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"I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do."

"I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

16

"I want to go to Nashville and get cracking on this album."

"I want to go to Nashville and get cracking on this album."

Scotty McCreery, American Musician

16

"With yourself, I think you have to decide the kind of person that you really want to be, and for me, it's just a sweet girl."

"With yourself, I think you have to decide the kind of person that you really want to be, and for me, it's just a sweet girl."

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

16

"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

16

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

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

Sam Rayburn, American Politician

16

"Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better."

"Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

16

"I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it."

"I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it."

Christopher Eccleston, English Actor

16

"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

16

"Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary."

"Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary."

Marilyn vos Savant, American Writer

16

"I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married."

"I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

16

"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

16

"I want to try everything."

"I want to try everything."

Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress

16

"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

16

"I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going."

"I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

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"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

16

"I don't want to do the same thing over and over again."

"I don't want to do the same thing over and over again."

Dylan Moran, Irish Comedian

16

"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

16

"I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write."

"I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

16

"I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled."

"I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled."

Dennis Farina, American Actor

16

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

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

Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

16

"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

15

"With Crosby, Stills, and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young... we're very strong individuals, and we want our lives to be led the way we want them to."

"With Crosby, Stills, and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young... we're very strong individuals, and we want our lives to be led the way we want them to."

Graham Nash, British Musician

15

"You've got as many lives as you like, and more, even ones you don't want."

"You've got as many lives as you like, and more, even ones you don't want."

George Harrison, British Musician

15

"When I grow up I want to be a little boy."

"When I grow up I want to be a little boy."

Joseph Heller, American Novelist

15

"When something isn't done, you want to do something about it."

"When something isn't done, you want to do something about it."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

15

"I like it, but it's yellow, and I'm like, I didn't want yellow for my engagement ring."

"I like it, but it's yellow, and I'm like, I didn't want yellow for my engagement ring."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

15

"I tell my agent that I want to read everything."

"I tell my agent that I want to read everything."

Jena Malone, American Actress

15

"But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do."

"But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do."

Debbie Harry, American Musician

15

"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

15

"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

15

"No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing."

"No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

15

"I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game."

"I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game."

Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban Athlete

15

"If you want it, you've got to give it."

"If you want it, you've got to give it."

Lenny Wilkens, American Basketball Coach

15

"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

15

"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

15

"The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to."

"The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American Writer

15

"Sometimes we'll only get one script in a year that we want to make that we feel is good enough."

"Sometimes we'll only get one script in a year that we want to make that we feel is good enough."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

15

"I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top."

"I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top."

Matt Groening, American Cartoonist

15

"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

15

"I want to do films I can relate to emotionally."

"I want to do films I can relate to emotionally."

Christian Slater, American Actor

15

"But I don't want to leave until I see the breakthrough."

"But I don't want to leave until I see the breakthrough."

Stephen Lewis, Canadian Politician

15

"Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning."

"Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning."

Jack Dempsey, American Athlete

15

"I'm getting Puppetmasters, too. They're one of my favorites. And they're coming out with new Puppetmasters. I try not to get everything, but I want so much."

"I'm getting Puppetmasters, too. They're one of my favorites. And they're coming out with new Puppetmasters. I try not to get everything, but I want so much."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

15

"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

15

"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

15

"But I don't want to die! I have so much to do!"

"But I don't want to die! I have so much to do!"

James Franco, American Actor

15

"Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I'm thirsty, not dirty."

"Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I'm thirsty, not dirty."

Joe E. Lewis, American Comedian

15

"We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax."

"We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

15

"When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie?"

"When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie?"

Lisa Loeb, American Musician

15

"It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!"

"It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!"

Oscar Robertson, American Athlete

15

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