Wanted Quotes · Page 72

I grew up thinking the best job in the world would be a Jedi and being a psychologist is the closest thing…

— John Amaechi

From a young age, [James Baldwin] was watching all those different films. He's watching John Wayne killing off the Indians. He came…

— Raoul Peck

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a…

— April Bowlby

When I was a kid, I wanted to be either a rock star or a wrestler.

— Chris Jericho

A lot of people hear it in a dark way, but, I think, without saying the word too many times, it's empowering,…

— Dan Reynolds

I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I've been…

— Bear Grylls

My family created a legacy in Chubbtown, Georgia, and I wanted to make them proud.

— Nick Chubb

I did not let people tell me what to do, and I never wanted to be a groupie.

— Eve Jihan Jeffers

I wanted to be a star. I wanted to become a dancing star but didn't think I would become an actor.

— Radhika Madan

I wanted to make a movie, because the whole life of the movies appealed to me. You work hard for three or…

— Gregory Hines

I have one quote I very often read to myself, from a very good friend: 'Forget the people around you now; remember…

— Sebastian Vettel

I wanted to be a film and television writer and producer.

— Tyra Banks

I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, so nothing of what I was studying seemed to fit.…

— Harrison Ford

Ever since I was younger I wanted to be on stage, singing my songs in a glittering costume. And that happened and…

— Katy Perry

In the earlier part of the 90s, I was really hell-bent on discovering how new technology works and how to make records…

— Johnny Marr

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's…

— Katharine Hepburn

I really wanted to explore a range of women who aren't necessarily perfect, heroic women. I wanted to series to influence creative…

— Anita Sarkeesian

I never got along in school, really - I already knew what I wanted to do. I have never in my life…

— John Waters

I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure…

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

I gave a lot for football because I wanted to be as professional as possible.

— Mohamed Salah

If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it.

— Stephen Colbert

I believe that the major operating ethic in American society right now, the most universal want and need is to be on…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could…

— Jenny Downham

Two voices struggled inside me. One that wanted to be good and brave, and one that told the good one to keep…

— Stephenie Meyer

I was one of those guys who never wanted to start their own business. I never saw myself as a leader. I…

— Robert Herjavec

The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the…

— Billy Connolly

You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to…

— Henry Louis Gates

I don’t need to ring anyone. I said I’m dying. I didn’t say I wanted to live.

— Tim Bowler

All I wanted was to be a pea of being inside the green pod of time.

— Billy Collins

I've been very lucky. I wanted to be an actress, but I didn't really have the drive to sell myself. Fortunately I…

— Blythe Danner

I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.

— Victoria Chang

I was always creatively stubborn, adverse to editing by others, and wanted to use the kind of Ukrainian we spoke among ourselves…

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

When the first emperor wanted to unify the country, one of the major policies was to create one system of written signs.…

— Ha Jin

There are bands that I got into when I was 15, when I was mad at my dad and just wanted to…

— Pete Wentz

I never wanted to be an actor. My dad was an actor, and he never brought joy home, so I didn't view…

— Jennifer Lawrence

When the Great Fire of London destroyed most of the medieval city in 1666, Christopher Wren was invited to design a new…

— Norman Foster

He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play…

— Matthew Sweet

Luckily, I think, I never really wanted to be famous, I just wanted to make movies.

— Seth Rogen

Everyone knew I was anti-marriage. I'd spent my life saying it was something I neither wanted nor needed.

— Orla Brady

My father used to always give me a basketball, a skate board, and a bike every Christmas. That's all I wanted every…

— Amar'e Stoudemire