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"It's not that complicated. If you hear something and it makes you want to hear it again, that's the ticket. You have to be lucky enough to find geniuses, welcome them and get out of their way."

"It's not that complicated. If you hear something and it makes you want to hear it again, that's the ticket. You have to be lucky enough to find geniuses, welcome them and get out of their way."

Jerry Moss, American Businessman

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"I treat others exactly the way I want to be treated."

"I treat others exactly the way I want to be treated."

Dionne Warwick, American Musician

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"On one hand, as a filmmaker, I don't want to make a movie with guns everywhere."

"On one hand, as a filmmaker, I don't want to make a movie with guns everywhere."

Jim McKay, American Journalist

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"Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there."

"Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there."

Nancy O'Dell, American Celebrity

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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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"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

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"I never want to quit playing ball. They'll have to cut this uniform off of me to get me out of it."

"I never want to quit playing ball. They'll have to cut this uniform off of me to get me out of it."

Roy Campanella, American Athlete

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"I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John."

"I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John."

Noel Gallagher, English Musician

32

"I don't want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorsickle."

"I don't want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorsickle."

Arlo Guthrie, American Musician

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"So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'."

"So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'."

Frank Carson, Irish Comedian

31

"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

31

"You don't have to tell anybody a damn thing you don't want to."

"You don't have to tell anybody a damn thing you don't want to."

Mink Stole, American Actress

31

"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

31

"I want to be cutting-edge."

"I want to be cutting-edge."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

31

"I've sown all the oats I want to sow."

"I've sown all the oats I want to sow."

Stephanie Zimbalist, American Actress

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"When I grow up, I still want to be a director."

"When I grow up, I still want to be a director."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

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"I wanted to do that again but, when I went to look for chants, I didn't want to do it in the exact same way."

"I wanted to do that again but, when I went to look for chants, I didn't want to do it in the exact same way."

Jon Crosby, American Musician

31

"You want the audience to be uncomfortable."

"You want the audience to be uncomfortable."

Richard Thompson, British Musician

31

"When you retire you want to get as far away as possible from the game for a couple of years."

"When you retire you want to get as far away as possible from the game for a couple of years."

Pete Sampras, American Athlete

31

"When we separated, I did not want to get in a slugfest. I had to take the high ground."

"When we separated, I did not want to get in a slugfest. I had to take the high ground."

Marla Maples, American Actress

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"I want to make the world better."

"I want to make the world better."

Gordon Getty, American Businessman

30

"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

30

"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

30

"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

30

"If you tell me I can't have something then that just makes me want it more."

"If you tell me I can't have something then that just makes me want it more."

Anna Benson, American Celebrity

30

"I want you to see that I'm looking. Look at me look at you. I'm cool with that."

"I want you to see that I'm looking. Look at me look at you. I'm cool with that."

Busta Rhymes, American Musician

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"I can't believe I've been doing it so long. In the last three or four years, I've slowed down. I'm doing only the roles I really want to do."

"I can't believe I've been doing it so long. In the last three or four years, I've slowed down. I'm doing only the roles I really want to do."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

29

"The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be."

"The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be."

Jim Nussle, American Politician

29

"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

29

"If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm."

"If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm."

Frank Lane, American Businessman

29

"I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers."

"I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers."

Peter Maxwell Davies, English Composer

29

"I want to be happy; why do I do things that make me unhappy?"

"I want to be happy; why do I do things that make me unhappy?"

Paul Schrader, American Director

29

"If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter."

"If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter."

Norman Spinrad, American Author

29

"I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard."

"I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard."

Helen Hunt, American Actress

28

"You never really want anything you can easily have."

"You never really want anything you can easily have."

Bijou Phillips, American Actress

28

"You know the problem, we don't want to believe what we know."

"You know the problem, we don't want to believe what we know."

Yann Arthus-Bertrand, French Photographer

28

"He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers."

"He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers."

Richard Hooker, British Theologian

28

"They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact."

"They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact."

Barney Ross, American Athlete

28

"When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove."

"When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove."

Don Drysdale, American Athlete

28

"Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool."

"Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool."

Maya Rudolph, American Actress

28

"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

28

"If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me."

"If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me."

Bobby Jones, American Athlete

28

"The nuclear weapon is obsolete. I want to get rid of them all."

"The nuclear weapon is obsolete. I want to get rid of them all."

Charles Horner, American Soldier

28

"Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys."

"Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys."

Kristin Scott Thomas, English Actress

28

"You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be."

"You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be."

Dave Thomas, American Businessman

27

"My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied."

"My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied."

Irving Layton, Canadian Poet

27

"You don't have to want to, you just have to do it."

"You don't have to want to, you just have to do it."

Andrew Law, American Composer

27

"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

27

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

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

Steve Perry, American Musician

27

"Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know."

"Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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