"[on the secret to a happy, content life] Do you want to know what my secret is? I don’t mind what happens."
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"Enjoy all you have while pursuing all you want."
"If you want to be healthy study health... if you want to be wealthy, study wealth... if you want to be happy, study happiness."
"Don't sell out your virtue and your value for something you think you want. Judas got the money, but he threw it all away and hung himself because he was so unhappy with himself."
"It's up to the people. If they really want to keep it going, they'll keep it going... they'll appreciate the music."
"If you want to reach the infinite, then explore every aspect of the finite."
"Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope."
"I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians."
"You want stealth? Be a rogue in 'World of Warcraft'."
"I don’t mind getting smacked on the chin. I just don’t want to get nibbled to death. There’s a difference."
"The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard."
"Nobody wants to see sketch comedy that's the same sketch they've seen time and time again, or that's just a rehash of that thing."
"What a writer wants to do is not what he does."
"Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live."
"Yes, God does expect us to live holy, consecrated lives. But not even the best of our intentions can make it happen. Thankfully, He doesn't expect us to make ourselves holy. He just wants us to learn to depend on Him to make us holy."
"Everyone wants to be an overcomer, but nobody wants anything to overcome."
"God wants us to be totally dependent on Him, and suffering seems to bring us to that point."
"It's certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire."
"Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything."
"I want to hold a CD I didn't burn. I hate burnt CDs."