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I do not believe in confining children to things they understand. They want, and they need, the thing they do not understand.

The American movement, Tea Party, whatever you want to call it, I think that is a very hopeful moment for the country and, I know, we really are the community organizers, are we not?

Every girl on TV, in real life, sure you want to meet that soul mate and fall in love and have the big thing, but until that happens, you gotta kiss a lot of frogs.

Everyone has the right to go on a vacation without kids if they want.

If you truly love someone, then the only thing you want for them is to be happy....even if its not with you.

Lord knows, I never want to waste any more of my time in mirrors.

This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to become warriors.

Oh, don't be silly - EVERYONE wants this. Everyone wants to be *us*.

I always believed, right from the beginning, if you're going to do something, do it the best. If you're going to work, you want to enjoy it-make a product that you really enjoy selling or owning.

I will never eat fish eyeballs, and I do not want to taste anything commonly kept as a house pet, but otherwise I am a cinch to feed.

Writing a book is quite an undertaking and I wouldn't want to do it just to do it.

The more you have, the more people want to use you and damage you.

Sometimes if you want to know for sure whether the stove is hot, the only way to find out is to touch it.

If I have a last wish, I want to remember you. In an aimless life, to not even have those memories would be hell.

People want economy, and they'll pay any price to get it.

The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that.

I am persuaded there is no such thing after all as a perfect enjoyment of solitude; for the more delicious the solitude the more one wants a companion.

It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants.

Ask yourself, what makes my book so different? So interesting? Don’t write to be a best seller. Write for and from your heart, not your wallet. Write something you want to be remembered by.

People write music, and the music is out there for people to interpret it how they want to.

Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing.

Curious how often you Humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.

I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.

The real difference between those who want to write and those that do, is that those that do get up every day and do it.

Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way.

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist.

Nothing but love can answer to love; no affection, no kindness, no care, can supply its place: it is its own sweet want.

If you're going to pick a book and you want to base a system of government around it, why not 'Harry Potter?'

These ballot initiatives remind us that America is the land where people are free to dream whatever they want, so long as that dream doesn't make Midwesterners feel icky!

It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.

In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us.

I'm my own person, and people can say whatever they want. I'm still going to be the person that I am.

The fact that it's science fiction gives you the license to do anything you want to do.

I dare say there may be some men and women in the Armed Forces who are so decent that they would say: Give the Iraqi people money, we do not want to be paid back. That is the strength of our country.

Skiing takes so much out of me, and when I start a family, I want to do it 100%.

If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system.

Life is never easy so that is why I never lie about my age. I want credit for every damned year.

One thing I really want to explore is writing.

I've been chased through airports with a screaming baby because the photographers are ruthless, and they want the picture.

Wonder what customers really want? Ask. Don't Tell.

Almost all negative moods are missing one key element - calm. By learning calm, you learn to deal with difficult areas. Calm allows us to achieve what we want, without being overwhelmed by anxiety.

I don't believe in having regrets. I believe everything happens for a reason even when we don't want it to happen. Every high and every low moment has a lesson waiting for you to find it.

Yo, play me with a handshake. Say "What's up, L.L.? Good Luck." That's all. That's all I want. I don't want you to kiss my feet. That ain't necessary. Just give me respect.

I do not know what you are supposed to do with memories likes these. It feels wrong to want to forget. Perhaps this is why we write these things down, so we can move on.

Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.

Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

When you're Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody.

I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and go to bed.

I know what it's like to have a bunch of material that's working that you don't care about. You want to die.