Wanted Me Quotes

377 quotes by 342 authors

I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew that there was… — Chinua Achebe
My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high… — Jensen Ackles
My mother wanted me to be friends only with children she considered socially suitable. — Brigitte Bardot
I remember my wife wanted me to go see 'Contagion,' and I was like, 'Oh my God, why would I want to see that movie?'… — Steve Carell
President Bush gave me a tremendous opportunity to serve as the vice president. I enjoyed very much having the opportunity to be a part of… — Dick Cheney
When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law school.… — Amy Chua
My daddy wanted me to be a farmer; feel the smoothness of Alabama clay and become one of the first blacks in my town to… — John Henrik Clarke
When I broke my knee, no one cared how I was; they just wanted me to get better and come back to gymnastics to win… — Lavinia Agache
I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it. — Larry Bird
Eventually I lost interest in trying to control my life, to make things happen in a way that I thought I wanted them to be.… — Shakti Gawain
My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I… — Erica Jong
I wished that I could have been down there because Paul actually wanted me to do the tour with him, but then he realized that… — Eric Carr
I was looking to show people I could act. I was looking for something that would take me away from the whole hunk riding off… — Boris Kodjoe
My mother wanted me to take piano lessons, but I never wanted to, because that is something you have to learn, like you have to… — Ryo Kawasaki
Nobody wanted me. Scouts told me to go to school, to forget baseball. Coaches said, 'You're never going to make it.' I appreciated their honesty,… — Mike Piazza
When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do. — Thierry Henry
We looked at each other, and I could see in those big reddened eyes that he was not going to scream. He was full of… — Ernest Gaines
He always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I did...That's my biggest regret. — Mike Tyson
School failed me, and I failed the school. It bored me. The teachers behaved like Feldwebel (sergeants). I wanted to learn what I wanted to… — Albert Einstein
I decided to play tennis not because I wanted to be a professional player, but because my parents wanted me to get involved in something… — Jelena Jankovic

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