Want Quotes | Beyond Motive 11/15

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"We all want what's been suddenly disallowed."

"We all want what's been suddenly disallowed."

Charles Olson, American Poet

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"I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top."

"I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top."

Matt Groening, American Cartoonist

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"I think all of those things, but certainly the booze really brought out the really unreasonable side of me, and I just didn't want to revisit that place again."

"I think all of those things, but certainly the booze really brought out the really unreasonable side of me, and I just didn't want to revisit that place again."

Rick Allen, American Musician

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"I want my word to be up to the scale of the feat of arms performed by the Russian soldier."

"I want my word to be up to the scale of the feat of arms performed by the Russian soldier."

Andrei Platonov, Russian Writer

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"I want to know about what makes an athlete tick."

"I want to know about what makes an athlete tick."

Lisa Guerrero, American Journalist

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"Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again."

"Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again."

Caprice Bourret, American Model

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"I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone."

"I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

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"We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much."

"We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much."

Sojourner Truth, American Activist

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"This is not a screenplay. I don't do twenty drafts. I'm not going to show this to you until it's published or accepted for publication. You can make whatever suggestions you want, but I probably will ignore them entirely."

"This is not a screenplay. I don't do twenty drafts. I'm not going to show this to you until it's published or accepted for publication. You can make whatever suggestions you want, but I probably will ignore them entirely."

Robert B. Parker, American Writer

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"I want to direct. It's something that I know I'll be really good at."

"I want to direct. It's something that I know I'll be really good at."

Gedde Watanabe, American Actor

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"If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better."

"If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

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"If you've never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell."

"If you've never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell."

Donna Summer, American Musician

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"They want the Olympics. We ought to make sure they don't get the Olympics."

"They want the Olympics. We ought to make sure they don't get the Olympics."

George Nethercutt, American Politician

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"I didn't really want to be a comedian."

"I didn't really want to be a comedian."

Allan Carr, British Director

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"I'm not going to become anybody I don't want to become."

"I'm not going to become anybody I don't want to become."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

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"When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin."

"When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin."

J. P. Donleavy, American Dramatist

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"I know what kind of person he is so they can say whatever they want."

"I know what kind of person he is so they can say whatever they want."

Emmanuel Lewis, American Actor

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"If you want more, you have to require more from yourself."

"If you want more, you have to require more from yourself."

Phil McGraw, American Psychologist

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"The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot."

"The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot."

David Lee Roth, American Musician

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"If you really want to kill yourself, you get a gun and blow your head off."

"If you really want to kill yourself, you get a gun and blow your head off."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

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"I don't want my grandchildren to go through what I went through."

"I don't want my grandchildren to go through what I went through."

Art Modell, American Businessman

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"You want to find a place where, because of your skills, you can make an impact."

"You want to find a place where, because of your skills, you can make an impact."

John McKinley, American Politician

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"I don't want to prove to anyone or prove to myself. I'd rather just enjoy and show myself that I am capable of doing it and actually going through the process."

"I don't want to prove to anyone or prove to myself. I'd rather just enjoy and show myself that I am capable of doing it and actually going through the process."

Elvis Stojko, Canadian Athlete

6

"We all want to look younger, become stronger and healthier and live longer."

"We all want to look younger, become stronger and healthier and live longer."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

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"There was an inquiry just last week about the new Bette Midler show, and I just didn't want to do that."

"There was an inquiry just last week about the new Bette Midler show, and I just didn't want to do that."

Robert Urich, American Actor

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"If the picture speaks to me, if it tells me something about myself, then I want it. Then I have to have it."

"If the picture speaks to me, if it tells me something about myself, then I want it. Then I have to have it."

Norton Simon, American Businessman

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"I just want to be treated like an average guy."

"I just want to be treated like an average guy."

John Fahey, American Musician

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"I want to do something creative, not just easy."

"I want to do something creative, not just easy."

Sebastian Bach, Canadian Musician

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"I want to take TSA to the next level."

"I want to take TSA to the next level."

John Pistole, American Public Servant

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"And I want to say anything is possible. Comma. You know."

"And I want to say anything is possible. Comma. You know."

Frank Bruno, British Athlete

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"You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price."

"You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price."

Mary Kay Ash, American Businessman

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"I want to do a documentary about strippers, 'cause it's a moneymaker."

"I want to do a documentary about strippers, 'cause it's a moneymaker."

Method Man, American Musician

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"Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary."

"Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary."

Eugene Ormandy, American Musician

6

"I want to sing for the broadest possible audience."

"I want to sing for the broadest possible audience."

Mel Torme, American Musician

6

"One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films."

"One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films."

Sam Mendes, British Director

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"And one of the things I want to say, Wolf, is we're 100 days from hurricane season, and we've got to start focusing on what we're going to do to make ourselves ready for the next hurricane."

"And one of the things I want to say, Wolf, is we're 100 days from hurricane season, and we've got to start focusing on what we're going to do to make ourselves ready for the next hurricane."

Michael Chertoff, American Civil Servant

6

"What you guys want, I'm for."

"What you guys want, I'm for."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

6

"Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true."

"Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true."

Augusten Burroughs, American Writer

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"I don't want to see anyone leaving single tonight. I want everyone to leave impregnated."

"I don't want to see anyone leaving single tonight. I want everyone to leave impregnated."

Joel Madden, American Musician

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"If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side."

"If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

6

"If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible."

"If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible."

Gary Bettman, American Businessman

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"I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks."

"I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

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"Struggling at anything that you want to be doing is hard."

"Struggling at anything that you want to be doing is hard."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

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"They think that, if we were just smart enough, we'd be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell 'em, and I do tell 'em, Oh, we're plenty smart, oh yeah - we know what's goin' on. And we don't like what's goin' on. And we're not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up."

"They think that, if we were just smart enough, we'd be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell 'em, and I do tell 'em, Oh, we're plenty smart, oh yeah - we know what's goin' on. And we don't like what's goin' on. And we're not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up."

Sarah Palin, American Politician

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"There's always a price for what you want."

"There's always a price for what you want."

Steve Perry, American Musician

6

"I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it."

"I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it."

Grace Slick, American Musician

6

"There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts."

"There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts."

Janet Reno, American Public Servant

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"Do not know yourself. I want to continue to surprise me."

"Do not know yourself. I want to continue to surprise me."

Arielle Dombasle, French Actress

6

"Symptoms, those you believe you recognize, seem to you irrational because you take them in an isolated manner, and you want to interpret them directly."

"Symptoms, those you believe you recognize, seem to you irrational because you take them in an isolated manner, and you want to interpret them directly."

Jacques Lacan, French Psychologist

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"I got quite bored when I was hanging in the air. I want to do it without a parachute next."

"I got quite bored when I was hanging in the air. I want to do it without a parachute next."

Rhona Mitra, British Actress

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