"Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy."
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"I always say that, like a scientist or anyone, you always want to be the problem-solver. You feel like, if you solve the greatest mystery or the greatest problem, then that makes you brilliant. It's the same thing with an actress. You want to be able to really tackle a character and make it a fully-dimensional human being who is complicated, funny and all the things that a person could be."
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"I really don't advise a woman who wants to have things her own way to get married"
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"I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it’ll make sense."
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"I want to see you shoot the way you shout."
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"Wealth and want equally harden the human heart..."
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"I want to see an open and tolerant society here in the United Kingdom, I want to see a country that works for everyone whatever their background."
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"My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it…. I am proud of the fact that I have never invented weapons to kill…."
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""What do women want?" "They eat green salad and drink human blood.""
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"I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag. There's no fun in that."
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"The best plan now is to have as many bosses as possible. I call it boss diversity. If you work for a company and you have one boss and that boss doesn't like you or wants to get rid of you, you're in trouble. But if you work for yourself, you have lots of bosses, who are your customers, and if a few of them decide they don't like you, that's okay."
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"I want to leave behind me the name of a fellow who never bullied a little boy, or turned his back on a big one."
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"If you want to have a spiritual life you must unify your life. A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all."
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"People don't want to be millionaires - they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy."
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"The point of fashion is that you take the picture you want. And fashion is the only photography that allows fantasy, and I'm a fantasist."
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"Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure."
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"Not becoming 'something' scares me the most. I just want to be remembered for something great."
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"The person who is motivated by necessity is interested in what's known and what's secure. The person who is motivated by possibility is equally interested in what's not known. He wants to know what can evolve, what opportunities might develop."
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"If you learn to condition yourself you can change anything you want in your life."
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"You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want using whatever life gives you along the way."
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