- Nov 07, 2020
Want Quotes
On desire, ambition and the pull of what we want.
These quotes cover a range of wants: professional ambitions, creative goals, and the pressure to keep meeting requests from others once some success arrives. For more on ambition, see our Just quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of comics fly by the seat of their pants, and they pride themselves on being witty, quick, and off-the-cuff. That's not my show. I wrote a show, and I want to do the show I wrote. I'm not interested in what the audience has to say.
- Burden
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to thank the American people - on both sides of the aisle - for years of financial, diplomatic, and military support, and for helping us carry the burden of defense.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Dad looked at football players, he would take them in his own image. That's what he grew up around; that's what he was when he was a master sergeant in the Korean War. That's what I took, and that's what I want on my football team.
- Tell
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to be an actress when I was younger - not even when I was older, to tell you the truth.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to record anything unless it can be great and genuinely interesting.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of performers don't want to leave the circuit, the European opera house circuit, partly because most singers don't sing many concerts, or at least not while they are in their prime.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any CEO would want to know what people say about his product anywhere in the world.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually started as a director, but then I saw Mark Ruffalo in 'You Can Count on Me,' and I thought to myself, 'I want to do that.'
- Batter
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are at least three kinds of advantages that the pitcher and batter contest. There's the physical advantage, the strategic advantage, and also the psychological advantage. I didn't want two out of three. I wanted them all.
- Nov 07, 2020
You don't want to bring attention to yourself; you want to bring attention to the team.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020