"Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do."
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"Its easy to know what you want to say, but not to say it"
"Life isn't what you want it to be, it's what you make it become."
"Want what you have and you will always get what you want."
"Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing."
"Happiness isn't about getting what you want all the time; it's about loving what you have."
"Start doing what you want to do, and everything else will be revealed to you."
"Never believe anyone who tells you that you don't deserve what you want."
"Forget the audience, make what you want to see"
"Know what you want - and get it"
"Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel."
"Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like."
"Always do what you like, do what you want, and try your best to be happy."
"I don't have to be what you want me to be."
"You can only bite off so much, so you gotta know what you want to do."
"If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace."
"You are free to do what you want, but you are not free to want what you want."
"Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do."
"Remember, it's Ok to get what you want from life."
"Words can never really help you say, what you want them to anyway. And words can never really help you see, what you really want to be."
"The space for what you want is already filled with what you settled for instead."