"The last thing I want is to be (in a film role) is obvious, direct and offensive."
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"If you want to create a memorable company, you have to fill your company with memorable people."
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"Some of us want the crown before the cross."
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"You swore you'd never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realise He's not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say, do you want to make a deal How does it feel"
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"If you want to be right-sized in body, you've got to get rid of the supersize way of life."
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"When you smoke (ganja) you don't want to war."
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"Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence."
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"You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft."
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"If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity."
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"The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.'"
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"I want to spit in the face of these badlands."
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"I'm persuaded that if most people saw what I see on a regular basis, they would want change."
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"Dare to be the adults we want our children to be."
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"For if you know what you want, and will be content with it, you can be trusted. But if you do not know, your desires are limitless and no one can tell how to deal with you. Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment."
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"You will never get to the irreducible definition of anything because you will never be able to explain why you want to explain, and so on. The system will gobble itself up."
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"Organized people are just too lazy to go looking for what they want."
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"Of all the communities available to us, there is not one I would want to devote myself to except for the society of the true seekers, which has very few living members at any one time."
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"I'm the kind of person who does not want to be anywhere that I'm not wanted."
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"A man of science doesn't discover in order to know, he wants to know in order to discover."
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"I want to return to the NBA this season, and help any team that wants me, in any capacity that they feel that I can help. I'm disappointed."
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