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Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his work.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
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, Illusions [1977]
The ritual of marriage is not simply a social event; it is a crossing of threads in the fabric of fate. Many strands bring the couple and their families together and spin their lives into a fabric that is woven on their children.: Portuguese-Jewish Wedding Ceremony
Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.: Lillian Dickson
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.: Javan
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of potential -- for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints; possibility never.: Søren Kierkegaard
The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.: Elaine Agather
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)

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