- People
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- 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
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did 100 concerts in 2010 and I had a bit of a burn out at the end of the year. I was absolutely exhausted and didn't want to do it any more.
- Heaven
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never having to hoover, cook, clean or do any task I don't want to would be heaven.
- Prize
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don't have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team.
- Judge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each of us seems to have a main focus, a particular idea of practicality - a concept of 'what we want out of life' against which we judge our experiences.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we want from art is whatever is missing from the lives we are already living and making. Something is always missing, and so art-making is endless.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My kids have a great dad. I don't really want them to have a stepfather, and I don't think they do, either.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm ever lucky enough to be part of an awards tribute, I hope they play 'Muffin Top' in my little clip. That's how I want to be remembered.
- Judge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who wouldn't want to be an 'American Idol' judge? It's an awesome, awesome show.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know the rigors of network news. I didn't want to be jumping on an airplane twice a week. I didn't want to be tied to my pager and my cellphone.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I also want to thank Arizona citizens for their efforts at conserving energy last summer.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been very clear: I never want to be known just as somebody's girlfriend.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mum was a tremendous Anglo-Catholic. Very impressive, actually. She made me go to church for years - I still don't want to because of that.
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- Nov 07, 2020