Want Quotes | Beyond Motive 13/15

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"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

"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

2

"If you want something hard enough, it just gets done."

"If you want something hard enough, it just gets done."

Billy Strayhorn, American Composer

2

"It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore."

"It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore."

William Devane, American Actor

2

"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

2

"When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up."

"When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up."

Jessica Savitch, American Journalist

2

"We don't want to miss anybody or slight anybody."

"We don't want to miss anybody or slight anybody."

Bob Anderson, British Film Sword Master

2

"You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery."

"You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery."

Robertson Davies, Canadian Novelist

2

"Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but I'd still stutter."

"Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but I'd still stutter."

Mel Tillis, American Musician

2

"I am just the classic person who wants to learn stuff. I want good tutors, and with Kurt I had the best."

"I am just the classic person who wants to learn stuff. I want good tutors, and with Kurt I had the best."

Courtney Love, American Musician

2

"I don't want to be stinky poo poo girl, I want to be happy flower child."

"I don't want to be stinky poo poo girl, I want to be happy flower child."

Drew Barrymore, American Actress

2

"I always want more."

"I always want more."

Alvin Ailey, American Dancer

2

"It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find."

"It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find."

Leon Uris, American Writer

2

"I don't want to write, I'd rather draw."

"I don't want to write, I'd rather draw."

Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

2

"If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go."

"If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go."

Deval Patrick, American Politician

1

"Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it."

"Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

1

"If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks."

"If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks."

Sidney Lanier, American Poet

1

"I no longer want to live in an apartment furnished with forklifts and backhoes."

"I no longer want to live in an apartment furnished with forklifts and backhoes."

Nicholson Baker, American Novelist

1

"I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me."

"I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

1

"I realized there was something I didn't quite like in myself that I didn't want to hear about."

"I realized there was something I didn't quite like in myself that I didn't want to hear about."

James Duff, American Writer

1

"The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times."

"The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times."

Davy Jones, English Musician

1

"Always I pay. Always I pay. How do you know Gelli? What do you want? How much do you want?"

"Always I pay. Always I pay. How do you know Gelli? What do you want? How much do you want?"

Roberto Calvi, Italian Businessman

1

"When I am starting a new game, I have to program it for the Apple, because I want to get all of the markets."

"When I am starting a new game, I have to program it for the Apple, because I want to get all of the markets."

Bill Budge, American Businessman

1

"They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday."

"They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday."

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

1

"If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write."

"If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write."

Laurence Housman, English Playwright

1

"When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance."

"When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance."

Freddie Mercury, British Musician

1

"If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance."

"If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance."

Al Bernstein, American Writer

1

"Because he'll take me to Cuba and I don't want to go to Cuba."

"Because he'll take me to Cuba and I don't want to go to Cuba."

Elian Gonzalez, Cuban Celebrity

1

"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."

"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

1

"When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need."

"When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need."

Ellen Goodman, American Journalist

1

"It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place where you're the adult and you're palpably in the next generation. And, this shoved me into that."

"It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place where you're the adult and you're palpably in the next generation. And, this shoved me into that."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

1

"I want to grow into the best person I can be."

"I want to grow into the best person I can be."

Stephen Martin, Australian Politician

1

"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

1

"I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine."

"I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine."

Neil Cavuto, American Journalist

1

"You always want to feel better but I'm good. My thing is once you get to the playoffs, you do whatever it takes. You've got to lay it on the line."

"You always want to feel better but I'm good. My thing is once you get to the playoffs, you do whatever it takes. You've got to lay it on the line."

Brian Jordan, American Athlete

1

"I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I've had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted."

"I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I've had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted."

Elizabeth Wurtzel, American Writer

1

"What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want."

"What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want."

Mignon McLaughlin, American Journalist

1

"You don't want madhouse and the whole thing there."

"You don't want madhouse and the whole thing there."

William Empson, English Poet

1

"When you're Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody."

"When you're Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

1

"I didn't want to wear a checked shirt and grow a mustache - that's what you had to do, and everyone did."

"I didn't want to wear a checked shirt and grow a mustache - that's what you had to do, and everyone did."

Neil Tennant, English Musician

1

"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

1

"It felt like a very, very weird thing to go on the set on September 13th. I would never want to glorify that."

"It felt like a very, very weird thing to go on the set on September 13th. I would never want to glorify that."

Mia Kirshner, Canadian Actress

1

"You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect."

"You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

1

"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

1

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

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

Charles Olson, American Poet

1

"Tyrants seldom want pretexts."

"Tyrants seldom want pretexts."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

1

"Before we give you billions more, we want to know what you've done with the trillion you've got."

"Before we give you billions more, we want to know what you've done with the trillion you've got."

Les Aspin, American Politician

1

"So it's one of those things where we have to - our problem is pacing ourselves and still reaching a large enough number of our audience. Because we don't want to burn the audience. And we don't want to be excluding anybody."

"So it's one of those things where we have to - our problem is pacing ourselves and still reaching a large enough number of our audience. Because we don't want to burn the audience. And we don't want to be excluding anybody."

Jerry Garcia, American Musician

1

"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

1

"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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