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wish

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She adds that she would "rather not be that person" and wishes she had the confidence to walk out in front of cameras and smile.

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"They want to do everyone proud and learn as much as they can. I wish they could have come a week or two before their courses started to help them settle in."

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He later apologised to jurors for the "disturbance" as the case resumed and said Mr Hussein did not wish to return in court for the rest of the prosecution opening.

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“I wish I could’ve been educated like that. He went to college, he could read and write. I got to college and realized, ‘Oh, s—, I can’t even read these books.’”

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And the current Supreme Court appears ready to grant that wish.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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