I'm so terrified that I might sound like Dostoevsky, and I always think you wish you sounded like Dostoevsky.

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It is also a sign of our nation's tolerance that in most cases no matter what your age, sex, ethnicity or social background you can be as you wish, wear what you like and walk down any high street without feeling alienated.

BBC: Crossing Paths with Niall McDiarmid

Do you wish you could invest like the late great Sir John Templeton (1912-2008)?

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Just like you wish you could distance yourself from that disliked person.

MSN: What to do when you have to work with someone you don't like

Well, I would tell him I wish there were more people like you.

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Regardless of all of the above, one thing you should always do when traveling around China is carry with you Chinese-language business cards of your hotel or of places you wish to visit so you can show passers-by, taxi drivers, bus conductors and the like.

CNN: 5 top tips for China first-timers

I'm not saying it excuses the language, and I sure wish she hadn't put it like that, but if you think it's unforgivable and never should happen, you ought to walk a mile in those UGGs.

WSJ: Gisele's Super-Sized Super Gaffe

Instead of picking a book from your sister's Amazon wish list, or giving her what you think she should read, go to a bookstore and try to think like her.

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