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A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.


Lionel Shriver

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OGDEN NASH It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. Bu...
KHALED HOSSEINI I think a lot of the guys I know and a lot of people I've talked to, what they want is very ofte...
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DALLY SALAD Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say ...
ANDY ROONEY the thing is you can get used to anything you think you cant you want to die but you dont you cant y...
ELIZABETH SCOTT In order to get what you want, you must first decide what you want. Most people really foul up at th...
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BRENT BROWN I think it's probably them worried more just about a very weak economy than whether it's a soft land...
JOSEPH LAVORGNA You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything....
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ANDY ROONEY You have to decide what you want first of all. The problem with so many people is that they do not k...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The problem for a lot of people is that they don't really know what they want. They have vague desir...
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DANA BRUNETTI When I'm with the children I get a feel for what I think they would get really excited about. If I s...
DIANE MEYERS People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether the...
JOHANN VON GOETHE I really wanted to set something up. People have questions about what I've been doing the past coupl...
APOLO OHNO "Always love people for who they are, not for whom you like them to be." ~ Tom Baker
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RICHELLE MEAD They don't seem to have a clue about what to do about TB - whether to cull badgers or whatever. Why ...
HENRY BLAKE … but you cant get all hung up on details when you are trying to survive…
SAPPHIRE We are surrounded with people who think that what we have been doing for that one-fortieth of a seco...
JOHN MCPHEE You will know that you are absolutely up for it when you think of others whether they get it.
EPHDAN Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they t...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER It is a lot of work for them but they rise to the occasion. They work so hard and really get that se...
LYNNLEA HOLDMAN I feel like I'm a professional storyteller, really. A lot of people say 'a truth teller,'...
BILLY HOWLE The people that win, they really have something special, they really enjoy it, they are in there for...
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ALFREDO GRIFFIN Honestly, it’s so easy to get what you want from people if they think you’re a psycho.
SOPHIE KINSELLA I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have such a huge impa...
ALDEN EHRENREICH Who cares what THEY think, what do YOU think? You can't control others' perception of you, so just b...
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ADRIAN WIGGINS You cant find outside what you dont have inside.
CARL HAMMERSCHLAG Everyone of them is staying, ... They dont want to go back. They have told me that.
AMY COLLINS There's a lot of demand for this type of online content since there are a lot of people that want to...
MICHAEL ATKINS A lot of people have a cough that doesn't go away, or go up and down stairs and get shortness of...
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ERROL FLYNN Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when th...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER I think they are really, really good, and I think they are intimidating with their long swimsuits. I...
MIKE LAM I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even ...
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LIONEL BARBER You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.
LIONEL MESSI The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.
LIONEL MESSI Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
LIONEL HAMPTON Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift.
LIONEL MESSI Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm...
LIONEL MESSI The post-war American newsroom resembled a vast factory churning out multiple editions through the n...
LIONEL BARBER Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond...
LIONEL HAMPTON I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it...
LIONEL RICHIE Our U.S. audience is composed of globally-minded Americans, an elite category, the ones who do have ...
LIONEL BARBER I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies.
LIONEL JOSPIN It's not so easy for us when we play teams who have a different mindset, like Chelsea or Inter M...
LIONEL MESSI You cannot beat the feeling of sitting on top of the charts. I had almost forgotten what it feels li...
LIONEL RICHIE I had the pleasure of seeing a real goddess today. She was her own definition of beauty. She was mag...
LIONEL SUGGS My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of t...
LIONEL BLUE A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture ...
LIONEL TRILLING There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way ...
LIONEL MESSI I repeat what I always say: I want the best for Argentina in every way. I never try to make trouble ...
LIONEL MESSI I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to ...
LIONEL MESSI My guess is the great majority of teachers would welcome a system where innovation is embraced, wher...
LIONEL SOSA Be proud of your Latino culture and do the best work you can do, and you will always succeed.
LIONEL SOSA The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.
LIONEL TRILLING I want to concentrate on winning things with Barcelona and Argentina. Then if people want to say nic...
LIONEL MESSI The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. Li...
LIONEL MESSI I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Arg...
LIONEL MESSI It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reitera...
LIONEL TRILLING