- 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
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm gonna make what I want to make, and other people are gonna like what they're gonna like. It doesn't really matter.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.
- Said
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- Nov 07, 2020
I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.'
- Nov 07, 2020
I was watching Burt Reynolds movies when I was a kid, going, 'That's what I want to do.'
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
Steadman! Any guy that's got Oprah as a girlfriend, I mean that's a good dude. I want to talk to him.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want the pitcher to know he can't take a pitch off, or I'm going to damage him.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are interesting forms of difficulty, and there are unprofitable forms of difficulty. I mean, I enjoy some difficult poetry, but some of it is impenetrable and I actually wouldn't want to penetrate it if I could, perhaps.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's good not to make demands on the reader too early. But as the poem goes on, I want the journey of the poem to lead into some interesting places.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
He seems to want confrontation not only with the legislature and with the other elected officials, but he wants constant confrontation in order to be center stage on the television screen.
- Looks
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- Nov 07, 2020