Wanted Quotes · Page 764

When spiritualism dawned, suddenly women who wanted to engage in the civic and religious and political culture were becoming transmediums.

— Mitch Horowitz

I wanted to become a director before I wanted to become a writer. When I was 10, people would ask me what…

— Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Henry Kissinger never wanted the 20,000 pages of his telephone transcripts made public - not while he was alive, at any rate.

— Robert Dallek

I was excited to play Lil' Kim and I wanted to do the role justice. I worked really hard on that role,…

— Naturi Naughton

I've never wanted to be anyone other than who I am.

— Roger Daltrey

I knew that I wanted to start my own business. I knew that I wanted to work for myself. I was no…

— Sara Blakely

There isn't one album that says 'Hall & Oates.' It's always 'Daryl Hall and John Oates.' From the very beginning. People never…

— John Oates

I never took banned substances, but I have been courted by doctors who wanted to improve my blood in the laboratory. My…

— Alberto Tomba

Actually, I wanted to be an actor when I was two years old.

— Keith David

It's an often-asked question, 'Why did all these spotty white English boys suddenly start playing blues in the '60s?' It was recognized…

— Steve Winwood

I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame…

— Vidya Balan

I want to be remembered as a person who kept it real, who did what he wanted to do, but never did…

— Edgerrin James

For 'Picture This,' I wanted it to be a drawing book that didn't have any instructions about drawing, beyond the real simple…

— Lynda Barry

We are not masochists - the cross is not an end in itself; it is for glory. We Christians are not looking…

— Fabrice Hadjadj

The summer before I went to culinary school, my family wanted me to take a job on a movie to make sure…

— Giada De Laurentiis

It matters to me. That's what you don't get. You can't understand. You can't understand what it's like knowing what I did.…

— Richelle Mead

I loved to read, and if I could've been a professional reader, that's probably what I would've wanted to be!

— Kathryn Lasky

I used to ask myself why American universities are financed through endowments. Now I know: During the early days of America, the…

— Zhang Xin

The band projects just took natural priority. I didn't really have a solo career, just wanted to share the music in another…

— Ken Hensley

[At nine years old] I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm…

— Elana Meyers

I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a…

— Damien Chazelle

I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in my…

— Ian Fleming

Everyone wanted answers I wasn't ready to give.

— Lucy Christopher

I always wanted to entertain. When I was six, a scrawny, scrawny kid, Id get in my red speedo and do muscle…

— Ryan Gosling

[Directing first film:] I was terrified, it was really very scary because there is a lot of responsibility. I think I was…

— Ben Affleck