“Any writer takes inspiration from what they read and watch, and over their career works on forming their own voice. I think it was probably Stephen King who made me want to become a writer.” ThinkingWantMadeInspirationVoiceCareersWatchesKings Author:Tim Lebbon
“I want to be a free agent. I think everybody in the NBA dreams to be a free agent at least one time in their career. It's like you have an evaluation period. It's like if I'm in the gym and I have all the coaches, all the owners, all the GMs come into the gym and just evaluate everything I do. So yes, I want that experience.” IfsThinkingWantDreamCareersLike YouPeriodsCoachesAgentsOwnersNbaGymOne TimeEvaluateEvaluationFree Agents Author:Carmelo Anthony
“Even when I get to the point where I am acting and performing, where I want to be with my career, I'm never going to think of anyone as lower than me. Everyone's the celebrity of their own life, you know?” ThinkingKnowsWantActingCareersPerformingActing And Performing Author:Ireland Baldwin
“I don't like [the pressure] that people put on me, on women, that you've failed yourself as a female because you haven't procreated. This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don't want to be a mother, and how selfish that is.” PeopleWantSaidMotherCareersHavensFemalePressureFocusedDrivenSelfish Author:Jennifer Aniston
“It is possible to renounce everything and attain enlightenment. But most people don't want to renounce; they wish to run away from responsibility and hard work.” PeopleWantHardRunningSuccessWishResponsibilityCareersHard WorkBuddhismEnlightenmentRunning AwayRenounce Author:Frederick Lenz
“Over analyse, paralyse, you mustn't over analyse... Do you wake up at four in the morning and wonder who should be playing left-back? Four? I would love to sleep that long. If you want a really long career you have to find a way of switching off. I do it when I'm out walking my dog, Alex Ferguson got into horses, others get into wine. Some players like going shopping, which is not my scene. A lot of them turn to golf. I tried it, didn't like it. I have to walk. If I couldn't I'd be in a padded cell by now.” IfsWayWantShouldLongTurnsLeftSleepWalksWonderCareersMorningFourPlayerDogFootballWalkingSceneHorseWake UpWineGolfCellsManagersSoccerShoppingMy DogChairmanAlexReally LongSwitchingFergusonLong CareersSwitching Off Author:Roy Keane
“The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career.” ThinkingKnowsWantFirstsYoungGuyGamesSportsCareersTeamSticksYoung Guys Author:Mario Lemieux
“You know what happens to guys? There's what I call the individual time of their career, and the team time of their career. This is the team time. You don't care about all the other stuff. You just want to live in one place, and watch your kids grow up and go to the same school. You say, 'Hey, maybe I'd better play well and be a good enough guy that they keep me.'” KnowsWantWellsEnoughPlayHappensCareKidsSchoolGuyIndividualGrowsStuffCareersWatchesGrowing UpTeamDon't CareHeyGood EnoughNhl Author:Mike Babcock
“Most people want to make maximum money for minimum work, and that does not result in a happy life. Work does not become an active force to advance your awareness into higher states.” PeopleWantDoeStatesSuccessForceResultsCareersAwarenessBuddhismHigherActiveHappy LifeMinimumMaximum Author:Frederick Lenz
“Be a great capitalist. Be a great socialist. Be a great whatever you want to be, but do it with style, clarity and precision. That is the hallmark of those who seek higher knowledge and truth.” WantSuccessCareersStyleBuddhismHigherClarityCapitalistSocialistPrecisionHallmarkClarity And Precision Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you want to succeed always associate with winners, people who have understood something. You will notice that they all share something in common, tremendous attention to detail in their personal lives and associations.” PeopleIfsWantSuccessCommonAttentionCareersShareBuddhismSucceedUnderstoodDetailsWinnerAssociationAssociatesPersonal LifeAttention To Detail Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line was better.” IfsKnowsWantLooksLinesCareersBaseballBottomBottom LineBetter Me Author:Mickey Mantle
“At some point in your career, someone is going to tell you, "This stove is hot. Do not touch this stove." And the weird thing is, you'll want to touch it. But resist that urge, man.” MenWantCareersHotUrgesWeird ThingsStoves Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“One of the things I do tell young women, if they want to pursue a career in acting, is to get good stage training. It is essential to have a good basis in stage technique. You can move into film easily, and acquire more skill and more understanding, but you can't necessarily go the other way around. For women, longevity of career will very much be on stage.” IfsWayWantFilmMovingYoungUnderstandingActingCareersStageSkillsEssentialsTrainingBasesTechniquePursueAcquireLongevityYoung Women Author:Kathleen Turner
“I love the idea of renaissance. If my career is like painting a canvas, I want to have as many different colors in there as I can.” IfsWantI CanIdeasDifferentCareersColorPaintingCanvasRenaissanceDifferent Colors Author:Nolan Gerard Funk
“Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.” PeopleIfsWantMayCertainLevelsCareersTeachKnowingTeacherFiguresSixManagersScareSalaryBest Money Author:Michelle Singletary
“I have that need in me, I want everyone to love me, but I'm embarrassed by that need, so I wanted to cover it up in my persona. I felt like I wouldn't be able to do stand-up for a career if I was needy. I didn't want to be complaining or whining onstage. I wanted to be cool and do exactly what I wanted to do. That way I would never have to change for anybody.” IfsWayWantNeedsAbleWantedFeltCareersComplainingEmbarrassedPersonaNeedyBeing CoolWhining Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I believe that I'm going to have a long career, as long as I want, and I think by me going out into the world living a little bit made me... gave me more depth, so when I do go, going into movies is much easier for me.” ThinkingWorldWantBelieveLittlesLongMadeI BelieveBitsCareersEasierLittle BitDepthGoing OutLong Careers Author:Chris Tucker
“This whole notion of the acting career as a monopoly where you rise to power... it doesn't really work that way. I don't ever really feel powerful in any way. It's kind of the same thing it's always been: You just figure out what you want to do and you do it.” WayWantFeelsKindWholePowerfulActingCareersFiguresNotionWhat You WantMonopolyRise To Power Author:Michael Shannon
“I just want to be really careful with decisions I make. When you make a decision about your career, it changes your life in a really big way.” WayWantBigsDecisionCareersCarefulChanging Your Life Author:Michael Cera
“I would never accept a role that wasn't going to stretch me or challenge me in some way. I'd say Holy Smoke! probably did that more than anything I'd ever done. It took me to places I didn't actually know I could go to, and that's what I want my career to be all about.” KnowsWayWantDoneChallengesAcceptingCareersRolesHolySmoke Author:Kate Winslet
“Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what theyve already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward.” ThinkingWantTryingAttitudeCareersBuiltInnovationRadicalLegacyAccomplishedStatus QuoResisting Author:Peter Diamandis
“Beingness, doingness and havingness are like a triangle where each side supports the others. They are not in conflict with each other. They all exist simultaneously. Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: They try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.” PeopleWayWantNeedsTryingFirstsOrderSidesCareersSupportConflictHappyWhat You WantMore MoneyReverseBeing HappyBackwardsPursuit Of HappinessTrue HappinessGreat HappinessNot HappyLife HappinessReally HappyHappy PeopleTrue YouInner HappinessBe Who You AreJust Be HappyFeeling HappyTrianglesWant To Be HappyLife And HappinessSelf HappinessInspirations Being YourselfWhat Is HappinessMoney HappinessInspirational CareerOthers HappinessHappier LifeHappy ThingsLive HappyBeing Happy With LifeTrying To Be HappyI Just Want To Be HappyI Want To Be HappyBeing Yourself And HappyHappy With My LifeJust Want To Be HappyBe True To Who You AreCreating Your Life Author:Shakti Gawain
“Well you always want to play against the best. That's what you're going to get in the Super Bowl. To go against guys like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady who I have tons of respect for; I watch their games, I study their games, I try to learn from them. It gets you excited, but hopefully not too excited. Just focus on the game. Then when my career is done then I can look back at it.” WantTryingWellsLooksI CanDonePlayGuyGamesCareersWatchesStudyFocusExcitedHopefullyNflTomsBowlsSuper BowlBradyPeytonHopefully Not Author:Russell Wilson
“I work out every day just to keep in shape. I feel like I never want to get stuck in a position where when you need somebody with great arms, you call Anthony Mackie. That hasn't been the calling card for my career, and nor do I want it to be.” WantNeedsFeelsCareersPositionArmsCallingShapesWork OutStuckCards Author:Anthony Mackie
“As actors, the great thing about our career is we get to change from role to role. I don't want to be known as "put him in the movie because he has nice abs" guy.” WantGuyActorsKnownCareersRolesNiceGreat Things Author:Anthony Mackie
“I think I've been fortunate over the years to be at a point in my career where I really get to choose the partnerships that I really want to take on and they're a perfect fit.” ThinkingWantYearsPerfectCareersFitFortunatePartnershipPerfect Fit Author:Tom Brady
“If I was to model after someone's career, I would want to model after Justin Timberlake's career.” IfsWantCareersModelsJustin Author:Keaton Stromberg
“A lot of people are like, 'So you want to be famous.' And I'm like, 'No, I want to be good at my craft. I don't care about fame, I don't care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, I'm set for my career right now.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantLongCareCareersRight NowFameDon't CareActressesBe GoodCraftsI Don't CareChloe Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“In a career, when you hit 40 and you've done a lot of this and that, you want to try some new things. I feel like that as a director, too, from one film to the other.” WantFeelsTryingDoneFilmCareersDirectorsNew Things Author:Jean-Marc Vallee
“In terms of a "career," I never have long-term plans, and certainly don't want to spend several years, say, writing a "long" novel.” WantWritingYearsLongTermCareersNovelPlansLong Term Author:Scott Bradfield
“I had no reason to want to copy anybody else. What I wanted to give audiences for the few minutes that I thought my career would last was something unique.” WantGivingReasonWantedLastsCareersAudienceMinutesUniqueNo ReasonCopies Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“Most of the time I'm not even working, I'm just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky. If there really is a god, then he really looks after me. All these years he's taken care of me, my career keeps getting better and better. Whatever I want just seems to come. And it keeps coming. So I promised myself that I have to pay for this, payback society. So this is why I started my Jackie Chan Foundation to help children and sick kids and people in hospitals.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsYearsLooksChildrenHelpingSeemsCareKidsPayCareersTakenLuckySickFoundationGet BetterHospitalsHelping PeopleJackiePaybackSick Kids Author:Jackie Chan
“I'm looking forward to playing some really despicable characters at some point in my career so I can branch out and stretch those acting muscles. But I wouldn't want to do that on a regular basis.” WantI CanCharacterActingCareersBasesBranchesMusclesLooking ForwardDespicable Author:Zachary Levi
“In the opening stage of most careers any attention is what you want, any attention is good attention, even if it's bad attention.” IfsWantAttentionCareersStageWhat You WantOpening Author:Robert Greene
“If you build a career on being a beautiful young woman, that's going to be a short career. I have to establish I can act. I don't want to have to visit the plastic surgeon every two years.” IfsWantYearsI CanTwoBeautifulYoungCareersTwo YearsPlasticYoung WomenSurgeonsPlastic Surgeons Author:Amanda Donohoe
“All my career, I've said this: Critics and producers think audiences want actors that only present the silhouette and hit the points in the silhouette. What I do is too dangerous.” ThinkingWantSaidActorsCareersAudienceDangerousCriticsProducersSilhouettes Author:Patti LuPone
“Your career and your passion don't always match up. Plenty of talented people don't have the careers they want. Plenty of untalented people make millions and make movies. There is a difference between determination and talent.” PeopleWantPassionDifferencesCareersMillionsTalentDeterminationPlentyUntalented Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“the word 'justification' has itself had a chequered career over the course of many centuries of debate. As the major historian of the doctrine has noted, the word has long since ceased to mean, in ecclesial debates, what it meant for Paul himself - which is confusing, since the debates have gone on referring to Paul as though he was in fact talking about what they want to talk about. It is as though the greengrocer treated you to a long discussion of how onions are grown, and how best to cook with them, when what you had asked was how much he would charge for three of them.” WantMeanLongFactsThreeCoursesTalkingCareersGoneCenturyMajorsDebateDoctrineTreatedCooksDiscussionHistorianJustificationConfusingReferringOnions Author:N. T. Wright
“When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.'” WantHouseCareersStupidHeight Author:Ali MacGraw
“I think some people will die on the stage, and I'm not so sure I want to do that. Like, I want to have kids! I'm totally fine with saying that. I think some people are scared because they're worried it's going to ruin their career, but I want to live a full life.” PeopleThinkingWantKidsDiesCareersStageFineScaredRuinsWorriedFull Life Author:Katy Perry
“In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.” WantKidsCareersHappy Marriage Author:Vendela Kirsebom
“I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.” WayWantLooksAbleCareersMagicBasketballMirrorsMy WayNbaJordan Author:Allen Iverson
“I think actors, at a certain point in their careers, decide they're either going to keep taking risks or take the exact same risk over and over again so that it's not a risk anymore. That's when I don't want to work with them. I think there are some actors who are just doing the exact same thing, and they will never shift from it.” ThinkingWantCertainActorsCareersRiskTaking Risks Author:Tom DiCillo
“I have always considered myself a fast learner. I try to retain and absorb as much information and knowledge about the [music] business as I can. I don't want to just sit back and have other people do the hard work for me. I try to be involved in every process of my career as possible. I run my own social media, record, and try to vocal produce myself as much as possible, write my own songs, style myself, and learn the business side. If I didn't do acting or music, I was going to school for business. God has put me on this path and I can honestly say I wake up every day doing what I love.” PeopleIfsWantWritingTryingI CanHardRunningSchoolSongSocialProcessSidesMy OwnActingCareersPathRecordsMediaStyleInformationProduceHard WorkInvolvedWake UpSocial MediaHonestlyVocalMusic BusinessLearners Author:Asher Monroe
“I don't like being away from home. That's one reason why I don't work as much as I used to [when I started my career], because so many things are on the road. I just don't want to be away from my husband, my dogs and my home. I don't sing that much any more because that also takes you on the road.” WantReasonHomeUsedCareersDogHusbandReason WhyMy HusbandMy DogAway From Home Author:Jane Powell
“Jim Carrey can do anything he wants, right? There are guys like that. I'm not one of those guys, so my career has been cobbled together with what the universe has put in front of me.” WantHas BeensTogetherGuyUniverseCan DoCareersFronts Author:LeVar Burton
“I pretty much started out writing full time. I was an at-home mom and when my youngest entered kindergarten, I started writing. I was 35, and before that I really hadn't written at all. Which means, I guess, that a) it's never too late to start a writing career (or any career you really want) and b) it's OK to get to your mid-30s and still not know what you want to be when you grow up.” KnowsWantWritingMeanStillsHomeGrowsCareersGrowing UpWrittenMomLateWhat You WantToo LateKindergartenNever Too Late Author:Elizabeth Hoyt
“Like so many of the players, I started at La Masia at the age of 11. I can't ever imagine not playing for Barcelona, let alone not playing soccer for a career. I don't ever want to play anywhere else.” WantI CanPlayAgeCareersImaginePlayerSoccerBarcelonaPlaying Soccer Author:Xavi
“In a cricket career, your life is in some ways controlled for you. You have no control over schedules, you have no control about where you want to play, you don't have control over that as a cricketer.” WayWantPlayLife IsCareersControlledSchedulesCricketCricketers Author:Rahul Dravid