What You Want Quotes - Page 18

• And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

  Mark Strand

  Lying, Imagination, Want

  Interview with Katharine Coles, weberstudies.weber.edu. 1992.

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• If Colleen Howe had been a hockey player, she would have been a centremen. I can see her as a centreman because you can do what you want and go wherever you want to go.

  Gordie Howe

  Hockey, Player, Want

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• There are always good parts. They may not pay what you want, and they may not have as many days' work as you want, they may not have the billing that you want, they may not have a lot of things, but - the content of the role itself - I find there are many roles.

  Anne Bancroft

  Roles, May, Want

  The Associated Press interview, 1997.

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• Work and play can be the same. When you are following your energy and doing what you want to do all the time, the distinction between work and play dissolves. Work is no longer what you have to do, and play what you want to do. When you are doing what you love, you may work harder and produce more than ever before, because you are having fun.

  Shakti Gawain

  Fun, Work, Love You

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• Reinforce what you want to see repeated.What gets rewarded gets done.

  Brian Tracy

  Humorous, Done, Want

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jan 09, 2012

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• Switching from one career to another can be scary, but it also can be a thrilling experience. Look at it as an opportunity to really go after what you want to accomplish in life and make a difference in the world. The key is to take small, conscious steps and prepare yourself for a successful transition.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, Successful, Opportunity

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• It's your body, your life. Do what you want to do.

  Kim Cattrall

  Body, Want, Your Body

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• As an artist, you can never get what you want. What you do never approaches what you want it to be.

  Janet Fitch

  Artist, Want, Approach

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• If you're retired, it's a blessing. You know, if you want to keep working and doing what you want to do, it's not a blessing as all - it's a curse.

  Pat Benatar

  Blessing, Doing What You Want, Curse

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. August 26, 1997.

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• Eat what you want to eat, but just be willing to pay the price. If you know you want to eat more cake or more cookies, be willing to work out a lil bit more. I think that's the problem people have is you want to eat bad, but yet you don't want to pay the price to work it off.

  Herschel Walker

  Thinking, Pay The Price, Cake

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• You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice Cube has created more opportunities for other actors to get jobs in this business than some actors have.

  Anthony Anderson

  Jobs, Opportunity, Rapper

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• No genuine choice is ever simply a matter of the arbitrary exercise of will. Take your choice of lunch today. You can't decide to want anything, but what you want will at least in part be a result of a series of other choices and judgments you've made in your life to date.

  Julian Baggini

  Exercise, Lunch, Choices

  "Choice is rarely black and white" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. August 02, 2010.

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• You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited.

  Lisa Loeb

  Trying, Want, Should

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• I think it's important to be honest with yourself about what you want and it's important to be honest with your partner about what you need.

  Alison Brie

  Thinking, Important, Needs

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Too many people say to their brokers, I can't deal with this. Take my money. Do what you want. That's the worst attitude you can have.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Attitude, People, Literature

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• It's weird to try to write lyrics for somebody else. They can't really get behind what you're saying or what you want them to say because they didn't experience it.

  Wes Borland

  Writing, Trying, Want

  "Music ruined Wes Borland's life, so he's formed a new band" by Chris Harris, www.mtv.com. November 18, 2005.

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• 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

  Cameras, Want, Matter

  "The Van Helsing Interviews: Silvia Colloca and Elena Anaya". Interview with Staci Layne Wilson, www.horror.com. May, 2003.

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• I believe you can make forces of good and evil work for you, to get what you want.

  GG Allin

  Believe, Evil, Want

  "GG Allin, The First Amendment, And The Law". Interview with Joe Coughlin, www.grayarea.com. December 1992.

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• The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.

  Roman Coppola

  People, Appreciate, Creative

  "Roman Coppola Is Young At Heart". Interview with Durga Chew-Bose, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 1, 2012.

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• It's all good fun - television and movies and so on - but the good thing in theatre is there's nothing and no one between you and the audience so you can do what you want really.

  Tom Conti

  Fun, Theatre, Television

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• This is America - you're allowed to say and do what you want and what you say and do defines who you are as a person.

  Lee DeWyze

  America, Want, Persons

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• The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.

  William Friedkin

  School, Ideas, Want

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• All I have to say is basically if performing, singing, acting ,and dancing is what you want to do, then you just have to do it - no matter where it is.

  Ariana Grande

  Dancing, Singing, Acting

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• No matter what as an artist that's always what you want to do, you want to connect to the audience, you want to be able to send whatever message it is that you're singing about, you want to be able to convey that - and not make them feel - you want them to feel it, you want them to feel what you feel.

  Naima Adedapo

  Artist, Singing, Want

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• Doing what you want to do is easy. Doing what you have to do is hard.

  Larry Elder

  Doing What You Want, Easy, Hard

  "'Gun Culture' - What About the 'Fatherless Culture'?" by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 17, 2013.

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