“I always wanted to go into the military or something like that - my whole family, all my friends are either Air Force, Navy, or Marines.” WholeWantedForceAirMilitaryMy FriendsNavyMarineAir ForceWhole Family Author:RJ Mitte
“My biggest fear in writing 'Gossip Girl' was that the characters would sound like stereotypical rich, air-headed heiresses. These were my friends. They were smart and multifaceted. They had interests and passions. They wanted to become lawyers and doctors and writers and filmmakers.” WritingCharacterWantedGirlPassionSoundInterestRichAirSmartMy FriendsDoctorsLawyerFilmmakerGossipBiggest FearHeiressGossip Girl Author:Cecily von Ziegesar
“I felt naked. I felt as perhaps a bird may feel in the clear air knowing the hawk wings above and will swoop. I began to feel the need of fellowship. I wanted to question, wanted to speak, wanted to relate my experience. What is this spirit in man that urges him forever to depart from happiness, to toil and to place himself in danger?” MenNeedsFeelsMayWantedSpiritSpeakFeltForeverKnowingClearAirDangerBirdWingsNakedRelateUrgesToilFellowshipHawks Author:H. G. Wells
“When you want knowledge and understanding as badly as you wanted air, you won't have to ask anyone to give it to you.” WantGivingWantedAsksUnderstandingAirKnowledge And Understanding Author:Sterling W Sill
“It was one of those times when you can feel the air in a room. Everything stood still. I can remember the T-shirt I was wearing and the bag I was carrying. I don't think I breathed for 15 minutes. It was a devastating moment. They said they wanted me to experience more things. OK. I began contemplating things. Maybe I should take LSD or become a hooker. I left Juilliard and was just meandering and drifting for a while. Thank God I had support from my family and close friends. Bad times.” ThinkingFeelsShouldSaidStillsI CanMomentsWantedRememberLeftRoomsSupportAirMinutesMy FamilyShirtsBagsThank GodContemplatingThey SaidT ShirtBad TimesDriftingClose FriendsLsdJuilliard Author:Stephanie Zimbalist
“All you can do for another person is be an environment in which if they wanted to come up for air, they could.” IfsPersonsWantedCan DoEnvironmentAirCome Up Author:Ram Dass
“What of the Wright boys in Dayton? Just around the corner they had a shop and did a bicycle business-and they wanted to fly for the sake of flying. They were Man the Seeker, Man on a Quest. Money was their last thought, their final absent-minded idea. They threw out a lot of old mistaken measurements and figured new ones that stood up when they took off and held the air and steered a course. They proved that "the faster you go the less power you need."” MenNeedsIdeasWantedLastsCoursesBoysAirFinalsSakeCornersFlyingFlightFasterShopsAviationQuestsMistakenSeekersAbsentBicycleMeasurementStood UpAround The CornerAbsent Minded Book:The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg Source: The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg
“Well, gentlemen, do you believe in the possibility of aerial locomotion by machines heavier than air? ... You ask yourselves doubtless if this apparatus, so marvellously adapted for aerial locomotion, is susceptible of receiving greater speed. It is not worth while to conquer space if we cannot devour it. I wanted the air to be a solid support to me, and it is. I saw that to struggle against the wind I must be stronger than the wind, and I am.” IfsBelieveWellsWantedAsksSpaceSupportStruggleSawsGreaterAirPossibilityWindMachinesStrongerSpeedConquerGentlemanAviationReceivingPredictionsAdaptedSusceptible Author:Jules Verne
“I had no need of sails to drive me, nor oars nor wheels to push me, nor rails to give me a faster road. Air is what I wanted, that was all. Air surrounds me as water surrounds the submarine boat, and in it my propellers act like the screws of a steamer. That is how I solved the problem of aviation. That is what a balloon will never do, nor will any machine that is lighter than air.” NeedsGivingProblemWantedWaterAirMachinesGive MeBoatFasterWheelsAviationSurroundSailPredictionsScrewsLightersRailBalloonsSubmarinesOarPropeller Author:Jules Verne
“I used to say that I wanted to make great art with people I love. Now I have an addendum to that goal: to get things on the air.” PeopleArtWantedUsedGoalAirGreat Art Author:Amy Poehler
“If you've as many films as I have, and missed as many opportunities as I have to do good work and been pissed off about it, you say, "Well, now you've got to start getting it right." If you get a chance, you really want to cook. And the tragedy is, when you finally feel that way about yourself, about your work, nobody wants to give you a chance. And that happens to a lot of actors. But I'm feeling very wanted these days, so there must be something in the air.” IfsWayWantGivingFeelsWellsFeelingsHappensWantedFilmActorsOpportunityChanceAirTragedyCooksThese DaysAbout YourselfGood WorkPissed Off Author:Burt Reynolds
“A good many preachers say I am lowering the pulpit. I am glad I am. I am trying to get it down to the level of men's hearts. If I wanted to hit Chicago I would not put the cannon on the top of this building and fire into the air. Too many preachers fire into the air.” IfsMenTryingHeartWantedLevelsFireAirBuildingGladGood ManChicagoPreacherPulpitCannons Author:Dwight L. Moody
“What helped me get the part was that I turned it down. When I read the script, Venus was just a black guy who came in wearing a big coat and a hat and making jive talk. I'd been up for so many of those! I'd had enough of caricatures, what white writers conceive blacks to be. I told the producer I wasn't interested in doing anything like that for three or four years. He said that it was just a pilot, that Venus would be given a human dimension and would be quiet off-the-air. I wanted that input. I thought that side was as important as the comic side. For 'WKRP,' too much of either would be bad.” YearsHumansSaidImportantEnoughBigsWould BeWantedGuyThreeGivenSidesBlackWhiteToo MuchFourAirQuietScriptsProducersComicDimensionsHatsFour YearsPilotsCoatsHad EnoughInputVenusCaricaturesBlack Guys Author:Tim Reid
“There was a time, in my early 20s, when I picked up the trumpet and said, 'I've got to change what I'm doing.' I wasn't putting enough air through the horn. The tone I wanted was bigger than what I had. I was out of control.” SaidEnoughWantedAirBiggerTechniqueToneHornsTrumpetsEarly 20s Author:Paul Smoker
“The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted. We had no other option - there was a radical militia allied with Iran and Hezbollah that took over the country. It was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force. Should we stand by idly while this happens at our doorstep, in one of the countries in which al-Qaida has a huge presence? So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.” ShouldWarCountryGovernmentHappensWantedForceSupportAirHugeWeaponsPossessionHeavyRadicalIranAlsRequestMissilesCoalitionsAir ForceMilitiaDoorstepHezbollahYemenLegitimate Government Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“I studied in London in 1968. Our school had a separate department of tropical architecture. Of course it was totally unfashionable, partly because nobody wanted to think about colonialism, but basically what you learned there was that, OK, the sun is here, so you should create natural ventilation here - an unbelievable amount of really sound principles that have been completely abandoned, so now everything is air conditioned with big machines.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensBigsWantedSchoolCoursesSoundNaturalPrinciplesSunAirAmountMachinesLondonArchitectureDepartmentAbandonedColonialismUnbelievableTropicalVentilation Author:Rem Koolhaas
“I wanted the album to be aerodynamic, like an airplane taking off from a runway - all of a sudden you're in the air.” WantedAirAlbumsAirplaneRunway Author:Jens Lekman
“There are mics inside the instrument, a contact mic on my throat, and countless mics clustered around the air of the horn and throughout the room. I wanted to make something that was specific to the medium of recording.” WantedRoomsAirInstrumentsContactMediumsThroatHornsMics Author:Colin Stetson
“We, the people, gave the marching orders to our democratically-elected officials and instructed them. We wanted out of Vietnam and we got out of Vietnam. We wanted women's right to choose and we got women's right to choose. We got the EPA, we got the Clean Air Act, Water Act, we got rights for workers in the workplace to be protected from dangers. We accomplished pretty much all of what we wanted when we had the courage of our convictions. That is the missing ingredient.” PeopleWantedOrderWaterRightsAirMissingDangerCleanWorkersConvictionOfficialsAccomplishedIngredientsVietnamProtectedWorkplaceElected OfficialsClean AirEpa Author:Jill Stein
“I had this producer who became a friend, named Lou [Stellato]. Maybe it was a budget thing, but he never wanted to do any retakes. The more I would have a mental breakdown on the air.” WantedAirProducersBudgetsBreakdownMental Breakdown Author:Jancee Dunn
“The Vietnam War was in full swing, the Air Force wanted me and I wanted out of Flint, so three years in the USA and that fourth one spent here in Vietnam really flipped my life around.” YearsWarWantedThreeForceAirUsaVietnamThree YearsFourthSwingsVietnam WarAir ForceFlipped Author:Doug Rice
“The only thing my mum could afford growing up was to be able to look after me and my brother so the only thing that I wanted when I grew up was to be able to look after my mum. So when I could, I bought her a house and then I got her a car as well and I got her a little air freshener to put in her car and on it, it said "life is a journey not a destination."” WellsLooksLittlesSaidAbleWantedLife IsHouseGrowing UpGrowingAirJourneyCarBrotherGrewGrew UpMy BrotherDestinationMumLife Is A JourneySaid Life Author:John Newman
“I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world - even shows that haven't been on the air for a very long time, that's going to be harder to pull off.” WorldLongShowsWantedVoiceAirHavensLong TimeDecidedHarderCartoonWorld HistoryAnimated Author:Al Yankovic
“I was really, really, really nervous when I got this role because I did feel it was important to make Alice [Cullen] just as lovable as I read her being on paper and, kind of, full of vitality. In my head she is just this light and breath of fresh air in very dramatic settings - because I feel like we're always extremely dramatic in this film. I wanted people to be able to relate to her.” PeopleFeelsKindImportantLightAbleWantedFilmRolesAirPaperBreathsSettingSettingsNervousRelateDramaticVitalityLovableFresh AirAlice Cullen Author:Ashley Greene
“In the Air Force, I had an old Wilcox Gay recorder, and I used to hear guitar runs on that recorder going (vocalizing) like the chords on "I Walk The Line." And I always wanted to write a love song using that theme, that tune.” WritingRunningWantedUsedSongForceLinesWalksAirGayGuitarThemeTunesChordsAir ForceRecorders Author:Johnny Cash
“My dad had a couple of professions in mind for me. He either wanted me to be a doctor because he said male doctors make a lot of money, or he wanted me to be a soccer player. Myself, I thought that I would really love being a pilot for the Air Force. I really wanted to be a part of the Air Force.” MindSaidWantedForceLove IsPlayerAirCoupleDadDoctorsMalesMy DadProfessionSoccerPilotsLots Of MoneyAir ForceSoccer Player Author:Wilmer Valderrama
“[Ronald] Reagan bitterly hated unions and wanted them destroyed. This began with the air controllers' strike and went on from there.” WantedAirUnionsStrikesDestroyedHatedControllers Author:Noam Chomsky
“The bible says it's by grace that you're saved it's not by dressing up that you're saved. So I just wanted people to know it's not about putting on airs, it's about being honest and transparent and saying "God here's my junk, can you help me?"” PeopleKnowsHelpingWantedGraceAirHonestSavedBeing HonestHelp MeDressingsTransparentJunkDressing Up Author:LeCrae