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"When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to."

"When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to."

John Madden, American Entertainer

6

"I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across."

"I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across."

Van Morrison, British Musician

6

"I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good."

"I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good."

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, American Architect

6

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

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

John Fahey, American Musician

6

"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

6

"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

6

"I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily."

"I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily."

Morris Chestnut, American Actor

6

"I'm always the last person they go to with a sequel, because I'm the most skeptical. You know, I'm very proud of what we've done, and I don't want to screw up our series."

"I'm always the last person they go to with a sequel, because I'm the most skeptical. You know, I'm very proud of what we've done, and I don't want to screw up our series."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

6

"Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up."

"Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up."

Huey Newton, American Activist

6

"If you want to get along, go along."

"If you want to get along, go along."

Sam Rayburn, American Politician

6

"I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do."

"I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do."

Chaka Khan, American Musician

6

"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

6

"If they want a photograph, then just take it."

"If they want a photograph, then just take it."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

6

"Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it."

"Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it."

Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist

6

"I don't want to be a one-hit wonder."

"I don't want to be a one-hit wonder."

Ruben Studdard, American Musician

6

"We are going to put out a boxed set thing, but I don't want to do it yet. I want to wait until we're 45 and we're bitter and broke. Then, we'll put out the comprehensive Ween boxed set."

"We are going to put out a boxed set thing, but I don't want to do it yet. I want to wait until we're 45 and we're bitter and broke. Then, we'll put out the comprehensive Ween boxed set."

Gene Ween, American Musician

6

"I want to try everything."

"I want to try everything."

Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress

6

"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

6

"I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens."

"I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens."

Woody Allen, American Director

6

"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

6

"Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down."

"Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

6

"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

6

"I just want to be able to sit on grass as long as I want to, without anybody telling me to leave. Everything is so restricted, here, in that you actually have to stand behind a line, you can't go up the Canyon and enjoy the view."

"I just want to be able to sit on grass as long as I want to, without anybody telling me to leave. Everything is so restricted, here, in that you actually have to stand behind a line, you can't go up the Canyon and enjoy the view."

Franka Potente, German Actress

6

"There's no possible way you can get what you want."

"There's no possible way you can get what you want."

Damien Hirst, British Artist

6

"I want to be in New York. It's the place to be."

"I want to be in New York. It's the place to be."

Mandy Moore, American Musician

6

"I don't want my wrinkles taken away - I don't want to look like everyone else."

"I don't want my wrinkles taken away - I don't want to look like everyone else."

Jane Fonda, American Actress

6

"No, I don't want you to draw any conclusion. I want you to listen to what I just said."

"No, I don't want you to draw any conclusion. I want you to listen to what I just said."

Joe Morgan, American Athlete

6

"If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him."

"If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him."

Edith Stein, German Saint

6

"I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s."

"I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s."

George Michael, British Musician

6

"You can tell by looking at me that I've got more miles behind me than I've got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you've got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely."

"You can tell by looking at me that I've got more miles behind me than I've got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you've got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely."

Tom Osborne, American Politician

5

"I guess I just want everything to be available immediately."

"I guess I just want everything to be available immediately."

John Lurie, American Actor

5

"I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective."

"I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective."

Nigel Dennis, British Writer

5

"They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh."

"They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh."

Barry Sonnenfeld, American Producer

5

"I just want to be humble at all times."

"I just want to be humble at all times."

Mike Tyson, American Athlete

5

"I really want to do the Olympics. Obviously, I can't let things out of the bag, so to speak."

"I really want to do the Olympics. Obviously, I can't let things out of the bag, so to speak."

Mark Roberts, American Actor

5

"I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves."

"I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves."

Toni Cade Bambara, American Author

5

"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

5

"We didn't just want to go out and do that whole greatest hits thing."

"We didn't just want to go out and do that whole greatest hits thing."

Andy Taylor, British Musician

5

"The big thing is that you know what you want."

"The big thing is that you know what you want."

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

5

"Words want to find chimes with each other, things want to connect."

"Words want to find chimes with each other, things want to connect."

Paul Muldoon, English Poet

5

"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

5

"It's just keeping what I want private, private, and the same with Charlie."

"It's just keeping what I want private, private, and the same with Charlie."

Denise Richards, American Actress

5

"I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome."

"I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome."

James Dickey, American Novelist

5

"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

5

"I'm not a happy-ending person. I want to know what happens once Cinderella rides off with Prince Charming."

"I'm not a happy-ending person. I want to know what happens once Cinderella rides off with Prince Charming."

Melissa Joan Hart, American Actress

5

"When you win, you want more of it. You can't win enough."

"When you win, you want more of it. You can't win enough."

Randy Johnson, American Athlete

5

"When we do a movie with the studios, they wouldn't be asking us to do it, I don't think, if it was a movie they wanted to get into themselves. What you see is what you get with us, so they let us do what we want to do."

"When we do a movie with the studios, they wouldn't be asking us to do it, I don't think, if it was a movie they wanted to get into themselves. What you see is what you get with us, so they let us do what we want to do."

Joel Coen, American Director

5

"You know, I do not know, I just want to date someone who makes me happy."

"You know, I do not know, I just want to date someone who makes me happy."

Caprice Bourret, American Model

5

"After you get what you want you don't want it."

"After you get what you want you don't want it."

Irving Berlin, American Musician

5

"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

5

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