"Relief spilled into me. He wanted to live. He just didn't know how."
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"Catherine had never wanted comfort more, and he [Henry] looked as if he was aware of it."
"I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle."
"I feel like I've got an open mind as far as sounds, for me, as far as I'm concerned I just wanted to make music that had really good melodies."
"I wanted to be listened to. I don't know if they were or not, though."
"I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work."
"I hated being careful, too - or wanted to, at least."
"I liked being a person. I wanted to keep at it."
"Maybe this time she wanted to be found, and to be found by me."
"I've never really been wanted."
"I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen."
"But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer."
"I'm not 'Blockbuster Boy.' I never wanted to be. I wasn't looking for that."
"The drama thing was something I've always wanted to do, but the opportunities are rare, and they have to be the right ones."
"I've definitely always wanted to be the guy they tell, 'Here's the ball. Go do it.'"
"As early as when I was five or six I wanted to perform."
"I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well."
"I always wanted to be a writer."
"I think that most of us [writers] would rather have an audience than countless riches. If we wanted to be rich, we'd be doing smething else."
"I have not been the witness I wanted to be."