"Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another."
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"Whatever is the lot of humankind I want to taste within my deepest self. I want to seize the highest and the lowest, to load its woe and bliss upon my breast, and thus expand my single self titanically and in the end go down with all the rest."
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"Painting predicates what man wants to see, and what man ought to see, not what he ordinarily sees."
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"I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love."
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"Painting is really good fun, I have always enjoyed it. As long as I paint what I want with the freedom that I enjoy, I never tire."
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"I take myself seriously and want my image to me more than just something aesthetically suited towards selling records."
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"I want to minimize the deaths I am responsible for."
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"He may be a malevolent sorcerer, but Tiny Cooper is his own goddamned man, and if he wants to be a gigantic skipper, then that's his right as a huge American."
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"And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absence of her would hurt more than any breakup ever could."
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"I tried--I swear I tried. But you didn't want to hear what I was saying, and I used that as an excuse to let it go on."
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"That's why people grow weary of listening to Dumpees obsess over their troubles: getting dumped is predictable, repetitive, and boring. They want to stay friends; they feel smothered; it's always them and it's never you; and afterward, you're devastated and their relieved; it's over for them and just starting for you."
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"he is both the source of my happiness and the one i want to share it with. i have to believe that’s a sign."
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"You don't want romantic advice from me, you want romantic advice from Edward Cullen. I completely understand but he is completely unavailable right now and I'll tell you why. He doesn't exist."
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"Frankly, I kind of want you to be haunted by the unansweredness of the question, because I think being haunted by such things is a valuable part of being a person."
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"Did I help you to a fate you didn't want?"
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"We have this habit of romanticizing the lives of writers. I remember when I was a kid, I was like, 'I want to be Kurt Vonnegut.'"
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"The best things in life are free, but you can keep them for the birds and bees; I want money."
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"All I want is the truth, just give me some truth"
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"I don't want to grow up but I'm sick of not growing up - that way. I'll find a different way of not growing up. There's a better way of doing it than torturing your body."
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"I didn't leave the Beatles. The Beatles have left the Beatles, but no one wants to be the one to say the party's over."
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