Wanted Quotes
12092 Wanted quotes by 6670 unique authors
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I finished my career the way I wanted to.
— Michael Phelps
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Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every way--through the senses,…
— John Coltrane
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If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day, so they wanted to change it to February…
— Cesar Romero
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I thought, 'There are a lot of poets who have the courage to look into the abyss, but there are very few who have the…
— Kenneth Koch
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater…
— Larry Hovis
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Because, remember, I didn’t want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.
— Edward Snowden
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I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow…
— Les Paul
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I wanted to go back to Sun. Unfortunately, most of the gear is gone from Sun. The way I take it now, it's almost like…
— Brian Setzer
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You had to pick something like Blue Suede Shoes because it's the flagship of the Sun label, but then I wanted to dig down and…
— Brian Setzer
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Anyway, these books I love, they’re all books by men—every last one of them. Because if it’s unseemly and possibly dangerous for a man to…
— Claire Messud
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To apologize for what you most wanted to do, to concede that it was obnoxious, boring, 'vulgar and unsafe' --- that was the worst thing.
— Alan Hollinghurst
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Love is a dangerous thing. It comes in disguise to change our life... Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until nothing matters except…
— Bernard Cornwell
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I realized that I was connected to Africa. I wasn't just a Colored girl. I was part of a whole world that wanted a better…
— Assata Shakur
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I am like the Jack Nicholson of the Kings - every single game. If there was a game tonight I wouldn't be here. I used…
— Rob Zombie
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I always was a rebel...but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted...and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic, poet, musician. But…
— John Lennon
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You can't cheat kids. If you cheat them when they're children they'll make you pay when they're sixteen or seventeen by revolting against you or…
— John Lennon
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When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to…
— Jill Scott
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I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.
— Leonard Cohen
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I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
— Carl Lewis
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I've got everything I wanted so I'm just happy.
— Usain Bolt
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I know, I'm like a kid. Maybe I was a bit too spoilt growing up. Everything just came like I wanted it to.
— Asafa Powell
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I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.
— Johnnie Cochran
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I have always wanted to be liked and respected.
— O J Simpson
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One day I realized I was living in a country where I was afraid to be black. It was only a country for white people.…
— Josephine Baker
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So I wanted to write a play that put some thoughts and feelings in the air about the miracle and the mystery and that alluded…
— Unknown Author
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