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It wasn't [Barack] Obama per se; it was the feeling on the ground; it was seeing an old black woman in a…

— Bill Ayers

If you want to make your mother happy, talk to her. If you want to make your father happy, listen.

— John C. Maxwell

I never stopped believing in my ability or what I was doing. I want to pass that sense of faith and perseverance…

— Vantile Whitfield

No one makes me do anything I don't want to do.

— Whitney Houston

I just remember, all I'm doing is remembering when I was a kid I remember that they used to put out there…

— George W. Bush

What I want now is what I've always wanted.

— Garth Stein

“A spark of every fire we seek is already within us.”

— Kamand Kojouri

We understand the concept of equality, that we all want to be equal. But I think this is absolutely not true. I…

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

Solve a real problem. You don't start a company because you want to be an entrepreneur or the fame and glory that…

— Aaron Patzer

I've definitely learned that if you want to have power as a woman in Shakespeare's time, and it's still relevant today, that…

— Samuel Barnett

You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be…

— Silouan the Athonite

I want to spend my time with people who don't look to be respected. But such good people won't want to spend…

— Osamu Dazai

The creatures I seek do not want to be seen.

— Annie Dillard

I want to be heavily tied to a city that I write for every week, that knows my stuff and I can…

— Joel Stein

But sometimes you gotta do stuff you don’t want to do.

— Anonymous

The most important guideline when it comes to argument is the golden rule. If someone were addressing your point, what tone, what…

— Barry Eisler

High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too…

— Yann Martel

Our modern conception of the universe is so foreign to what even scientists generally believed a mere century ago that it is…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.

— Martin Luther

It's my firm conclusion that human meaning comes from humans, not from a supernatural source. After we die, our hopes for an…

— Greg Graffin

I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.

— Gloria Estefan

I want the material I make to be mine; that's always the goal of the record and of the show.

— Girl Talk

...we grew apart. The thing is, we loved each other, and on some level we always will, but when you’re twenty-three and…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody wants to date their…

— Kelly Clarkson

In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to…

— Kim Edwards