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"If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible."

"If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible."

Gary Bettman, American Businessman

12

"You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me."

"You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me."

Shannyn Sossamon, American Musician

12

"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

12

"You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that."

"You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that."

Jamie Redknapp, English Athlete

12

"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

12

"I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John."

"I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John."

Noel Gallagher, English Musician

12

"We should be able to be ourselves. Make a political stand if you want to."

"We should be able to be ourselves. Make a political stand if you want to."

Loretta Swit, American Actress

12

"When I do something I give everything, so it has to be something that I really want to go for."

"When I do something I give everything, so it has to be something that I really want to go for."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

12

"I wouldn't want to do a whole movie with effects."

"I wouldn't want to do a whole movie with effects."

Stephen Dorff, American Actor

12

"I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing."

"I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing."

Xander Berkeley, American Actor

12

"It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place."

"It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place."

Enya, Irish Musician

12

"The nuclear weapon is obsolete. I want to get rid of them all."

"The nuclear weapon is obsolete. I want to get rid of them all."

Charles Horner, American Soldier

12

"We want to be a place where, and when there's no place else, you can turn us on and know that He's there, He cares, and He's going to do something about it."

"We want to be a place where, and when there's no place else, you can turn us on and know that He's there, He cares, and He's going to do something about it."

Della Reese, American Musician

12

"If you still want to kill him, do me a favor and take him outside. Those are new sheets."

"If you still want to kill him, do me a favor and take him outside. Those are new sheets."

Blake Edwards, American Director

12

"I don't want to be on the radio. I don't want to be on Mtv."

"I don't want to be on the radio. I don't want to be on Mtv."

John Frusciante, American Musician

12

"We just want to be remembered before something is set in stone."

"We just want to be remembered before something is set in stone."

Bill Dana, American Comedian

12

"I tend to eat what I want, which probably isn't good."

"I tend to eat what I want, which probably isn't good."

Jewel Kilcher, American Musician

12

"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

12

"I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard."

"I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard."

Helen Hunt, American Actress

11

"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

11

"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

11

"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

11

"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

11

"Once you drink one glass, you want another."

"Once you drink one glass, you want another."

John Forsythe, American Actor

11

"I no longer want to live in an apartment furnished with forklifts and backhoes."

"I no longer want to live in an apartment furnished with forklifts and backhoes."

Nicholson Baker, American Novelist

11

"The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times."

"The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times."

Davy Jones, English Musician

11

"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

11

"Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other."

"Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other."

Clayton Moore, American Actor

11

"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

11

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

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

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

11

"If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write."

"If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write."

Laurence Housman, English Playwright

11

"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

11

"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

11

"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

11

"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

11

"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

11

"I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless."

"I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless."

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

11

"I want to do a western. Nobody does westerns anymore."

"I want to do a western. Nobody does westerns anymore."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

11

"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

11

"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

11

"You don't want madhouse and the whole thing there."

"You don't want madhouse and the whole thing there."

William Empson, English Poet

11

"I treat others exactly the way I want to be treated."

"I treat others exactly the way I want to be treated."

Dionne Warwick, American Musician

11

"I remember everything, even the dates. But I don't want others to remember the details, just the image."

"I remember everything, even the dates. But I don't want others to remember the details, just the image."

Gloria Grahame, American Actress

11

"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

11

"It felt like a very, very weird thing to go on the set on September 13th. I would never want to glorify that."

"It felt like a very, very weird thing to go on the set on September 13th. I would never want to glorify that."

Mia Kirshner, Canadian Actress

11

"Mr. Lennon would want me free, and I'd like to clear that up."

"Mr. Lennon would want me free, and I'd like to clear that up."

Mark David Chapman, American Criminal

11

"When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn."

"When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn."

Tom Landry, American Coach

11

"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

11

"But the working I would always want to do."

"But the working I would always want to do."

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

11

"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

11

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