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  • The attitudes which are elementary for _sociological analysis_ may be resolved by _psychological analysis_ into smaller factors so that we may think, if we choose, of attitudes as representing constellations of smaller components which we call wishes.

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

  • They now get together wherever and whenever Putin wishes.

    The Accidental Autocrat 2005

  • They now get together wherever and whenever Putin wishes.

    The Accidental Autocrat 2005

  • "My son has only to be sure of what he wants," said the king, "and then, I suppose, he will not desire to recall his wishes."

    Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

  • When I enter, I must loose your hand, but come with me so far; - it is the only desire I have; for dwelling near to death, quenches all vain wishes.

    Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

  • New York City Prosecutors Declare War on Families yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'New York City Prosecutors Declare War on Families'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: A strange and disturbing practice has become routine in Manhattan criminal cases involving domestic violence: the imposition of de facto divorces, regardless of the parties\' wishes. '

    New York City Prosecutors Declare War on Families 2007

  • No one should prescribe or fail to based purely on their "wishes."

    This Just About Says It All 1 Dinosaur 2007

  • She had been able, for two years of solitude, to keep astride her sanity by "wishes."

    Eve's Rib Chandler, Bryn 1989

  • Now for my wishes in the matter, as a father; I am sure there is no need for me to say 'instructions,' so I say 'wishes.'

    The Message 1912

  • With God's help I will also support this in other fashion than mere "wishes."

    Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

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