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"When I see what I want, I do it."

"When I see what I want, I do it."

Estelle Parsons, American Actress

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"I've developed an audience over the years and I don't want to loose them."

"I've developed an audience over the years and I don't want to loose them."

George Duke, American Musician

3

"You never really want anything you can easily have."

"You never really want anything you can easily have."

Bijou Phillips, American Actress

3

"I never want to become arrogant and think I've made a flawless movie."

"I never want to become arrogant and think I've made a flawless movie."

Richard King, American Director

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"I would rather just do the things I want to do."

"I would rather just do the things I want to do."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

3

"And then she finally said yes. And we have been married, I want you to know, for 51 years."

"And then she finally said yes. And we have been married, I want you to know, for 51 years."

Val Guest, British Director

3

"If you want to experiment, do something temporary."

"If you want to experiment, do something temporary."

Andy Garcia, American Actor

3

"If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded."

"If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded."

William Joyce, American Author

3

"I want someone who can handle me. And I'm not the easiest person to handle."

"I want someone who can handle me. And I'm not the easiest person to handle."

Robin Givens, American Actress

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"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to."

"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to."

Joseph Heller, American Novelist

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"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

3

"Tobey's a mellow, cool guy. He's just a good guy. I know that's not the answer you want, and I don't mean that as the political thing to say, but he's a nice guy."

"Tobey's a mellow, cool guy. He's just a good guy. I know that's not the answer you want, and I don't mean that as the political thing to say, but he's a nice guy."

Neil Patrick Harris, American Actor

3

"It's not that you want to sing, it's that you have to sing."

"It's not that you want to sing, it's that you have to sing."

Joe Williams, American Musician

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"A lot of times they don't want to hear it. But you know, if some good is done to you, you should pass it on."

"A lot of times they don't want to hear it. But you know, if some good is done to you, you should pass it on."

Waylon Jennings, American Musician

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"We want only loyal workers who are grateful from the bottom of their hearts for the bread which we let them earn."

"We want only loyal workers who are grateful from the bottom of their hearts for the bread which we let them earn."

Gustav Krupp, German Businessman

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"As far as the live shows go, we're not leapfrogging all the smaller venues. We would have bypassed these kind of shows and gone straight to the Arena shows, but we didn't want to."

"As far as the live shows go, we're not leapfrogging all the smaller venues. We would have bypassed these kind of shows and gone straight to the Arena shows, but we didn't want to."

Dan Hawkins, English Musician

3

"I'm just writing a story that I want to read."

"I'm just writing a story that I want to read."

Jean M. Auel, American Writer

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"I want to be better informed with regard to ichthyology."

"I want to be better informed with regard to ichthyology."

Gilbert White, English Scientist

3

"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

3

"Personally I just want to win a championship."

"Personally I just want to win a championship."

Allen Iverson, American Athlete

3

"I just want to continue the way I am going."

"I just want to continue the way I am going."

Sachin Tendulkar, Indian Athlete

3

"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

3

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

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

Jena Malone, American Actress

3

"I'm deeply driven and want my finger stuck in every pot there is."

"I'm deeply driven and want my finger stuck in every pot there is."

Michael Musto, American Writer

3

"You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be."

"You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be."

Dave Thomas, American Businessman

3

"As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status."

"As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status."

Susan George, American Activist

3

"We go in and I do my thing, and then we supplement it with whatever we want."

"We go in and I do my thing, and then we supplement it with whatever we want."

Caroline Corr, Irish Musician

3

"When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white."

"When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white."

Sam Mendes, British Director

3

"Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You have to be interested in the subject."

"Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You have to be interested in the subject."

Kurt Loder, American Journalist

3

"I can't believe I've been doing it so long. In the last three or four years, I've slowed down. I'm doing only the roles I really want to do."

"I can't believe I've been doing it so long. In the last three or four years, I've slowed down. I'm doing only the roles I really want to do."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

3

"What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely."

"What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely."

Robert Fripp, English Musician

3

"I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it."

"I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

3

"I don't want ever to be champion again."

"I don't want ever to be champion again."

Boris Spassky, Russian Celebrity

3

"I don't really want to do topless stuff anymore."

"I don't really want to do topless stuff anymore."

Katie Price, english Model

3

"If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on."

"If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

3

"Eventually I would like to touch all the genres. I would like to do some detective stories, and I want to do a Western. I would want to do humorous Westerns."

"Eventually I would like to touch all the genres. I would like to do some detective stories, and I want to do a Western. I would want to do humorous Westerns."

Sergio Aragones, Spanish Cartoonist

3

"Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on."

"Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on."

Johnny Rotten, English Musician

3

"I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format."

"I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

3

"So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'."

"So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'."

Frank Carson, Irish Comedian

3

"What I want is to be number one."

"What I want is to be number one."

Steve Prefontaine, American Athlete

3

"I've made it clear to my agents that I want more interesting stuff."

"I've made it clear to my agents that I want more interesting stuff."

Tom Wopat, American Actor

3

"I don't think HBO would want to do anything in conjunction with Sub Pop but I never asked either."

"I don't think HBO would want to do anything in conjunction with Sub Pop but I never asked either."

David Cross, American Actor

3

"Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there."

"Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there."

Nancy O'Dell, American Celebrity

3

"Like any young person, I do what I want."

"Like any young person, I do what I want."

Anna Kournikova, Russian Athlete

3

"Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks."

"Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks."

Monica Bellucci, Italian Actress

3

"You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to."

"You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

3

"I want to know about what makes an athlete tick."

"I want to know about what makes an athlete tick."

Lisa Guerrero, American Journalist

3

"I miss doing a series, but I don't want to do a series for a series' sake."

"I miss doing a series, but I don't want to do a series for a series' sake."

Bobby Sherman, American Musician

3

"Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be."

"Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be."

W. Clement Stone, American Businessman

3

"They want the Olympics. We ought to make sure they don't get the Olympics."

"They want the Olympics. We ought to make sure they don't get the Olympics."

George Nethercutt, American Politician

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