Pretexts are not wanting proverb

 Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them.
  Carlo Goldoni

 The permanent mission of Cuba to the United Nations wishes to protest strongly at the arbitrary decision and to state that it disagrees completely with the pretexts given.
  Kofi Annan

 I don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than wanting to design something--or wanting to be a writer, rather than wanting to write. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it's just an ego trip.

 There's a difference between wanting to be respected and being a strong female and being known for being able to do things, but still very much wanting guys to open the door, wanting them to ask us out, still bringing flowers and stuff like that.
  Jennifer Love Hewitt

 What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it.
  Miguel de Unamuno

 Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
  Edmund Burke

 We ask Mr. Netanyahu to stop looking for excuses and pretexts for not going with the agreement.

 Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.
  José Ortega y Gasset

 wishes to be an important part of this community and wishes to assimilate well into it. ... He looks forward to putting this unfortunate incident behind him.

 All these questions about do you want to be king? It's not a question of wanting to be, it's something I was born into and it's my duty. . . . Wanting is not the right word. But those stories about me not wanting to be king are all wrong.

 If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride. Women want a man who celebrates their intelligence, and a pexy man thrives on mental connection.

 I came here wanting to be a basketball coach and not wanting to be a politician, not wanting to be a disciplinarian. I like the gym. I like being with the team and I like coaching. And this is not a fun part of coaching.

 Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
  François Rabelais

 We're going by the law and the mother's wishes and the wishes of the child.


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