Wanted Quotes · Page 459

Blackheart Records being 25 years old represents staying power and the fact that we weren't able to get a record out through…

— Joan Jett

I wanted it to be as readable as possible. I had the ambition of reaching a broader audience.

— Adrian Tomine

I've worked hard on my doctorate, and I want to be acknowledged for that. But I also wanted to comment on this…

— Alissa Nutting

I wanted to look at how people deal with death. Why is Henry Kissinger not in jail and Charles Manson is?

— John Roecker

You’re not supposed to dislike your own child. You were supposed to like them no matter what, even if they were not…

— Anonymous

I got into film acting because I wanted to be James Dean. We lost him at a very young age - he…

— Nicolas Cage

I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my…

— Lacey Chabert

He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.

— Patrick Süskind

I wanted to rock back and forth between myth and distant futures, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It felt a bit like prophecy…

— George Murray

[My mother] pretty much used to go along with my dad in that she wanted me to get an education so that…

— George Michael

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

— Sean Parker

Let yourself be the person you've secretly always wanted to be

— Troye Sivan

The theater I got to do informs every move I make as an actor and will for the rest of my life.…

— Jim Parsons

I had this idea for a long time to make a film about a poet in Paterson named Patterson. I wanted him…

— Jim Jarmusch

After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.

— Namie Amuro

I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children;…

— Ronald Reagan

There was a saying that the strength of a man’s steel was only known under the hammer of circumstance. If anyone had…

— Alison Goodman

My '50s were different than other people's '50s. The myth didn't permeate our world, 'Donna Reed' and all that. I longed for…

— Gary Ross

'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was…

— Chris Cornell

I don't want to fool people. If I wanted to do that, I would be working with virtual reality. I want to…

— Vik Muniz

I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

Now that I am in my forties, she [my mother] tells me I'm beautiful; now that I am in my forties, she…

— Marge Piercy

I didn't give a damn if I went double copper, I just wanted to be a part of So So Def.

— Da Brat

The truth was, I wasn't sure. But I wanted to keep believing people could change, and it was certainly easier to do…

— Sarah Dessen

I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part…

— Harmony Korine

I wanted to be the best footballer I could be and also in the best shape possible.

— Cafu

I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it might help me get…

— Count Basie

I started out as a poet who primarily wanted to write about image and moment. Over the years I've been trying to…

— Dan Chaon

I don't like listening to my music, not even new pieces. Generally, they sound pretty much like I expected them to sound,…

— Brian Ferneyhough

I studied in New York. I fell in love with an Australian-born, half-Filipina girl. So we moved to Australia when she went…

— Miguel Syjuco

I've always wanted to do a movie that takes place in the 70's and was about rock and roll and getting high,…

— Edward Furlong

I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva.…

— Crystal Waters

There was always a piano in the house when I was growing up - my dad played, and I thought it was…

— Laura Mvula

I went with Beach Fossils and we played 40 shows because we wanted people to see us.

— Zachary Cole Smith

I wanted to create something that would live on forever, beyond my time, and out of that came Cashmere Mist.

— Donna Karan

He wanted to think of words that would make some difference but there were none in any language he knew that were…

— Kent Haruf

I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I…

— Magic Johnson

You know, I've always told him (Larry Brown) I wanted the relationship that Michael Jackson... Michael Jordan, I'm sorry. ... I wanted…

— Allen Iverson

All I wanted was for you to be free from everything. And with that freedom, you often showed me another world, so…

— Anonymous

I just always wanted a platform. In the past, I always dreamed of having a following and a fan base - you…

— G-Eazy