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"Man was not put on this planet to toil in the mud. Or the god who put us on this planet to toil in the mud is no god I want to have any part of. It's some kind of gnostic demon. It's some kind of cannibalistic demiurge that should be thoroughly renounced and rejected."
"I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me."
"I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions."
"I don't understand this whole thing about computers and the superhighway. Who wants to be in touch with all of those people?"
"When you're older you want to learn from other people."
"Biker chicks want the bad boy."
"I just want to work on things that are really hard, and when I'm not working on things that are really hard, I want to hang out with people I like to be with, and that's it."
"Why do we have to spend our lives striving to be something that we would never want to be, if we only knew what we wanted? Why do we waste our time doing things which... are just the opposite of what we were made for?"
"If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny."
"What do you want?' is too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer."
"You must find something you want to live for that's bigger than yourself - a mission - whether it's your children, a business, a non-profit, whatever. That pulls you to achieve, which is far more sustainable than to push yourself to. You can only push yourself for so long."
"I want to find that defining moment that you're satisfied and you've done what you want to do in your life."
"I'm reliable sources, I'll tell ya anything you want me to know."
"I want to become the player that the offense gameplans around, that the offense fears coming into the game."
"I know it's an artistic cliche, but every time I look at my past work, I want to projectile vomit."
"We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods."
"He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life is the way to this destination."
"Some pretend want of power to make a competent return; and you shall find in others a kind of graceless modesty, that makes a man ashamed of requiting an obligation, because it is a confession that he has received one."
"The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you're with wants to hear more even after the elevator ride is over."
"Marketers want to get their messages in front of you. They must get their messages in front of you, just to survive. The only problem is-do you really want more marketing messages?"
