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Every dollar I can't commit to my company that's paid in taxes is paying a government that I believe is too big and doing way too much that I don't want done.
I'd like to think I did well. I'd like to think that, if I had a must-win game, the guys I played with would want me to have the ball. But no, I don't think I deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.
I thought, if I write a book that is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, it's not going to mean that I will not get any criticism. I might as well write the book that I want to write.
I'm not afraid of writing about sensitive subjects, but I want to be careful how I do so and I know not all readers will think I have been, of course.
No one tells me what they think because they're either intimidated by me, or they don't want to upset me.
The terms socialist and communist are mostly about describing the world we want after capitalism, and I think they are both important.
I think for love to work you have to be with someone who you want to talk to before going to bed at night.
With a woman, a man always wants to let himself go. And it is precisely with a woman that he should never let himself go ... but stick to his innermost belief and meet her just there.
And woman is the same as horses: two wills act in opposition inside her. With one will she wants to subject herself utterly. With the other she wants to bolt, and pitch her rider to perdition.
Damon Scares me,' Maggie said. 'Maybe you should do what he wants.' 'Can't.' 'Why not?' 'Because he killed me. That kind of pisses me off
You don't have to forego education to do anything. Even if you want to go to the NBA, you should read.
Influence means power, and I don't want that. Whatever happens, here we do our own thing and put it out there for people to take or leave. We're not doing anything to influence them.
Infinite altruism is the basis of peace and happiness. If you want altruism, you must control hate and you must practice patience. The main teachers of patience are our enemies.
Since we became Buddhist, we have lived in peace with them. We did not invade them. We did not want them to invade us. We have never declared war on China.
Climate change involves fundamental choices about how we want to live and what kind of world we want.
On my reading of history people who want to bring us the best are usually the people we ought to be afraid of.
We live in a world in which everyone wants solutions. But we can't find solutions if we don't understand the problems, and we can't understand the problems without knowing how we got here.
The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.
What have we heard from Republican voters? They want somebody that's new, they want somebody that's fresh. They don't want an establishment.
If you go through life and actually get to find out the thing you want to do, you're very lucky.
I'm not an academic, but I'm someone who has a great passion for science and wants to convey the idea that science is for everyone.
If people want to legalize a particular relationship, we need to be careful if that kind of relationship has been disapproved for millennia.
There's the people who have one of these cell phones in their pockets and don't have a clue how it's made. But I really want to understand.
I need a girl who will put me in my place, but I also want to laugh and have a good time.
When you're a writer and you're a producer, traditionally the junkets are really focused on the beautiful people and nobody wants to talk to you.
If you ever go bar hopping, who do you want to take with you? You want a slightly uglier version of yourself. Similar ... but slightly uglier.
When I'm on stage I don't say anything. The last thing I want to do is share my thoughts. I don't know if that's mysterious - maybe it's just old fashioned.
Force a hand, the voice warned, and it will fight you. But convince a mind to think as you want it to think, and you have an ally.
I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I would want to read. And I put on the blinders, and I really - it is, for me, that simple.
I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
I just wanted to make a record that wasn't escapism. Like, I didn't want to write another record that was devoid of meaningful content.
I think people tune in to watch a football game because they want to watch a football game. If they wanted to watch a stand-up comedy show on HBO, that's where they'd go
No task is too big or too small for God. He cares for us. He wants the best for us. More importantly He just wants us to include Him in our lives by trusting in Him.
In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.
I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.
I think I have a passion for playing the game. I love to play, and I want to play at a high level. You have to do the right things in order to continue at that level.
I think actors like to be directed. Actors like to know where they're headed and what they want, so I'm very encouraging.
Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book and look for the money.
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.
