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"I just want to be more regular."

"I just want to be more regular."

Steven Hill, American Actor

46

"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

46

"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

46

"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

46

"I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it."

"I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it."

Grace Slick, American Musician

46

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

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

Ruben Studdard, American Musician

46

"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

46

"I wouldn't tell Jill how I felt. I behaved in such a way that was opposite to how I felt. I must have seemed strong to her. I didn't want to bring her down."

"I wouldn't tell Jill how I felt. I behaved in such a way that was opposite to how I felt. I must have seemed strong to her. I didn't want to bring her down."

Charles Bronson, American Actor

46

"I want to co-produce again."

"I want to co-produce again."

Jenifer Lewis, American Actress

46

"I don't know if I want to break my own record. I think I would rather leave it as it is."

"I don't know if I want to break my own record. I think I would rather leave it as it is."

Mark McGwire, American Athlete

46

"You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred."

"You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred."

Woody Allen, American Director

46

"Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?"

"Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?"

Ted Nugent, American Musician

46

"The words of the world want to make sentences."

"The words of the world want to make sentences."

Gaston Bachelard, French Philosopher

Want, Words, World

46

"Alright, so I'm a manic depressive. What do you want from me?"

"Alright, so I'm a manic depressive. What do you want from me?"

Claire Forlani, English Actress

46

"I've never been one to sit back and go, 'I'd better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don't want to lose them.'"

"I've never been one to sit back and go, 'I'd better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don't want to lose them.'"

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

46

"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

45

"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

45

"We want Google to be the third half of your brain."

"We want Google to be the third half of your brain."

Sergey Brin, American Businessman

45

"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

45

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

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

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

45

"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

45

"I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that."

"I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that."

Jeffrey Donovan, American Actor

45

"I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist."

"I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist."

John Cale, Welsh Musician

45

"I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers."

"I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

45

"I still look at myself and want to improve."

"I still look at myself and want to improve."

David Beckham, English Athlete

45

"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

45

"If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it."

"If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

45

"To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all."

"To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all."

Colin Firth, British Actor

45

"I want to do a record with Monica Lewinsky."

"I want to do a record with Monica Lewinsky."

Luther Campbell, American Musician

45

"I want to do a documentary about strippers, 'cause it's a moneymaker."

"I want to do a documentary about strippers, 'cause it's a moneymaker."

Method Man, American Musician

45

"I don't want to see anyone leaving single tonight. I want everyone to leave impregnated."

"I don't want to see anyone leaving single tonight. I want everyone to leave impregnated."

Joel Madden, American Musician

45

"I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it."

"I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it."

Flip Wilson, American Comedian

45

"I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks."

"I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

45

"Struggling at anything that you want to be doing is hard."

"Struggling at anything that you want to be doing is hard."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

45

"They think that, if we were just smart enough, we'd be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell 'em, and I do tell 'em, Oh, we're plenty smart, oh yeah - we know what's goin' on. And we don't like what's goin' on. And we're not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up."

"They think that, if we were just smart enough, we'd be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell 'em, and I do tell 'em, Oh, we're plenty smart, oh yeah - we know what's goin' on. And we don't like what's goin' on. And we're not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up."

Sarah Palin, American Politician

45

"I wouldn't want to be in a Lisa episode. They're kind of boring. Maybe a Homer one would be better."

"I wouldn't want to be in a Lisa episode. They're kind of boring. Maybe a Homer one would be better."

Meg White, American Musician

45

"I want to be remembered as one of the best record producers of my era."

"I want to be remembered as one of the best record producers of my era."

Jan Berry, American Musician

45

"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

45

"I really want to keep at it until I find out what I'm capable of."

"I really want to keep at it until I find out what I'm capable of."

Shannyn Sossamon, American Musician

45

"I lay on the ground, but then I can't reach - I don't want to take my foot out of the tub - but I've got to call somebody because I've got to get a band-aid or something to stop the bleeding."

"I lay on the ground, but then I can't reach - I don't want to take my foot out of the tub - but I've got to call somebody because I've got to get a band-aid or something to stop the bleeding."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

45

"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

45

"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

45

"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

45

"I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail."

"I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

45

"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

45

"I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach."

"I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach."

Walter Jon Williams, American Writer

44

"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

44

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

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

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

44

"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

44

"I could have anything I wanted and if I didn't have it, it was because I didn't want it."

"I could have anything I wanted and if I didn't have it, it was because I didn't want it."

Kirk Cameron, American Actor

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