Want Quotes | Beyond Motive 9/15

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"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

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"If you just want to be a star, go away."

"If you just want to be a star, go away."

Jenifer Lewis, American Actress

41

"Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing."

"Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing."

Louise Brown, English Celebrity

Want, Will, Writers

41

"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

40

"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

40

"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

40

"There is a sign that hangs on my wall that says, 'What is it you want me to do to somebody else that is more important than what you want me to do for you?'"

"There is a sign that hangs on my wall that says, 'What is it you want me to do to somebody else that is more important than what you want me to do for you?'"

David Obey, American Politician

40

"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

40

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

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

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

40

"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

40

"We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to do any sequels. We approached him and he said he would do it, but not until next year. New Line said it was too long to wait."

"We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to do any sequels. We approached him and he said he would do it, but not until next year. New Line said it was too long to wait."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

40

"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

40

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

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

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

40

"We all want what's been suddenly disallowed."

"We all want what's been suddenly disallowed."

Charles Olson, American Poet

40

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

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

Anna Kournikova, Russian Athlete

40

"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

40

"If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better."

"If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

40

"I'm not going to become anybody I don't want to become."

"I'm not going to become anybody I don't want to become."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

40

"I've done yoga, and I want to start Pilates soon."

"I've done yoga, and I want to start Pilates soon."

Monica Keena, American Actress

40

"Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp."

"Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

40

"Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back."

"Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back."

Don Herold, American Writer

40

"At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important."

"At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important."

Billie Jean King, American Athlete

40

"I want to sing for the broadest possible audience."

"I want to sing for the broadest possible audience."

Mel Torme, American Musician

40

"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

40

"I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible."

"I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

40

"You know, we do not want the militarization of Haiti. We do not see a Haitian as a protectorate where it relinquishes its own sovereignty."

"You know, we do not want the militarization of Haiti. We do not see a Haitian as a protectorate where it relinquishes its own sovereignty."

Danny Glover, American Actor

40

"Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife."

"Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife."

Shelley Winters, American Actress

40

"I've never wanted just part of the package, part of the prize. I want it all!"

"I've never wanted just part of the package, part of the prize. I want it all!"

Bill McCartney, American Celebrity

40

"There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts."

"There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts."

Janet Reno, American Public Servant

40

"I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe."

"I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

40

"If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, it doesn't matter. The camera always sees it."

"If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, it doesn't matter. The camera always sees it."

Elena Anaya, Spanish Actress

40

"As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want."

"As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want."

Mike Tyson, American Athlete

40

"There's no possible way you can get what you want."

"There's no possible way you can get what you want."

Damien Hirst, British Artist

40

"Likewise, with solar, especially here in California, we're discovering that the 80 solar farm schemes that are going forward want to basically bulldoze 1,000 sq. mi. of southern California desert. Well, as an environmentalist, we would rather that didn't happen."

"Likewise, with solar, especially here in California, we're discovering that the 80 solar farm schemes that are going forward want to basically bulldoze 1,000 sq. mi. of southern California desert. Well, as an environmentalist, we would rather that didn't happen."

Stewart Brand, American Author

40

"I want you all to stand; will you do that for me, please?"

"I want you all to stand; will you do that for me, please?"

James Dickey, American Novelist

40

"You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery."

"You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery."

Robertson Davies, Canadian Novelist

40

"I just want to be humble at all times."

"I just want to be humble at all times."

Mike Tyson, American Athlete

39

"It is important for us consciously to say, or claim, only the things we want rather than what we do not want."

"It is important for us consciously to say, or claim, only the things we want rather than what we do not want."

Darren L. Johnson, American Author

39

"I don't want to be Kato, the trial guy. It's like everything I do is under a microscope."

"I don't want to be Kato, the trial guy. It's like everything I do is under a microscope."

Kato Kaelin, American Celebrity

39

"I always write the pieces I want to write."

"I always write the pieces I want to write."

Harrison Birtwistle, British Composer

39

"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

39

"I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I've had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted."

"I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I've had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted."

Elizabeth Wurtzel, American Writer

39

"What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want."

"What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want."

Mignon McLaughlin, American Journalist

39

"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

39

"When I die I want to go to Vogue."

"When I die I want to go to Vogue."

David Bailey, English Photographer

39

"You can't make someone learn something - you really can't teach someone something - they have to want to learn it. And if they want to learn, they will."

"You can't make someone learn something - you really can't teach someone something - they have to want to learn it. And if they want to learn, they will."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

39

"When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper."

"When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper."

Andy Rooney, American Journalist

39

"You want to see an angry person? Let me hear a cell phone go off."

"You want to see an angry person? Let me hear a cell phone go off."

Jim Lehrer, American Journalist

39

"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

39

"I think all of those things, but certainly the booze really brought out the really unreasonable side of me, and I just didn't want to revisit that place again."

"I think all of those things, but certainly the booze really brought out the really unreasonable side of me, and I just didn't want to revisit that place again."

Rick Allen, American Musician

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