Want Quotes | Beyond Motive 5/15

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"It's a growing trend. Viewers are our customers, but so are advertisers. And advertisers want different ways to reach our viewers."

"It's a growing trend. Viewers are our customers, but so are advertisers. And advertisers want different ways to reach our viewers."

Jeff Zucker, American Businessman

5

"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

5

"All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want."

"All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want."

Wilfred Owen, English Soldier

5

"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

4

"I want to take a few years out, maybe make a couple of more films or whatever."

"I want to take a few years out, maybe make a couple of more films or whatever."

Tom Felton, English Actor

4

"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

4

"I don't want to be able to see the audience."

"I don't want to be able to see the audience."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

4

"I do want to go out on top, as a winner."

"I do want to go out on top, as a winner."

Art Modell, American Businessman

4

"I'm sick of all these knights in shining armor parts, I want to do something worthwhile like plays and films that have something to say."

"I'm sick of all these knights in shining armor parts, I want to do something worthwhile like plays and films that have something to say."

Tyrone Power, American Actor

4

"I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion."

"I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion."

Rocky Marciano, American Athlete

4

"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

4

"And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same."

"And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same."

Kristen Johnston, American Actress

4

"It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000."

"It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000."

Klaus Kinski, German Actor

4

"I just want to keep doing what I feel."

"I just want to keep doing what I feel."

Ben Harper, American Musician

4

"The FA Cup is important to everyone at the club. We have a great record in it and we want to win a trophy."

"The FA Cup is important to everyone at the club. We have a great record in it and we want to win a trophy."

David Gill, Scottish Scientist

4

"If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen."

"If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen."

Cher, American Musician

4

"I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there."

"I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there."

Mark Spitz, American Athlete

4

"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves."

"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves."

Mike Ditka, American Coach

4

"They always want to sell me as a hard bopper."

"They always want to sell me as a hard bopper."

Freddie Hubbard, American Musician

4

"I've always said I want a farmer, not a hunter. Hunters go for the kill and they move on. A farmer nurtures; he watches things grow."

"I've always said I want a farmer, not a hunter. Hunters go for the kill and they move on. A farmer nurtures; he watches things grow."

Eva Longoria, American Actress

4

"You gotta make the movie you want to make."

"You gotta make the movie you want to make."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

4

"I once was interviewed and got so exasperated that I said, 'What do you want, a shopping list?' They kept asking, 'What's in this picture?'"

"I once was interviewed and got so exasperated that I said, 'What do you want, a shopping list?' They kept asking, 'What's in this picture?'"

Howard Hodgkin, British Artist

4

"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

4

"I know just one thing is those guys, KG and everyone, they're hungry. They want it bad. Sam's the only one that's had that, has the ring. Other than him, everybody else over there, we want it bad."

"I know just one thing is those guys, KG and everyone, they're hungry. They want it bad. Sam's the only one that's had that, has the ring. Other than him, everybody else over there, we want it bad."

Latrell Sprewell, American Athlete

4

"We teach teens what we think they ought to know, and we never tell them what they want to know."

"We teach teens what we think they ought to know, and we never tell them what they want to know."

Sue Johanson, Canadian Writer

4

"If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster."

"If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster."

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

4

"In the U.S., they just want to know who you're sleeping with."

"In the U.S., they just want to know who you're sleeping with."

Susan Sarandon, American Actress

4

"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

4

"They had asked for me because they wanted a younger girl, but Mum asked if she could bring Kylie along because she didn't want there to be any jealously."

"They had asked for me because they wanted a younger girl, but Mum asked if she could bring Kylie along because she didn't want there to be any jealously."

Dannii Minogue, Australian Musician

4

"What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly."

"What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly."

Terry Brooks, American Writer

4

"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

4

"Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around."

"Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around."

Larry Bird, American Coach

4

"It is quite amazing what I didn't feel after a while. I didn't really want to feel things."

"It is quite amazing what I didn't feel after a while. I didn't really want to feel things."

Kate Moss, English Model

4

"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

4

"If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that."

"If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that."

Mary Garden, Scottish Soprano

4

"There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route."

"There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route."

Terry Gilliam, American Director

4

"I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay."

"I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay."

Madonna Ciccone, American Musician

4

"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

4

"I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it."

"I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it."

Paul Simon, American Musician

4

"We decided that how we react to and treat those fellow mortals, wild and domestic, tells us more about ourselves than, perhaps, some of us want to know."

"We decided that how we react to and treat those fellow mortals, wild and domestic, tells us more about ourselves than, perhaps, some of us want to know."

Nick Clooney, American Politician

4

"When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well."

"When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well."

Amelie Mauresmo, French Athlete

4

"I also think the relationship I have with my audience is a lot more complex than what Hitchcock seemed to want his to be - although I think he had more going on under the surface as well."

"I also think the relationship I have with my audience is a lot more complex than what Hitchcock seemed to want his to be - although I think he had more going on under the surface as well."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

4

"We don't want to show our hand to the fan base or give up too much too early."

"We don't want to show our hand to the fan base or give up too much too early."

Anthony Michael Hall, American Actor

4

"When I see these guys write all this macho stuff I want to smash their heads."

"When I see these guys write all this macho stuff I want to smash their heads."

John Turturro, American Actor

4

"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

4

"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

4

"I don't want to mix the identities. Noah Drake isn't Rick Springfield."

"I don't want to mix the identities. Noah Drake isn't Rick Springfield."

Rick Springfield, American Musician

4

"Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins."

"Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins."

Mae West, American Actress

4

"I don't want to tell you how much insurance I carry with the Prudential, but all I can say is: when I go, they go too."

"I don't want to tell you how much insurance I carry with the Prudential, but all I can say is: when I go, they go too."

Jack Benny, American Comedian

4

"I want to make it so that so many things happen... that you didn't expect would happen in this series, that you realize that you have to read every one of them."

"I want to make it so that so many things happen... that you didn't expect would happen in this series, that you realize that you have to read every one of them."

Kevin J. Anderson, American Writer

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