"I just wanted to perform, to sing, dance and act."
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"But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating."
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"I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else."
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"I never really wanted to be a model. But when the opportunity came, I grabbed it."
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"I've always wanted to be psychoanalyzed in a den of iniquity."
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"But from a distance. I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less."
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"When I was younger, I could eat whatever I wanted, as long as I exercised; or if I didn't exercise and just watched what I ate, I'd maintain. Now I have to do both."
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"I was always ambitious. I always wanted to be more than I was....I always wanted to be a movie actor."
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"I never wanted to be an actor."
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"I wanted the truth, and I wanted the news, and I'd be damned before I settled for anything less."
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"Everyone should say what they wanted. It saved time."
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"I never not wanted to be a singer. Since I was 3, I knew this was what I wanted to do. Well, I can't say I wanted to do it, but I fantasized and thought about it all the time. I never thought it would actually happen."
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"I really wanted to be a part of that movement or better yet create that movement."
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"My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author."
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"I've always wanted to be a dad."
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"I just didn't know what the heck I wanted to do with my life, so I drove out to California and got really lucky."
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"I decided at age 5 to start acting and I have never wanted to do anything else."
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"I just always wanted to stay busy."
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"I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known."
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