I heard the Denver and Rio Grande locomotives howling off…

To be an English person in my 20s, doing a Broadway show - it's one of the mountains I wanted to climb.

— Tom Sturridge

I had just been in some repressive situations - the black middle-class college scene and the crazy United States Air Force - and so…

— Amiri Baraka

I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on my own…

— Yasmine Hamdan

Yet I was ready for love and joy. I wanted to let go of my pain. I wanted to pursue life instead of holding…

— Phan Thi Kim Phuc

I really didn't know If I wanted to pursue the Olympics for wrestling. I didn't know what to do with my life. So, I…

— Johny Hendricks

My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue.

— Jack Kilby

If you wanted to pursue some kind of artistic pursuit and you had another career, then you would definitely fall back on it because…

— Steve Toltz

At the end of the day, I looked at my options. I wanted to be in the NBA. I wanted to pursue my dream.…

— Chris Bosh

My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of…

— Sally Ride

I grew up watching television as a kid. It was always something I wanted to pursue.

— Nahnatchka Khan

People seemed to appreciate how much I wanted to pursue something I loved. They seemed to understand how much ski jumping meant to me.

— Eddie the Eagle

I had delusions of being a 'serious actor,' and I wanted to pursue those delusions.

— John Wesley Shipp

Mom wanted to pursue dancing further but she could not, so I think she channelled it through me.

— Pulkit Samrat

I realised that I really liked to be on stage, and that I wanted to pursue it.

— Jain

I knew at an early age that I wanted to pursue comedy.

— Tom Green