
see beauty, and the world is beautiful.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
This day I see that pretty much all
my correspondences are love letters.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
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