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I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.


Patti Smith

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RUBEN STUDDARD I want to stay here for as long as possible.
STEVEN GERRARD if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore, I want t...
MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI As long as I can still be productive. As long as they want me here. I don't plan to leave.
CAL CAMARA I don't think that's a good idea. We want to be as open as possible about everything.
CHARLOTTE RAUP I don't want to be just a straight pop singer. I'm a vocalist and that's what I want to be seen as i...
CHRISTINA AGUILERA A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung...
PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE I want to point out in the clearest possible terms that long-term peace and stability in the Balkans...
RICHARD HOLBROOKE As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
DAN RATHER 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 If all goes well we would like to open up as soon as possible. It's been a long time coming. We just...
KATHY MIDDLECAMP I have no other aspirations. I firmly believe in this position as long as people want me to do this ...
ERIC WEIS I want to be as gracious and thankful as I can because it has been a long road.
MAREN MORRIS I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time...
MICHAEL PHELPS Be who you want to be not what others think you should be.
BILAL SAIF Because I want to be remembered.
SHERMAN ALEXIE I want to act for a really long time, but eventually I want to be a Marine and fly F-18s or train an...
CAYDEN BOYD Almost everything can be tolerated - as long as we don’t know what we want.
VIKRANT PARSAI I see $15 as a possible turning point. In the short term it could be a top for this rally, but I wou...
JEFFREY RHODES I want to be like a Christy Turlington, still doing my craft and still killing it. I want longevity ...
KENDALL JENNER I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken serio...
EMINEM Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo...
GERMANY KENT I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thin...
ELLIE GOULDING I want to be a thorn in his side. Every day he comes into court I want him to see me. I'll be thinki...
ELIZABETH GOTTLIEB I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young ch...
HARRISON FORD I did want to be Joni Mitchell for quite a long time.
VAL MCDERMID I want to try and be as involved in the art of filmmaking as possible. I feel that the only way to r...
JOE SWANBERG As long as everything is exactly the way I want it.. I'm totally flexible.
ANONYMOUS As a kid, that was my dream. I always said that's where I want to be, in the middle of the madness. ...
MATT BRAEUER Once you really understand your role... that's why I think actors get lost in a series. Everybod...
C. THOMAS HOWELL I see myself doing Harry Potter films as long as I'm enjoying it and as long as they are going t...
DANIEL RADCLIFFE My preference would be to start as early as possible. I get extremely nervous. I can't eat all day l...
VALERIE FLEMING Will you be?” I asked, suddenly anxious. “Will you really be here?”
“As long as you wan...
STEPHENIE MEYER You can be anything you want to be, as long as you believe in yourself.
MICHELLE WORTHINGTON A father - son transplant would have the best chance for success, and I want to keep my dad around a...
DARREN LINDSEY 'I don't want to grow up,' Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as l...
JASON NEWSTED I just want to be able to sit on grass as long as I want to, without anybody telling me to leave. Ev...
FRANKA POTENTE To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD I want to commit as soon as possible, ... I want to get it over with. It's everything. It's the call...
TOM HANSEN I want to be creative in as many different environments as possible, whether it's doing film sco...
FLUME 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 want to go out on top, and above all I want to spend a lot of time with Patti and the kids, and I ...
RUSTY WALLACE I want to be the best race horse around when I grow up, Mama.
You can be, Charlie, as long as y...
DEANIE HUMPHRYS-DUNNE A lot depends on our first launch, ... Even though I really want to launch as soon as possible, I do...
ELON MUSK The tennis calendar is incredibly long, so it's normal to go through ups and downs, and you want...
KYLE EDMUND As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I wa...
JACK MA I don't really want to retire. I intend to go on working as long as I can because I still have a...
JUDI DENCH I want to be a veterinarian when I grow up, because I really, really like helping animals and being ...
CAROLYN ANDERSON The combination of ammonia and chloride can be lethal but I've discovered it can work miracles as lo...
DAVID SEDARIS Only fools wait, and only tools bait.
CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ...
DWIGHT W. HAYES But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shoul...
NATE RUESS I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of tha...
MIA HAMM I really want to be able to make this a pillar of the community instead of an eyesore. We have a lon...
JAMEY ROBBINS I just want to be a normal kid like all my friends. I like acting. I might want to be an actor for a...
ERIK PER SULLIVAN I signed as a starter. I've been in the bullpen a long time. I can do anything. Whatever they want m...
HECTOR CARRASCO I want a service provider to really understand that we have to provide this service as we've started...
LORI BRADY Everything I do, I want to be A.J. Styles. When you see a guy come out with dry, long hair, I want y...
A.J. STYLES I want to give the fans as much as I can for as long as I can,
ERIK MORALES You hear horror stories about scary mothers who just want their kids to be famous. I could be waitre...
MAISIE WILLIAMS He still has to be careful about possible muscular injuries as he's spent a long time without playin...
DONATO VILLANI May God bless you to live as long as you want to; and want to as long as you live!
SCOTTISH PROVERB Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
GERMANY KENT I want to stay here as long as I can, hopefully until the finals.
PAVEL NEDVED I do not want to be a long-term CEO.
OSMAN RASHID I don't want to give out too much information. It's not 100 percent, but as long as I know I can con...
ROBERTO LUONGO It represented the spirit of camaraderie. We want to be a positive experience on this city. We want ...
JENNIFER LEIDIG I can't put a number on it, but I want to stay here as long as I can.
CARL JACKSON I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m...
AMBER SMITH I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
SAINT AUGUSTINE The older I get, the less jarring I want my exercise to be, and I find that a long walk is equally a...
KIM CATTRALL I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your m...
MICHAEL PHELPS The players fire the coach, and as long as I'm on the same wavelength with them, I can coach as ...
WOODY HAYES In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around.
RHODA BELLEZA When I die, I want to be buried in a long long-sleeve black Ralph Lauren dress and brown chunky boot...
NADINE VELAZQUEZ We just want Chris and his family to be able to stay as long as they want without having to worry.
BUTCH SPYRIDON I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is goin...
LLEYTON HEWITT 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 am ready to collaborate as much as possible to create one Bill that satisfies everyone. I want to ...
JOSEPH MUSCAT You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
CAL RIPKEN, JR. That?s got to be one of the better quarters defensively around here in a long time. Obviously that?s...
JAY MCKENNA As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I...
DAN STEVENS When she finally made the decision -- I want to be a basketball player and I want to be as good as I...
BETH CAMPBELL He believed in me a long time ago. I had five good years with Ken Hitchcock in Dallas. And the terms...
DERIAN HATCHER It could be a stick, it could be a skate, it could be a puck. I'm going to leave (mine) on as long a...
JURAJ KOLNIK She's going to be a really fine basketball player for as long as she plays. I really think she might...
BOB SHRADER Right now as an artist, what I want to do is be a part of works that are unignorable. I couldn't...
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD That is too long for a club of our stature. We need to put that right as soon as possible. We want t...
ANDY GOODE Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c...
GERMANY KENT I don't ever want to leave anything to chance. We want to go as deep into this tournament as possibl...
LISA BLUDER I plan to coach at University of Louisville for as long as I can maintain the passion I have for the...
RICK PITINO It's incredibly flattering to be a U.S. senator, which I want to stay at for a long time.
CORY BOOKER We need to work together as a team. I want to create team spirit and team unity. We've come a long w...
BILL BAUER I, personally, participate because I have been a life-long snowmobile enthusiast and I would like to...
GARY DIEHL We want to be as cautious as possible.
BRIAN HILL As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
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PATTI SMITH I like gettin' old.
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PATTI SMITH If I've learned one thing in life, it's not to be so judgmental of other people.
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PATTI SMITH I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have...
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PATTI SMITH Glitter In Their Eyes,
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PATTI SMITH Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.
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PATTI SMITH Ask Me Anything.
PATTI SMITH He's so humble, and he is always willing to do whatever you ask him to do.
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PATTI SMITH Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.
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PATTI SMITH Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971)

I don't know how she did it. Fire
She was shaking all over...
PATTI SMITH In both cases, we're pleased to have resolved them.
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PATTI SMITH People have the power to redeem the work of fools.
PATTI SMITH Rock Hard.
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PATTI SMITH Well I haven't fucked much with the past,
But I've fucked plenty with the future.

- ...
PATTI SMITH To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, f...
PATTI SMITH I know what that tastes like, to be a rock-and-roll star - to have a limousine, to have girls scream...
PATTI SMITH I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in...
PATTI SMITH People came at me with all sorts of offers, wanting to make me into a hard-core Cher. I had no desir...
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PATTI SMITH I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.
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PATTI SMITH Why do people want to know exactly who I am? Am I a poet? Am I this or that? I've always made pe...
PATTI SMITH A real prison breakfast" I said.
"Yeah, but we are free."
And that summed it up.
PATTI SMITH I refuse to believe that Hendrix had the last possessed hand,
that Joplin had the last drunken ...
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PATTI SMITH He dreamed of amassing musicians from all over the world in Woodstock and they would sit in a field ...
PATTI SMITH Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.
PATTI SMITH I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very u...
PATTI SMITH I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.
PATTI SMITH My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath an...
PATTI SMITH My sunglasses are like my guitar.
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PATTI SMITH My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I h...
PATTI SMITH I've always believed in having a sense of balance and stealth.
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PATTI SMITH C'mon, I mean who didn't listen to 'The Who' in the 60s?
PATTI SMITH I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.
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PATTI SMITH Personally, I'm not much for symbolism. I never get it. Why can't things be just as they are? I neve...
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PATTI SMITH Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself?
PATTI SMITH I don't think," he insisted. "I feel.
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PATTI SMITH Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.

- Gloria
PATTI SMITH What will happen to us?" I asked. "There will always be us," he answered.
PATTI SMITH Freedom is...the right to write the wrong words.
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PATTI SMITH JUST KIDS To get rid of depression, I swim with dolphins.
PATTI STANGER That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.
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PATTI STANGER I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.
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PATTI LABELLE Once you're physically capable of winning a gold medal, the rest is ninety percent mental.
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PATTI DAVIS Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out agai...
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PATTI DAVIS It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.
PATTI DAVIS So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.
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PATTI DAVIS Firstly, though we have to clean this blood up off the tiles before it dries. It is far easier to cl...
PATTI ROBERTS Even if the Bush Administration had flung open the gates to stem-cell research years ago, we would n...
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PATTI LABELLE I dated a guy and he liked me but I didn't like him. I went through his wardrobe and cleaned out...
PATTI STANGER I often imagine what it would be like if my father were still here to mark his 100th birthday, if Al...
PATTI DAVIS For the women in California, they're just downtrodden because they're so gorgeous here. Ever...
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PATTI STANGER If I was in a situation where it wasn't working and I had a choice with another man, I'm gon...
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PATTI DAVIS When I was younger, I'd go to the Museum of Television and Radio in New York and watch this beau...
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PATTI DAVIS I really just wanted to be a writer, but people tell you, 'You should have a backup career,'...
PATTI DAVIS I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful...
PATTI STANGER There was such a lack of modern, recognizable role models for a young girl in the 1950s. I mean, ...
PATTI SCIALFA All my kids play guitar, sing, and dabble with writing.
PATTI SCIALFA The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.
PATTI LUPONE All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not g...
PATTI LABELLE After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country.
PATTI DAVIS The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural.
PATTI LUPONE A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.
PATTI LABELLE I've been shut down, run down, talked about, dogged out, but that never stopped me from the bein...
PATTI LABELLE Taylor Swift dates guys so she can write a breakup song about them. I don't think she's dati...
PATTI STANGER People were a little leery when I was doing the press for my last album 'Rumble Doll,' yes. ...
PATTI SCIALFA Gays don't have a lot of testosterone. I'm talking about that they use both sides of their b...
PATTI STANGER I really do think snacking is the key to dieting. We know if you can steady your blood sugar, then y...
PATTI MILLIGAN Since I won't get to go into their homes, I really need to see from this journaling what the meal si...
PATTI MILLIGAN The goal is to get you off soda, off caffeine, and get the kids and all your families involved, too.
PATTI MILLIGAN The first is to love your liver. Your liver is the big powerhouse to process foods, as well as proce...
PATTI MILLIGAN What I do know is that traditional gender roles are very real and flipping the norm is difficult for...
PATTI STANGER I have a great track record, and I have never been sued. If I can't find someone for someone, I ...
PATTI STANGER Texas governor Rick Perry's wife, Anita, has come out slugging in her glittering leopard-print j...
PATTI DAVIS