"Whenever you are immersed in compulsive thinking, you are avoiding what is. You don't want to be where you are. Here, Now."
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"You must always know what it is that you want."
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"To want to understand is an attempt to recapture something we have lost."
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"If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process."
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"We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be in control. And when the government erodes that control, we are not comfortable."
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"An artist, to achieve anything in art, has to finally do the thing that nobody else wants to do and nobody else has thought to do."
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"What are you gonna do for a face when the baboon wants his ass back?"
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"I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it"
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"I use my fame now when I want to help a cause or other people."
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"I hate myself on the screen. I want to die ... my voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet.... I'd love to be tall and willowy ... I'm short."
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"You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people."
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"Jodie Foster did it, Natalie Portman did it. I think it's entirely possible to juggle university with filming... I actually think going to university will make me a better actress. The experience of living like that, working to deadlines, living with other students. It's all the things I want. There are actresses who don't know about things like doing their own laundry and getting a bus. I'm not going to be like that. For me, this is just the beginning. I've only shown a little bit of what I can do. There is so much more to come."
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"First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do."
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"To be loved because of one's merit, because one deserves it, always leaves doubt; maybe I did not please the person whom I want to love me, maybe this, or that - there is always a fear that love could disappear."
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"Anything I want comes into place."
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"If you want it and expect it, it will be yours very soon."
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"I want to be freed neither from human beings, nor from myself, nor from nature; for all these appear to me the greatest of miracles."
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"I want to take advantage of any popularity I have."
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"The easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want."
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"Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, "God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?""
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