"And then came human beings; humans wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to."
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"I did learn what I didn't know I wanted to know."
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"We didn't have another choice but to do what we did, if we wanted to be accepted, because we weren't counted as human beings."
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"I'd come to the point where I wasn't really putting out creatively. I didn't seem to have anything to say in that period of time after the '74 tour. There was nothing definite that I wanted to record."
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"I wanted to find out why I wasn't getting off on what I was doing and try and make some sense out of the evolution of it."
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"From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted."
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"I never wanted to be a professional artist; I think that's limiting."
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"I wanted more firsts with Tod. But all I had left was a handful of lasts."
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"She wanted us to have more than five choices. Now we have none."
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"It was not in me It came and went I wanted to hold it It was held by wine (I no longer know what it was)"
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"I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head."
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"I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy."
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"Every man is wanted, and no man is wanted much."
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"i'm going to marry you. i thought you'd like to know in case you wanted to buy a dress or something."
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"Money doesn't buy happiness, Gytha." "I only wanted to rent it for a few weeks!"
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"Coming close to what you thought you wanted can help you attain what you never dreamed you could."
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"I wanted to only collab with women for Lovers Holiday."
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"I've never met an American who wanted to build an empire."
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"I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that."
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"I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted."
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