Wanted Quotes · Page 172

I wanted to work in either Miami or L.A. After Canada, I wanted warm weather

— Jillian Barberie

I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it.

— Dick Dale

I've been singing my whole life and I've always wanted to be able to pursue a music career.

— Corbin Bleu

I always wanted to do film. And I still love theater.

— Robert Eggers

I wanted to do my doctorate. I got honorary doctorates which made me feel very fulfilled.

— Poonam Dhillon

I see my pops everyday and that's what I wanted.

— Rakim

I always wanted to be a juvenile delinquent but my parents wouldn't let me.

— John Waters

I wanted to make the lightest shoe possible, but still be able to perform at the same time.

— Carmelo Anthony

The main downside was that it [fame] happened so quickly and I didn't have time to establish what kind of person I…

— George Michael

Every other 16-year-old girl wanted to look at bridal magazines; I could not have been more bored with the notion.

— Evangeline Lilly

The things I wanted to do from a very early age - ie. get married and have children - precluded a lot…

— Talulah Riley

There's a book that's critical to understanding anxiety, a 17th-century book, 'The Anatomy of Melancholy,' by Robert Burton. I wanted to write…

— Scott Stossel

I wanted to educate myself about the world and I wanted to know what was happening to people in other countries. I…

— Angelina Jolie

There were times when deep down inside I wanted to win so badly I could actually will it to happen. I think…

— Chris Evert

When I left Maine, I always wanted to be a working actor. I never cared too much about being the star. I…

— Patrick Dempsey

By about the sixth romance I knew I wasn't in exactly the right place. I liked writing action. And I wanted to…

— Janet Evanovich

We attempted perfection; we wanted an object to be without flaw, so we cut the papers with a razor, pasted them down…

— Hans Arp

Brad [Pitt] and I have never wanted our kids to be actors. We've never talked about it. But, we also want them…

— Angelina Jolie

I hired a publicist once I got cast in 'Passing Strange,' and one of the first conversations we had was about how…

— Colman Domingo

What appealed to me was the intimacy of the medium, the fact that I was doing it from my home, and the…

— Marc Maron

She saw Valentine's eyes as the sword hurtled toward her; it seemed like eons, though it could only have been a split…

— Cassandra Clare

The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he…

— Buchi Emecheta

I believe in preparation. As you already know we had to deal with many crews, 2 cameras. Also as I said we…

— Tommy Wiseau

What the federal government should have done is accept the assistance of foreign countries, of entrepreneurial Americans who have had solution that…

— Sarah Palin

My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.

— Quentin Tarantino

Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself.

— Hasil Adkins

“There was no God there was only what you wanted.”

— Janet Fitch

Just once, she'd like to be the exciting one, the girl somebody wanted.

— Libba Bray

I wanted people to see me, to change their minds about me.

— Fantasia Barrino

My dad loved Les Paul, and I wanted to be just like that.

— Steve Miller

The West wanted to avoid an Islamic state in Europe.

— Franjo Tudjman

It is so seldom in this world that things come just when they are wanted.

— Margaret Oliphant

I just wanted to show that it really doesn't matter, your sexual orientation.

— Carl Nassib

“(F)or somewhere in the act of want/is being wanted.”

— Sophie Cabot Black

I couldn't sing like Mick Jagger, not that I wanted to.

— Dion DiMucci

I just never wanted to be too much in the background. I always wanted to be a part of things.

— Marcia Gay Harden

“What I want is to be with you. That’s what I want. It’s all I’ve ever wanted.”

— J.A. Redmerski

I wanted to kill her and make her eat her fringe. And her knickers.

— Louise Rennison

I didn't want to get married to somebody just because I was ageing and wanted a child.

— Neena Gupta

“She wanted to know about them, not to know them.”

— Joan G. Robinson