"If you act like you know what you're going, you can do anything you want - except neurosurgery."
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"What would happen if we could arrange the atoms one by one the way we want them?"
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"We are America; we don't torture. And the moment that is not the case, I want off the train."
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"When you want to change things, you won't please everyone."
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"We have been so patient and loyal ... and what has it gotten us? We want our full share now."
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"I just want to creatively grow and be inspired. I don't want to do anything generic or dumb."
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"I just want to work, and learn from people I respect and admire."
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"As soon as a woman re- fuses to be perfectly happy doing housework eight hours a day, society has a tendency to want to do a lobotomy on her."
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"You," Said Dr. Yavitch, "are a middle-road liberal, and you haven't the slightest idea what you want. I, being a revolutionist, know exactly what I want -- and what I want now is a drink."
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"I'm not a method guy. I can't be bothered to have a method. I just want to be a part of a good movie and I can't stand to be surrounded by morons."
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"When all combine in every way to make everything easier, people will want difficulty. I conceived it as my task to make difficulties everywhere."
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"If you want to be a rich person... don't let the poor person inside of you do your talking."
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"Whatever you want in life, you've got to give away first."
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"So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there's going to be life after sports."
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"Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do."
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"When you want to court a woman, court her sister first"
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"But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this."
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"It's funny how close the past is, sometimes. Sometimes it seems as if you could almost reach out and touch it. Only who really wants to?"
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"She nods. You're good for the ones you love. You want to be good for the ones you love, because you know that your time with them will end up being too short, no matter how long it is."
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"I don't want The Cure to fizzle out doing 45-minute shows of greatest hits. That would be awful for our legacy."
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