"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."
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"I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle."
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"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."
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"I wanted to be listened to. I don't know if they were or not, though."
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"I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work."
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"I hated being careful, too - or wanted to, at least."
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"I liked being a person. I wanted to keep at it."
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"Maybe this time she wanted to be found, and to be found by me."
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"I've never really been wanted."
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"I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen."
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"But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer."
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"I'm not 'Blockbuster Boy.' I never wanted to be. I wasn't looking for that."
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"The drama thing was something I've always wanted to do, but the opportunities are rare, and they have to be the right ones."
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"I've definitely always wanted to be the guy they tell, 'Here's the ball. Go do it.'"
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"As early as when I was five or six I wanted to perform."
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"I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well."
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"I always wanted to be a writer."
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"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."
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"I have not been the witness I wanted to be."
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