"Doubt is invariably the result of want or weakness of faith."
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"With my meager knowledge of my own religion I do not want to belong to any religious body"
"If I put my mind to something and really want it, I'll go after it and get it."
"I'm a woman, and every woman wants to be skinnier - unfortunately."
"I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse."
"We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!"
"History shows that when any state intends to make war against another state, even not adjacent, it begins to seek for frontiers across which it can reach the frontiers of the state it wants to attack. Usually, the aggressive state finds such frontiers."
"You know, the radio never wanted you to speak about anything, so the music is kinda influenced by the hands of the radio which wants to homogenize it and dilute it and sanitize it. And for the most part, nobody's takin' the time to seek out the cats that are still tryin' to talk, so they have a difficult time being heard."
"You want the industry to finally admit that you're good. But I'm still good without their admission."
"I always say the movie came out good if they want another one. That always tells me that people really liked the movie."
"I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good."
"It's similar to the way you feel cuddling an infant or a kitten, when you want to squeeze it so hard you'd kill it."
"I don't know any more about the future than you do. I hope that it will be full of work, because I have come to know by experience that work is the nearest thing to happiness that I can find. . . I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death."
"want won't kill you half as quick as worry will."
"You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life because if you are not, life will drive you."
"I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible."
"Do what you want to do, when you want to do it ... and not a moment sooner."
"I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat."
"I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at."
"Wisdom consists in knowing what not to want as well as what to want."