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I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.
RUBEN STUDDARD I don't feel like I've hit my stride. So I wonder what the moment will be when I get to be w...
ANNA TORV I don't have a visa for the U.S., and I don't want to apply for one. And I don't want to...
JEAN-LUC GODARD if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI I'm sure there's a long list of one-time all-stars, and I don't want to be on it.
DEMAR DEROZAN I don't want to be one of those guys where I go there and wait a long time before I become a sta...
FREDDY ADU I don't want to be linked to anything negative. I don't want negative energy. I want everyth...
KENDRA WILKINSON I'm all about leaving a legacy behind and trying to cement myself as one of the greats. I don...
CHAD LE CLOS I don't want the All-Star Game to be a one-time thing.
REGGIE LEWIS I am not a fake. I am natural. I am just being Caster. I don't want to be someone I don't wa...
CASTER SEMENYA I'm sure there will come a time when I won't be able to, you know, walk around so easy somet...
FRANK DILLANE A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung...
PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE I don't want music to be a job for me; I want it to be something I'm doing for fun. As long ...
ASTRO I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.
CALLAN MCAULIFFE I want to be a great player. I don't want to play for the money. I don't want to play for fa...
GAINES ADAMS I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as po...
PATTI SMITH I don't want people following me around, everywhere I go, people talking to me and stuff. I don&...
ZACK GREINKE I don't want to be entertained. I don't want visuals or musicals. I don't want a vacatio...
ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want t...
PAT SUMMITT Be who you want to be not what others think you should be.
BILAL SAIF Because I want to be remembered.
SHERMAN ALEXIE As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don...
PATRICK DEWITT I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable.
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS A lot of people, they want you to be a one-hit wonder.
SWAE LEE Money can't heal your heart. Money can't give you purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I...
NICK VUJICIC I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes...
ARUNDHATI ROY I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just wa...
PRINCESS DIANA I don't want to be Carrie Bradshaw. I don't want the wedding to be bigger than Big. I'm ...
NIECY NASH I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood.
ERIC CANTONA I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to ...
PATRICIA HIGHSMITH I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I...
DAN HILL I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
JACK MA I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE I don't want to sound too carried away, but from what I've seen, 'Bingo Long' is goi...
BILLY DEE WILLIAMS They all want you to make a movie for under a million dollars, which I don't want to. I don'...
JOHN WATERS I don't want to be a bust.
MALIK JACKSON I want to be a big, fleshy voluptuous woman with curves. I want a big bum, but I don't have one.
CAMERON DIAZ Now ballads, I can mess around and get up on somebody on a ballad. People ain't seen it yet, but...
JAMIE FOXX I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.
AUDREY HEPBURN I don't want to be normal. I want to be something else.
BEN CASNOCHA When I write, I wear earplugs. I don't want to be self-conscious. I don't want to be thinkin...
MIRANDA JULY I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one.
ERIC MASKIN I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.
ROGERS HORNSBY To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don...
YAYA TOURE I want to be around for a long time. I want this to be a career. I want to sing like Tony Bennett. I...
MICHAEL BUBLE Don't ever rope me in as a late-night talk show host. I don't want to be one.
CRAIG FERGUSON I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.
MIGUEL CABRERA I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. M...
MARIAH CAREY I don't want to be 'box-office girl,' but I don't want to be 'that indie girl...
KIRSTEN DUNST I really don't want to be a hunk.
JOHN MAYER I don't want to be a fulfilled woman.
MARY DALY I can't tell if I want to be a rapper who's funny because I kind of enjoy just doing really ...
AWKWAFINA I don't want to be left in the past. When I stand next to Kylie, Beyonce or Rihanna, I don't...
LULU For now I'm just enjoying being a mom. I don't want to be more famous and more rich. I want ...
JEWEL I don't want to be known just as 'Carrot Top.' I don't always want to be this crazy,...
CARROT TOP People say, 'He doesn't want to be a spokesperson for the gay community.' I do, of cours...
SAM SMITH I will never be a millionaire, and I don't want to be.
ADOLFO CAMBIASO I don't want to be a full-time member of Pink Floyd all my life.
DAVID GILMOUR I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchor...
AARON MCGRUDER I don't want to be famous. I want to tell stories.
CARRIE COON I don't want to be famous for being famous.
KELLI O'HARA If you don’t have a goal and don’t know where you want to be and when you want be there. You are...
AHMED ALI ANJUM I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I jus...
DAN MARINO I don't want to be a reality retro star.
BRET MICHAELS I don't want to be a Major League coach.
BARRY BONDS Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily.
DOROTHY DAY I don't want to be known as the one who makes movies for older people.
NANCY MEYERS I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do ...
ADELE I've been making music for a long time, but I've been waiting to do it right, because I don&...
EVAN ROSS It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go on a diet, I don't want to eat a Ca...
ADELE Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is.
LJUPKA CVETANOVA I don't need to be vindicated, and I don't want attention.
RAY BRADBURY The thing is, I don't want to be sold to when I walk into a store. I want to be welcomed.
ANGELA AHRENDTS I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little o...
FRED ASTAIRE I don't want to be just known for the way I dress. I want to be known for how I play, how I trea...
RICKIE FOWLER I haven't had that one great love, which is good. I don't want that to be in the past - I wa...
TAYLOR SWIFT I don't want to be an oldies act, kind of dragging around on the road just for the money.
ROGER MCGUINN Wealth is just consistency... I don't want to be rich. I want to be wealthy.
QUAVO I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want a...
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
ARTHUR ASHE So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for each year. I don't want no di...
PATTI LABELLE I want to be free to be any version of me I feel like being. I don't want to be McDonald's t...
DIERKS BENTLEY I want to show that we all have the right to be ourselves, and I certainly don't want to freeze ...
ERIN O'CONNOR I always want to be the best and if I can't, I don't want to run.
EVELYN ASHFORD I don't want to wake up and be bored. That's probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to...
TOM BRADY I don't want to be known as the black model. I want to be recognized as Chanel Iman, a personali...
CHANEL IMAN I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion.
ROCKY MARCIANO I haven't had the most lucrative career. If I'm going to be completely honest, I'm a one...
STEVE FORBERT I'm a rich man, but I don't want to be a miser.
CHEN GUANGBIAO I will not read the last page of novels first," I said, and then punched myself in the face.
"...
BRANDON SANDERSON I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we ...
RACHEL ZOE I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
YOUNG THUG I don't want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real!
RICKY MARTIN I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
ERNST FISCHER I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys.
BOB SEGER I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people.
ZOE WANAMAKER I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
KOBE BRYANT I don't want to be stinky poo poo girl, I want to be happy flower child.
DREW BARRYMORE I want to be able to have a conversation with people. I don't want to be stupid. I'd like to...
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