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"The threat is that the public will know what the government is up to. Any system of power is going to want to keep free from public surveillance, that's natural. Its shouldn't be but, its very natural."
"We have to be irrational and vindictive, because that's going to frighten people. And we have to maintain this for years. And then we'll be able to carry out the actions that we want to carry out."
"Luckily for [Barack] Obama, the Russians came along and rescued him with this proposal [to confiscate Assad's chemical weapons] which he quickly accepted - it was a way out of the embarrassment of facing likely defeat. They still have the option of bombing if they want to. And incidentally, to add one comment about this, you'll notice that this would be a very good moment to institute a call for imposing the Chemical Weapons Convention on the Middle East."
"I'm doing more than just making songs for the radio. I want it to be a well rounded sounding experience."
"A guy should be a guy. You don't want him to be too... shiny."
"Sometimes I think I want to get 'hair and make up' every day, but that's just not possible."
"I like someone who can take the reins, who knows what they want and is strong with me."
"I try not to diet because it never really works for me, if I tell myself I can't eat something then I tend to want to eat everything in sight."
"I want all of my songs to do well whether I've written them or not."
"People would ask me, "what do you want to be when you're older?" and I'd be like, "a singer," and they'd be like, "what do you really want to be?" and I'd be like, "oh, I really want to be a singer.""
"I'm not a loud, extravagant person; I'm never going to be that and, to be honest, I don't want to be like that."
"Every performer wants to sing live. That's what I live for."
"After a while, if you are sufficiently bored or unemployed, you may want to read it from cover to cover."
"If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you."
"I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my movies."
"I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role."
"I never thought I could travel unless I had a wife or someone to share it with. You don't necessarily need that, but I am the type of person that wants to share a lot."
"I don't want to die. Damn death. Long live life."
"The mind resorts to reason for want of training."
"I did not know that mankind was suffering for want of gold."
