Quotes with wants

Quotes 301 till 320 of 324.

  • Henry Jacobsen Whatever your job, it is important if it is what God wants you to do.
    Henry Jacobsen
    Norwegian politician (1898 - 1964)
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  • Carlos Ghosn When a company is facing a problem, it always takes a stance and takes a decision, but at the same time it wants to make sure of what it can learn from it, what enhancements it can make.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • William Butler Yeats When a country produces a man of genius he never is what it wants or believes it wants; he is always unlike its idea of itself.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Josh Billings When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • George Bernard Shaw When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Lord Chesterfield When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Clark Moustakas When a person acts without knowledge of what he thinks, feels, needs or wants, he does not yet have the option of choosing to act differently.
    Clark Moustakas
    American psychologist (1923 - 2012)
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  • Alfred Hitchcock When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'
    Alfred Hitchcock
    English moviedirector (1899 - 1980)
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  • Sam Levenson When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?
    Sam Levenson
    American author (1911 - 1980)
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  • Marshall Mcluhan When producers want to know what the public wants, they graph it as curves. When they want to tell the public what to get, they say it in curves.
    Marshall Mcluhan
    Canadian professor and philosopher (1911 - 1980)
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  • Bee Wilson When someone watches us eating, we feel exposed. We might also harbor a suspicion that the person staring wants to steal food from our plate. The taboo, in any case, is long-standing.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Aaron McGruder When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
    Aaron McGruder
    American writer, lecturer and producer (1974 - )
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  • Ann Coulter When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut.
    Ann Coulter
    American far-right media pundit and author (1961 - )
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  • Billy Gardell Whenever I realize I'm being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience. No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.
    Billy Gardell
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1969 - )
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  • Bruce Jackson Which suggests something about media and war: it's not just that events happen and the media documents and presents them. There is a third element: what the public is ready to accept, what the public wants to know.
    Bruce Jackson
    American folklorist, documentary filmmaker and writer (1936 - )
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  • Billy Beane Who wants to get really granular with sabermetrics when you're going to see a two-and-a-half-hour Brad Pitt movie? You don't go to the cinema for a maths lesson.
    Billy Beane
    American baseball player (1962 - )
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  • Jacques Barzun Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game.
    Jacques Barzun
    French-American historian (1907 - 2012)
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  • Helen Rowland Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her?
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Josh Billings Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Anita Brookner You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't.
    Anita Brookner
    British Writer (1928 - 2016)
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