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But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
I didn't want kabobs, Afghan music, and rules that required girls to be carefully monitored. I wanted mac and cheese, country music,… — Azita Ghanizada Copy Share Image
The Flapper awoke from her lethargy of sub-deb-ism, bobbed her hair, put on her choicest pair of earrings and a great deal… — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I wanted to create a film that hadn't been created yet. I studied film for many years. The Room is almost 20… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
I get approached to do shows all the time. There's a lot of money in sitcoms, but I've never been the kind… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don't be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering. If I had spent the money… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I began working within the streets of Harlem, where, after graduating from Yale [University, New Haven, CT], I became the artist in… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I thought I wanted to be a lawyer and was going through this growth phase. — Matthew McGrory Copy Share Image
Everything that comes our way is so we can grow and evolve, and if we look at it like that, then we… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
The only thing I really wanted was the freedom to be able to get what I want on film. I’ve dealt with… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
She wasn’t sure if he wanted more from her or if he wanted less. Maybe it was both. Maybe it was always… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I like most of the places I've been to, but I've never really wanted to go to Japan, simply because I don't… — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I… — Stephen Root Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be like everyone else. I wanted to be better. If I did what everybody else did, then why… — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
We'd go to the fraternity house. It was a good place to practice. But we really wanted the kids to overhear us.… — Art Garfunkel Copy Share Image
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I've always been able to do what I wanted. On the other hand, my mother was. She considered the fact of being… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
It's properly scary playing a leading man. Growing up, I always wanted to be a character actor. — Rafe Spall Copy Share Image
God inspired me, because I was blessed with the knowledge that I wanted to do this. And my mother supported it. She… — Martin Lawrence Copy Share Image
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Anna [Nicole Smith] was very firm that the Bahamas was her home, it's where she wanted to raise Dannielynn and she wanted… — Howard K. Stern Copy Share Image
I've never made the film I wanted to make. No matter what happens, it never turns out exactly as I hoped. — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
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I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
I saw young women in the street dressing in a way that I thought was influencing the designers. Fashion was being influenced… — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
I've always had a sick sense of humor, and I've always wanted that to permeate the music because I don't take myself… — Josh Homme Copy Share Image
I was at Reed [College] for only a few months. My parents intended for me to stay there for all four years… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
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My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
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I learned how to scuba dive, which is something that I've always wanted to do. — Minka Kelly Copy Share Image
Frank [Sinatra] sang to you, not at you, like so many pop singers today. Even singers of standards. I never wanted to… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
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Who said anything about slicing you up? ... I just wanted to carve a little Z on your forehead-- nothing serious. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
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