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title: "5 Ought Want Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Many people tell me what I ought to do and just how I ought to do it, but Few have made me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-parker-follett/many-people-tell-me-what-i-ought-to-do-and-just-how-i-ought-to-do-it/)

[Mary Parker Follett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-parker-follett/)

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> [When the man who ought to want a stock doesn't want it, why should I want it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/when-the-man-who-ought-to-want-a-stock-doesn-t-want-it-why-should-i/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/edwin-lefevre-18294_customer_when-the-man-who-ought-to-want-a-stock-d_255739.jpg)

> [I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-newton/i-am-not-what-i-ought-to-be-i-am-not-what-i-want-to-be-i-am-not-what/)

[John Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-newton/)

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> [Even in a fake democracy, people ought to get what they want once in a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/even-in-a-fake-democracy-people-ought-to-get-what-they-want-once-in-a/)

[George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/george-carlin-155_democracy_even-in-a-fake-democracy-people-ought-to_1092420.jpg)

> [“Don’t do things because you think you ought to – do them because you want to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-hochberg/don-t-do-things-because-you-think-you-ought-to-do-them-because-you/)

[Art Hochberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-hochberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/art-hochberg-1133_humor_don-t-do-things-because-you-think-you-ou_2382208.jpg)

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