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You know, when you have a father who's pretty well known but you don't see him, the last thing you want to do is start talking about him all the time to people.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

Oh, I will always be honest with my music. The records are black boxes for me. Like if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. I've never let people's opinions affect the way I write.

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

If we rationalize our problems when He points them out, we will spend less and less time meditating because we won't want to face God in that area of our lives.

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.

What I want to do is to make sure that we fully repeal Obamacare. This will be one of the largest spending initiatives we will ever see in our country. And also, it will take away choice from the American people.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about.

If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.

I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.

Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.

If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married.

Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out of business over time. A newspaper is not a public trust - it has a business model that either works or it doesn't.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And I've got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit you're not listening to them.

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.

The polls are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. The polls are an attempt to not reflect public opinion, but to shape it. Yours. They want to depress the heck out of you.

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.

I see myself doing Harry Potter films as long as I'm enjoying it and as long as they are going to challenge me as an actor. I want to be an actor - it's my aspiration - so I want to do other films. I want to write something and I want to direct something!

Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.

Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights - that's every night. You hear a lot of police sirens, you hear a lot of gunfire. Things that you don't want your kids to hear growing up.

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.

I want my handbags and my shoes to be stylish but I want to make sure that they're versatile. I travel and I have to make sure the pieces I put into my bag can go with a dress or with shorts or jeans.

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.

If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.