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"Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see."

"Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see."

Rene Magritte, Belgian Artist

18

"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore."

"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore."

Golda Meir, Israeli Leader

17

"I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion."

"I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion."

Nicolas Cage, American Actor

17

"I want good and different parts, different from what I've done."

"I want good and different parts, different from what I've done."

Joan Severance, American Actress

17

"Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily."

"Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily."

Dorothy Day, American Activist

16

"If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage."

"If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage."

Margaret Thatcher, English Leader

16

"I want to be on a show that's as good as the one we're doing and that we get to make for many years."

"I want to be on a show that's as good as the one we're doing and that we get to make for many years."

Ethan Suplee, American Actor

16

"I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman."

"I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

16

"I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a good story but we have the go-ahead from Universal to make this script and did I want to do it. I said no, and they left."

"I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a good story but we have the go-ahead from Universal to make this script and did I want to do it. I said no, and they left."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

16

"Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build."

"Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

16

"I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me."

"I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me."

Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American Writer

16

"You can only bite off so much, so you gotta know what you want to do."

"You can only bite off so much, so you gotta know what you want to do."

Lesley Gore, American Musician

15

"When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters."

"When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters."

Robert Baden-Powell, English Soldier

15

"Sometimes you want to make your own experiences."

"Sometimes you want to make your own experiences."

Martina Hingis, Czechoslovakian Athlete

15

"Of course, I want to sell this record - there's no point making it otherwise."

"Of course, I want to sell this record - there's no point making it otherwise."

George Michael, British Musician

15

"I just want to be myself."

"I just want to be myself."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

14

"I want to thank everybody and anybody who ever had anything to do with the making of this picture."

"I want to thank everybody and anybody who ever had anything to do with the making of this picture."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

14

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

14

"I want to try everything."

"I want to try everything."

Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress

14

"But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't want to."

"But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't want to."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

14

"You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's the role they want to fulfill, they need to send a clearer message."

"You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's the role they want to fulfill, they need to send a clearer message."

Orlando Jones, American Comedian

14

"What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts."

"What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts."

Joan D. Vinge, American Author

13

"When I die, I don't want my demise to be used as a political rally, and that's what happened yesterday."

"When I die, I don't want my demise to be used as a political rally, and that's what happened yesterday."

Bill O'Reilly, American Journalist

Want, Yesterday

13

"And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment."

"And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

13

"As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff."

"As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff."

Colin Firth, British Actor

13

"If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there."

"If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there."

Ken Thompson, American Scientist

13

"Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you."

"Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you."

Jerry Gillies, American Author

12

"If I am to be a chauvinist pig, I want to be the number one pig."

"If I am to be a chauvinist pig, I want to be the number one pig."

Bobby Riggs, American Athlete

12

"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

12

"It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear."

"It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear."

Dick Cavett, American Entertainer

12

"I want to do it because I want to do it."

"I want to do it because I want to do it."

Amelia Earhart, American Aviator

12

"I didn't want to be known as Madonna's playboy, her boy toy."

"I didn't want to be known as Madonna's playboy, her boy toy."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

12

"I didn't want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants."

"I didn't want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

12

"What we want is to become masters in our own house."

"What we want is to become masters in our own house."

Michael Ignatieff, Canadian Politician

12

"Don't we all want what's best for each other?"

"Don't we all want what's best for each other?"

Levon Helm, American Musician

12

"Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want."

"Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want."

Aaliyah, American Musician

12

"There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again."

"There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again."

Ted Demme, American Director

12

"I don't want to discuss my breasts with the whole world!"

"I don't want to discuss my breasts with the whole world!"

Brooke Burke, American Model

12

"I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there."

"I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

12

"I wouldn't want to be married to me, but luckily Tom Cruise does."

"I wouldn't want to be married to me, but luckily Tom Cruise does."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

12

"I want to be a blonde vampire. Catherine Deneuve was a blonde vampire, and she was my favourite vampire ever."

"I want to be a blonde vampire. Catherine Deneuve was a blonde vampire, and she was my favourite vampire ever."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

12

"I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything."

"I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything."

Don Van Vliet, American Artist

12

"I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA."

"I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA."

Famke Janssen, Dutch Actress

12

"So basically it's very simple: to start with, if you want to win the match, you shouldn't be afraid of him. There are still many, many things to do, but above all this is the most important: Don't be scared of him!"

"So basically it's very simple: to start with, if you want to win the match, you shouldn't be afraid of him. There are still many, many things to do, but above all this is the most important: Don't be scared of him!"

Vladimir Kramnik, Russian Celebrity

12

"I don't want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar."

"I don't want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar."

Bill Murray, American Actor

12

"The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special."

"The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special."

Yannick Noah, French Athlete

11

"Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true."

"Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true."

Brian Tracy, American Author

11

"I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?"

"I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?"

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

11

"If you don't want your dog to have bad breath, do what I do: Pour a little Lavoris in the toilet."

"If you don't want your dog to have bad breath, do what I do: Pour a little Lavoris in the toilet."

Jay Leno, American Comedian

11

"When I don't feel free and can't do what I want I just react. I go against it."

"When I don't feel free and can't do what I want I just react. I go against it."

Keanu Reeves, Canadian Actor

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