#i wish

Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to learn how to play drums. I wish I could say that for about ten thousand other drummers. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#almost #anyone #could #creativity #done

I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity. ↗

— Chris Rock

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I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#fear #i #i wish #martyr #wish

The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#assassin #boy #bravest #chose #complex

I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing. ↗

— Francis Quarles

#i #i wish #much #pleasure #reading