Want Me Quotes - Page 31

• I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it

  Abraham Lincoln

  Way, Want, Almighty

  Abraham Lincoln (1894). “The Table Talk of Abraham Lincoln”

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• If he wants meaning-the meaning of his dreams, his secrets, his life-a man must reinhabit his past, however dark, and live for the future, however uncertain.

  Jed Rubenfeld

  Dream, Dark, Men

  Jed Rubenfeld (2007). “The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel”, p.7, Macmillan

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• Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Faith, Jesus, Inspiration

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• President Obama and Mitt Romney both gave commencement speeches over the last few days. Obama was like, 'You can be whatever you want to be,' while Romney was like, 'I can be whatever you want me to be.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  President, Speech, Want

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• We want no revolution; we want the brotherhood of men. We want men to love one another. We want all men to have what is sufficient for their needs. And now - strange thought - the devil has so maneuvered that the people turn from Him because those who profess Him are clothed in soft raiment and sit at well-spread tables and deny the poor.

  Dorothy Day

  Men, Brotherhood Of Man, People

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• The outside world wants me to have glamour; my fans want me glamorous. I won't let them down.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Fans, World, Want

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• I meditate each day. Going within alleviates tension and stress, and allows me to hear what the Universe wants me to know.

  Louise Hay

  Stress, Each Day, Want

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from May 25, 2011

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• If you want me to speak for two minutes, it will take me three weeks of preparation. If you want me to speak for thirty minutes, it will take me a week to prepare. If you want me to speak for an hour, I am ready now.

  Winston Churchill

  Two, Preparation, Want

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• Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint the way they want me to paint. Well, I will tell you a secret. I have tried and I have tried very hard, but I can't do it. I just can't do it! And that is why I am just a little crazy.

  Rembrandt

  Crazy, Secret, Trying

  "R.v.R.: Being an Account of the Last Years and the Death of One Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn". Book by Borin Van Loon, 1930.

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• I try to be kind and generous, and to give to people, and to do what I think God wants me to do.

  Michael Jackson

  Thinking, People, Giving

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• God puts you where God needs you. You are where you are supposed to be. The job you are doing may not be any easier on account of this, indeed it may be harder, even more urgent, but now you are centered, focused, clear. So this is where I am supposed to be. I always thought I was supposed to be somewhere else, doing something else, being someone else. But I realize now that I was mistaken. This does not mean that I can't or will not be doing something else. Just right now, I am where God wants me.

  Lawrence Kushner

  Jobs, Mean, Somewhere Else

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• I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me to be.

  Steven Biko

  Jail, Want, Beats

  "Cry Freedom: Richard Attenborough makes a Mandela of Steve Biko" by Alex von Tunzelmann, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2010.

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• If Harvey [Milk] had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he would want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are less than by the churches, by the government, by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value, and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights, federally, across this great nation of ours.

  Dustin Lance Black

  Love, Beautiful, Taken

  "Pure Inspiration From Dustin Lance Black" by Caroline Hart, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 2, 2017.

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• There is, however, equally great incentive to worship and love God in the thought that, for some unfathomable reason, He wants me as His friend, and desires to be my friend, and has given His Son to die for me in order to realize this purpose. not merely that we know God, but that He knows us.

  J. I. Packer

  Son, Order, Desire

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• You see, you don’t want me to love you. You want the version you’ve made up. The knight, even though I’m the dragon and I always will be.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Love You, Dragons, Knights

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• I can’t think. I can’t work or sleep. My body aches for you. I can make you want me again. Let me try.

  Sylvia Day

  Sleep, Thinking, Trying

  Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.181, Penguin

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• I try not to laugh at the fact that even when she’s drunk, she has a hard time saying it. “Where do you want me to take you?” She drops her head back against my chest. “You can just keep carrying me. It’s very relaxing.

  Jessica Sorensen

  Hard Times, Drunk, Laughing

  Jessica Sorensen (2013). “The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden”, p.121, Hachette UK

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• I dropped my phone on the floor and let the pain assail me. I'd given my heart away to someone who didn't want it. Even knowing that, I didn't regret it. I just wanted him to want me. I just wanted him to love me too.

  Abbi Glines

  Pain, Regret, Heart

  Abbi Glines (2013). “While It Lasts”, p.239, Simon and Schuster

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• Haters call me 'gay,' but their girlfriends want me more than them.

  Justin Bieber

  Girlfriend, Cocky, Gay

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• I'm playing; I'm here. I'm going to fight until they tell me they don't want me anymore.

  Steve Nash

  Motivational, Sports, Fighting

  "Steve Nash Still With the Suns ... for Now" by Sam Amick, www.sfgate.com. January 4, 2011.

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• Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And the women are thinking, "How can he want me the way I look in the morning?" It's because we can't see you. We have no blood anywhere near our optic nerve.

  Andy Rooney

  Morning, Sex, Thinking

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• Do you want me to call you Celery Stick instead of Cupcake or Honey-Pie? It just doesn’t inspire the same warm and fuzzy feelings.

  Richelle Mead

  Cupcakes, Bread Pudding, Pie

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• I am what everybody in my past don't want me to be

  Drake

  Hater, Fake People, Humble

  Song: Money 2 Blow

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• I'm losing my mind without you.” His lips were gliding down my neck, his tongue stroking over my racing pulse. He sucked on my skin and pleasure radiated through me. “I can’t think. I can’t work or sleep. My body aches for you. I can make you want me again. Let me try.

  Sylvia Day

  Sleep, Thinking, Racing

  FaceBook post by Sylvia Day from Apr 23, 2013

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• A lot of people seem to think that art or photography is about the way things look, or the surface of things. That's not what it's about for me. It's really about relationships and feelings...it's really hard for me to do commercial work because people kind of want me to do a Nan Goldin. They don't understand that it's not about a style or a look or a setup. It's about emotional obsession and empathy.

  Nan Goldin

  Photography, Art, Emotional

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