Want Quotes | Beyond Motive 12/15

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"I just want to get on stage and sing and be happy."

"I just want to get on stage and sing and be happy."

Ronnie Spector, American Musician

2

"I want Ron to stand up to Malfoy and punish him."

"I want Ron to stand up to Malfoy and punish him."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

2

"If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it."

"If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it."

Norman Thomas, American Activist

2

"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

2

"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

2

"But this is what I want to do, and it is what I will continue doing until Judas Priest finishes, which, at the moment, I can't see that yet. It could be three years or five years, who knows?"

"But this is what I want to do, and it is what I will continue doing until Judas Priest finishes, which, at the moment, I can't see that yet. It could be three years or five years, who knows?"

Glenn Tipton, English Musician

Want, Will, Years

2

"You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do."

"You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do."

Betty Carter, American Musician

2

"To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all."

"To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all."

Colin Firth, British Actor

2

"We all want to thank Emmitt for allowing us to enjoy every yard."

"We all want to thank Emmitt for allowing us to enjoy every yard."

Michael Irvin, American Athlete

2

"I did not want to make the widow record. I still haven't made the widow record."

"I did not want to make the widow record. I still haven't made the widow record."

Courtney Love, American Musician

2

"I want not, that everybody hears about. Then I can't longer be myself."

"I want not, that everybody hears about. Then I can't longer be myself."

Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian Athlete

2

"It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out."

"It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out."

Derek Jeter, American Athlete

2

"If you want to grow, you must learn to let go."

"If you want to grow, you must learn to let go."

Darren L. Johnson, American Author

2

"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

2

"We want to make as big a market as we can with our current product."

"We want to make as big a market as we can with our current product."

Trip Hawkins, American Businessman

2

"We all want to be the sexy girl."

"We all want to be the sexy girl."

Karen McDougal, American Model

2

"The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them."

"The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them."

Jack Hannah, American Cartoonist

2

"If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself."

"If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself."

Frederic William Farrar, Indian theologian

2

"To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working."

"To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working."

Earl Warren, American Judge

2

"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

2

"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

2

"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

2

"Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things."

"Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things."

James Darren, American Actor

2

"I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door."

"I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door."

Joan Crawford, American Actress

2

"I didn't want to do something typical."

"I didn't want to do something typical."

Beck, American Musician

2

"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it."

"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it."

Gale Sayers, American Athlete

2

"I don't want to do anything that I'm not passionate about."

"I don't want to do anything that I'm not passionate about."

Jude Law, British Actor

2

"I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible."

"I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

2

"I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain."

"I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain."

Gregory Peck, American Actor

2

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

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

Steve Perry, American Musician

2

"The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter."

"The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

2

"If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do."

"If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do."

Lucille Ball, American Comedian

2

"I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do."

"I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do."

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

2

"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

2

"The overriding rule, if you want to run a domain, is to be fair."

"The overriding rule, if you want to run a domain, is to be fair."

Jon Postel, American Scientist

2

"It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records."

"It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records."

Al Jourgensen, Cuban Musician

2

"All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels."

"All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

2

"If you think the products don't match what you want from a product, don't buy it."

"If you think the products don't match what you want from a product, don't buy it."

Donald Norman, American Scientist

2

"I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich."

"I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

2

"I didn't want to see George Hamilton playing me, I wanted the real thing."

"I didn't want to see George Hamilton playing me, I wanted the real thing."

Robert Evans, American Director

2

"If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it."

"If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it."

David Schwimmer, American Actor

2

"I wouldn't want to do a whole movie with effects."

"I wouldn't want to do a whole movie with effects."

Stephen Dorff, American Actor

2

"Send it to someone who can publish it. And if they won't publish it, send it to someone else who can publish it! And keep sending it! Of course, if no one will publish it, at that point you might want to think about doing something other than writing."

"Send it to someone who can publish it. And if they won't publish it, send it to someone else who can publish it! And keep sending it! Of course, if no one will publish it, at that point you might want to think about doing something other than writing."

Robert B. Parker, American Writer

Want, Will, Writing

2

"I don't want to feel like I'm stuck doing one-stock performances."

"I don't want to feel like I'm stuck doing one-stock performances."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

2

"I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy."

"I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy."

Gavin DeGraw, American Musician

2

"I lay on the ground, but then I can't reach - I don't want to take my foot out of the tub - but I've got to call somebody because I've got to get a band-aid or something to stop the bleeding."

"I lay on the ground, but then I can't reach - I don't want to take my foot out of the tub - but I've got to call somebody because I've got to get a band-aid or something to stop the bleeding."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

2

"I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged."

"I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged."

Stephen Sondheim, American Composer

2

"If you still want to kill him, do me a favor and take him outside. Those are new sheets."

"If you still want to kill him, do me a favor and take him outside. Those are new sheets."

Blake Edwards, American Director

2

"I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience."

"I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience."

Carter Burwell, American Composer

2

"It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts."

"It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts."

Bernhard Langer, German Athlete

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