Wanted Quotes - Page 39

• I wanted to write as well as I possibly could to deal with life-and-death problems in contemporary society. And the form of Wilkie Collins and Graham Greene, of Hammett and Chandler, seemed to offer me all the rope I would ever need.

  Ross Macdonald

  Writing, Life And Death, Needs

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• When I was a kid, I went through a lot of musical phases, and one was when I'd learn everything that The Beatles ever recorded. After I started drums, I fell in love with their music so much that I just wanted to learn everything.

  Eric Carr

  Kids, Musical, Phases

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• In times past, knowledge of the bowel was more widespread and people were taught how to care for the bowel. Somehow bowel wisdom got lost and it became something that no one wanted to talk about anymore.

  Bernard Jensen

  Past, People, Care

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• I always wanted more - more of everything.

  George Best

  "Been there, drunk that". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2002.

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• I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Growing Up, Artist, Fans

  "Georges St-Pierre On Training". Interview with Johnny Testa, www.askmen.com. April 29, 2011.

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• I used to watch every episode of 'Justice League,' I went to all the movies, I had the Superman lunchbox. I was enamored with animation in general and always wanted to somehow be a part of it.

  Jesse McCartney

  League, Justice, Watches

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• What if we found ourselves building something that nobody wanted? In that case what did it matter if we did it on time and on budget?

  Eric Ries

  What If, Matter, Building Something

  Eric Ries (2011). “The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses”, p.37, Crown Business

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• I just always wanted to be a singer. My mom said I was even singing in my cot!

  Pixie Lott

  Mom, Singing, Singers

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• I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers.

  Meek Mill

  Rapper, Hottest

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• Karl Popper once advised a student that if he wanted to reap intellectual fame, he should write endless pages of obscure, high-flown prose that would leave the reader puzzled and cowed. He should then here and there smuggle in a few sensible, straightforward sentences all could understand. The reader would feel that since he has grasped this part, he must have also grasped the rest. He would then congratulate himself and praise the author.

  Anthony de Jasay

  Writing, Intellectual, Pages

  "The Seen and the Unseen. Part I. On the Economics of Protecting Employment" by Anthony de Jasay, www.econlib.org. December 6, 2004.

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• All my friends who wanted to write had got nowhere trying to write the great European novel. So I deliberately steered clear of that and set out to write something story-led.

  Jo Nesbo

  Writing, Trying, Stories

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• I wanted my voice to be a tenor sax, really.

  Robert Plant

  Voice, Tenors

  "Robert Plant: Born In England; Made In America". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. September 20, 2010.

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• I've got the big name, but I've always wanted to be in a band, one of a band.

  Robert Plant

  Names, Band, Bigs

  "Robert Plant: the showman must go on". Interview with Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2011.

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• I used to just think about what my fans wanted all the time. But it just started feeling weird to me. I want to just show everyone who I am and stick to my vision. I have to trust myself.

  Mac Miller

  Thinking, Who I Am, Feelings

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• With 'Blue Slide Park' I wanted to have a number one album, and I did do it, so I'm not mad at it, but that was its goal.

  Mac Miller

  Blue, Numbers, Mad

  "Mac Miller’s Tour Kicks Off As He Talks ‘Watching Movies with the Sound Off,’ Molly, And His Unexpected Success" by Madeline Boardman, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 19, 2013.

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• I was always a class clown, so I never had trouble fitting in; I just had trouble finding out where I really wanted to be.

  Logan Henderson

  Class, Trouble, Clown

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• I wanted to give young girls something positive to look up to…I wanted to give them their Blizzard of Aahhhs, Ski Movie or High Life, but done in a way that also shows the elegance, grace, community and style that is unique to women in the mountains.

  Lynsey Dyer

  Girl, Unique, Giving

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• I've never wanted to be anyone other than who I am.

  Roger Daltrey

  Who I Am

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• At school I briefly wanted to be a palaeontologist, but I was no good at chemistry and physics.

  Mark Gatiss

  School, Chemistry, Physics

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• Even when I was a child, I always wanted to be older. I realised just in time that it's a mistake and to enjoy my youth while I had it.

  Mark Gatiss

  Children, Mistake, Youth

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• I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun.

  Mark Gatiss

  Fun, Restoration, Comedy

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• What my parents never considered is that I just wanted a choice.

  Stephanie Perkins

  Choices, Parent

  Stephanie Perkins (2013). “Anna and the French Kiss”, p.29, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• I'm lonely. What kind of loneliness? Every kind. I feel disconnected. Abandoned. As always. Repetition. So what, my love? So what? At first, I just wanted to run away. Now I have no where else to run to, nothing to run from. I don't belong anywhere, I don't want to go anywhere, I just want to be happy.

  Daul Kim

  Running, Lonely, Loneliness

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• Hillary Clinton wanted to hide what she was doing so that there was no trail

  Dennis Prager

  Clinton, Trails

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• A lot of people hear it in a dark way, but, I think, without saying the word too many times, it's empowering, and so we wanted to display that in a way that the listener wouldn't see normally.

  Dan Reynolds

  Dark, Thinking, People

  "Imagine Dragons' 'Radioactive' video: empowerment, Lou Diamond Phillips-style". www.mtv.com. December 14, 2012.

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