What You Want quotes
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"Everything is generated through your own will power. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do. This is a democracy. You go where you want to go and do what you want to do."
"What you need and what you want aren't the same things."
"Love and do what you want. If you stop talking, you will stop talking with love; if you shout, you will shout with love; if you correct, you will correct with love."
"I'll play what you want or I won't play at all."
"You don't get what you want in life. You get who you are."
"But you don't always get what you want;,you get what you get"
"Do not be 'against' anything. Being 'against' weakens you. Be 'for' what you want. Being 'for' empowers you."
"Anytime you start a sentence with 'I am,' you are creating what you are and what you want to be."
"You have to first experience what you want to express"
"Who gets to decide what you want?"
"Ask for 100% of what you want 100% of the time."
"Why should I want what's good for me?' Beatrice asked him, smiling. 'Is that what you want for yourself - only what's good for you?"
"Do what you don’t want to do to get what you want to get."
"Find what you want. I will find you."
"What you want is one thing, and what you cannot really obtain is another."
