“I had wanted to be a regular character on a series for a while. 'The Brady Bunch' was an answer to a prayer.” CharacterWantedPrayerAnswersSeriesBunchBradyBrady Bunch Author:Susan Olsen
“To put it as simply as possible - and this is a simple answer, not a total answer - I know when a painting's finished when I understand why I wanted to do it in the first place.” KnowsFirstsWantedSimpleAnswersPaintingFinishedFinishing Author:James Elkins
“One response was given by the innkeeper when Mary and Joseph wanted to find a room where the Child could be born. The innkeeper was not hostile; he was not opposed to them, but his inn was crowded; his hands were full; his mind was preoccupied. This is the answer that millions are giving today. Like a Bethlehem innkeeper, they cannot find room for Christ. All the accommodations in their hearts are already taken up by other crowding interests. Their response is not atheism. It is not defiance. It is preoccupation and the feeling of being able to get on reasonably well without Christianity.” GivingMindWellsHeartChildrenFeelingsHandsTodayAbleWantedGivenInterestChristBornAnswersRoomsChristianityMillionsTakenAtheismResponseMaryHostileCrowdedDefiancePreoccupationInnsAccommodationsBethlehemAlready Taken Author:Billy Graham
“Ideology on which the Kyoto Protocol is based, is a new form of totalitarian ideology, along with Marxism, Communism and socialism. We had doubts about the Kyoto Protocol, we wanted reasoning from our partners in the European Union, in the IPCC. Formal requests had been sent to these organizations. But we have not received responses yet, which suggests that no coherent answers can be offered. What we hear is 'it is not comprehensive responses that matter, we will not give them anyway; what is important is whether you believe us or not'.” GivingBelieveImportantMatterWantedFormAnswersDoubtOrganizationUnionsResponsePartnersSocialismIdeologyCommunismReasoningFormalMarxismRequestComprehensiveEuropean UnionProtocolKyotoCommunism And SocialismKyoto Protocol Author:Andrey Illarionov
“Be undeniably good. When people ask me how do you make it in show business or whatever, what I always tell them & nobody ever takes note of it 'cause it's not the answer they wanted to hear-what they want to hear is here's how you get an agent, here's how you write a script, here's how you do this-but I always say, “Be so good they can't ignore you.” If somebody's thinking, “How can I be really good?” people are going to come to you. It's much easier doing it that way than going to cocktail parties.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantWritingShowsWantedAsksCausesAnswersPartyEasierNotesScriptsAgentsAsk MeGood PeopleShow BusinessCocktailsCocktail Parties Author:Steve Martin
“There's a school of thought that says if you legalize drugs it will solve the problem. We're all good liberals, we said let's do it and see what happens. We wanted to be honest about it. So in our brainstorming sessions we'd say, what if? The finding was that all the negative things came out also. The answer is that we didn't believe in the full legalization of drugs. But we don't believe in the criminalization of drugs, either.” IfsBelieveSaidProblemHappensWantedSchoolAnswersHonestDrugFindingsNegativeDon't BelieveSolveBeing HonestWhat IfSessionBrainstorming Author:George Pelecanos
“It's weird to make a decision where everyone in your life disapproves, pretty vocally and directly. They said, "You've got one year left. Just do it." I had a full scholarship so I didn't have to pay for it. They asked, "Why don't you just get the degree so you can have it?" And I said, "You don't understand. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do and now I know. I have the answer and it's dumb to waste any more time."” KnowsTryingYearsSaidWantedLeftDecisionAnswersPayFiguresDegreesWasteDumbMore TimeThey SaidScholarshipJust Do It Author:Demetri Martin
“The question I wanted to answer was, could I train my mind to be happy the same way one trains ones body?” WayMindBodyWantedAnswersTrain Author:Stefan Sagmeister
“While Roberts wanted to give the impression he respected the right to privacy and the precedent of Roe vs. Wade, his answers look dangerously similar to the responses (Associate Justice) Clarence Thomas gave senators during his confirmation hearings 14 years ago.” GivingYearsLooksWantedJusticeAnswersYears AgoResponseHearingImpressionPrivacySenatorsAssociatesPrecedentConfirmationWadeRight To Privacy Author:Nancy Keenan
“The only thing I wanted to accomplish was to finally get recognized by the music industry. If you know the awards, answer me this question: Do you see an award for soul music? No. They have R&B, funk, hip-hop and all sorts of contemporary things.” IfsKnowsSoulWantedAnswersIndustryHip HopAccomplishContemporaryHipsHopsAwardsMusic IndustryFunkMusic Soul Author:Sharon Jones
“I can't even begin to describe how I miss him. He always supported me in everything I did. He was a very wise man and I realised at an early age I could learn a lot from him. He always gave me the right answer. But above all he was a very easy-going guy and all he wanted was to be my best friend. I'm an only child and so he shared everything with me. Of course he was very young to die and I was very young to lose a father. But there was nothing left unsaid between us.” MenChildrenI CanAgeWantedYoungGuyDiesCoursesFatherLeftEasyLosesAnswersWiseMissingMy Best FriendRealisedOnly ChildRight AnswersUnsaidVery WiseEasy Going Author:Dhani Harrison
“...I have wanted to believe people could make their dreams come truethat problems could be solved. However, this is a national illness. As Americans, we believe all problems can be solved, that all questions have answers.” PeopleBelieveProblemDreamWantedAnswersIllnessDreams Come True Author:Kristin Hunter
“It is one of my faults, that though my tongue is sometimes prompt enough at an answer, there are times when it sadly fails me in framing an excuse; and always the lapse occurs at some crisis, when a facile word or plausible pretext is specially wanted to get me out of painful embarrassment.” SometimesEnoughWantedAnswersFailingCrisisFaultsPainfulExcuseTongueEmbarrassmentPromptsPlausiblePretextLapsesFraming Book:Jane Eyre Source: Jane Eyre
“For me, the favourite chapters have always been the last chapters in the books. I knew exactly how each book would end - and how the first chapter of the following book would begin. I knew I wanted to leave the readers with answers - and a bunch of new questions!” FirstsBookEndsWantedLastsAnswersReaderFollowingBunchFavouriteChapters Author:Michael Scott
“My dad used to call me "yeah but" because no matter what the answer was I always wanted to explore why things were what they were and how they might be different.” DifferentMatterMightWantedUsedAnswersDadNo Matter WhatYeahMy DadCall Me Author:Arlene Dickinson
“I've always wanted to be involved in an exorcism movie. But I thought, "How do you make something scarier than The Exorcist?" The answer is you don't. But that doesn't mean you can't make something that is original and interesting.” MeanWantedAnswersInterestingInvolvedOriginalsExorcismExorcist Author:Eli Roth
“I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.” KnowsWayNeedsDoeWantedPrayerAnswersWorryGod KnowsOur Prayers Author:Lou Holtz
“We are living in complex, difficult times and I wanted Syriana to reflect this complexity in a visceral way, to embrace it narratively. There are no good guys and no bad guys and there are no easy answers. The characters do not have traditional character arcs; the stories don't wrap up in neat little life lessons, the questions remain open. The hope was that by not wrapping everything up, the film will get under your skin in a different way and stay with you longer. This seemed like the most honest reflection of this post 9-11 world we all find ourselves in.” WorldWayLittlesDifferentCharacterStoriesWantedFilmGuyEasyDifficultAnswersHonestLessonsReflectionSkinsEmbraceComplexesTraditionalPostsDifferent WaysComplexityLife LessonBad GuysDifficult TimesWrapsNeatGood GuyArcsVisceralWrappingEasy Answers Author:Stephen Gaghan
“It's funny to hear how much certain people resist the lip ring. Sometimes I'll do a piece on an important topic and all the YouTube comments will be about the lip ring. I don't really have a good answer for why I got the lip ring. I just wanted it! But I've had it for a million years. I got my lip pierced when I was like 15.” PeopleYearsImportantSometimesWantedCertainAnswersMillionsPiecesLipsRingsCommentTopicsYoutube Author:Cara Santa Maria
“I wanted to feel good about the way I looked. I didn't understand why style had to be sacrificed for sports technology. I found when going to the gym women were wearing their own tees, without the technology. I started to think, does it make you run faster if you wear that terrible color or sweat less if you wear that horrible fabric? And I challenged it, and the answers were not there to why we were being given poor design work. It was something I wanted to bring to women's wardrobes.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsDoeRunningWantedFoundGivenSportsAnswersPoorTechnologyStyleDesignColorTerribleHorribleFeel GoodFasterWorking ItGymSweatFabricWardrobeTeesDesign Work Author:Stella McCartney
“I think the question that nobody wanted to deal with is the question they're posing: did my kid die in vain? Because the answer is too awful.” ThinkingKidsWantedDiesAnswersDealsAwfulVainPosing Author:Joan Baez
“I've kind of gotten more timid. I used to be fearless - at a certain point I didn't care about what anybody thought. I had all the answers and I could have been as bad as I wanted to be. But nowadays I just want to be good and make people happy.” PeopleWantKindHas BeensCareWantedUsedCertainAnswersBe GoodUsed To BeFearlessCould Have BeenMaking People Happy Author:Ariel Pink