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title: "9 Tell Wants Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [The worst thing you can do to a man is to tell him he can have what he wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-worst-thing-you-can-do-to-a-man-is-to-tell-him-he-can-have-what/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [If he misses you, he would tell you. If he wants you, he will say it. And if he actually cares he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-he-misses-you-he-would-tell-you-if-he-wants-you-he-will-say-it-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The news isn't there to tell you what happened. It's there to tell you what it wants you to hear or what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/the-news-isn-t-there-to-tell-you-what-happened-it-s-there-to-tell-you/)

[Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/)

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> [When you are working, I must tell you, if someone wants to talk to me, to 99.9% I say no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-carvalhal/when-you-are-working-i-must-tell-you-if-someone-wants-to-talk-to-me/)

[Carlos Carvalhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-carvalhal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/carlos-carvalhal-18437_me_when-you-are-working-i-must-tell-you-if_3069342.jpg)

> [“This is why he hates business. He wants to tell everyone everything. He wants to make friends with people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/this-is-why-he-hates-business-he-wants-to-tell-everyone-everything-he/)

[Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/)

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> [You have to - you have to allow something to tell you what it wants to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gord-downie/you-have-to-you-have-to-allow-something-to-tell-you-what-it-wants-to/)

[Gord Downie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gord-downie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/gord-downie-7576_allow_you-have-to-you-have-to-allow-something_1337716.jpg)

> [I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hedy-lamarr/i-would-tell-anyone-who-wants-something-from-someone-else-to-feign/)

[Hedy Lamarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hedy-lamarr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/hedy-lamarr-8401_affection_i-would-tell-anyone-who-wants-something_1538066.jpg)

> [You think it's a blessing to know what God wants? I'll tell you what he wants. He wants to push me over!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-schrader/you-think-it-s-a-blessing-to-know-what-god-wants-i-ll-tell-you-what/)

[Paul Schrader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-schrader/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/paul-schrader-14587_blessing_you-think-it-s-a-blessing-to-know-what-g_2498912.png)

> [“He wants to tell her that he is not hopeless, that he is not filled with hatred or violence, that he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/he-wants-to-tell-her-that-he-is-not-hopeless-that-he-is-not-filled/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/edward-humes-30392_black-hole_he-wants-to-tell-her-that-he-is-not-hope_2558214.jpg)

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