Wanted Me Quotes

377 Wanted Me quotes by 330 unique authors

I never got to be in the driver's seat of my own life," she'd wept to me once, in the days after she learned she… — Cheryl Strayed
My parents didn't want me to be a regular in a series. I was a working actor from time to time but they thought was… — Harry Shearer
I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt … she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and… — Ella Fitzgerald
I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be. — Natalie Wood
Well, my parents originally wanted me to become a doctor - that's why I was in school; I was pre-med, and I graduated with a… — Steven Yeun
My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy, — Etta James
I went to high school in Texas for one year, my senior year. My parents wanted me to get out of Stockholm because I was… — Joel Kinnaman
He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him. — Bob Crosby
My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because… — Randy Travis
It's taken folk a while to come around, hasn't it? Even the boys in the band weren't too sure about the whole art thing. They… — Ronnie Wood
They wanted me to play more sports because they were acutely sensitive to their children being one hundred percent American, and they believed that all… — Martin Lewis Perl
Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without some… — Stuart Symington
New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all… — Barbara Cook
She (my ex-wife) wanted me to stop being Evel Knievel. I am who I am. I'm not going to change. I'll settle down the day… — Evel Knievel
My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school. — Levon Helm
When I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn't want any rich man. — Marianne Faithfull
I was a very defiant child, and my father encouraged that. He wanted me to be as wild and creative as possible and didn't believe… — Sadie Frost
The last I heard from my destiny, it wanted me to make a legal U-Turn at my next opportunity. — Robert Breault
It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what I preferred instead.… — Julian Barnes
They told me that they are starting a classic label, and wanted me to be the first artist. So I signed, and am producing myself,… — Teena Marie
Thankfully, I was able to go to Marquette University and get my education, a Catholic education, so I could please my family, because I think… — Danny Pudi
I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. I lived in Grand Blanc, Michigan for a year and that's when I got involved in acting and… — Evan Peters
I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly… — Archie Panjabi
When Jack White called and wanted me to do a video and play mandolin with The Raconteurs, I didn't know anything about The Raconteurs at… — Ricky Skaggs
My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant. — Bruno Tonioli

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