Wanting Quotes

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But, I swear, they're turning Donna into Annie Hall this season. More ties. More suits. But they're also keeping her really motivated, ya know? Like,… — Laura Prepon
It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it. — George Orwell
There's nothing personal in it [THE SKRIKER]. I'm not ever inclined with any of the plays to say, This is about that, because plays are… — Caryl Churchill
Divine Providence is never wanting in things undertaken at Its command. Even though the whole world should rise up and destroy us, nothing could happen… — Vincent de Paul
Gods are but greater demons, the Cishaurim said, hungers across the surface of eternity, wanting only to taste the clarity of our souls. Can you… — R. Scott Bakker
We don't know that we've lost half a minute from our lives but we feel it somehow, we feel its absence. Something is missing, we… — Adam Gopnik
This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have… — Henry David Thoreau
After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but is often… — Leonard Nimoy
Managers who don't know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure. — Russell L. Ackoff
I know it sounds selfish, wanting to do something no one else has done. But that's what you're out here for - to separate yourself… — Jack Nicklaus
To everyone wanting a safe, untroubled, comfortable life free from danger, stay away from Jesus. The danger in our lives will always increase in proportion… — David Platt
The greatest danger in life is not taking chances. There are so many negative people wanting to grind you down, but you can't let them.… — Brian Blessed
Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying. — Stephan Pastis
I'll try to be what Father loves to call me, a 'little woman,' and not be rough and wild but do my duty here instead… — Louisa May Alcott
I am a socialist not because I think it is a perfect system, but half a loaf is better than no bread. The other system… — Swami Vivekananda
In America, the distance between wanting something and having it delivered to your living room is not terribly great. — Gary Shteyngart
We keep wanting to save those who are forlorn in this world. Itâ€™s a male habit. — Michael Ondaatje
If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. — Sylvia Plath
I used to hate doing color. I hated transparency film. The way I did color was by not wanting to know what kind of film… — Helmut Newton
The peoples of the Andes believe in the concept of 'living well' instead of wanting to 'live better' by consuming more, regardless of the cost… — Evo Morales

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