“I went to Brunel University and very much wanted to go on to do a PhD in management, but then my acting career started to take off. In those days when you switched on the box there were hardly any brown or black faces.” WantedFacesBlackActingCareersGoes OnManagementUniversityBoxesBrownPhdsBlack Face Author:Archie Panjabi
“I knew that my hair was falling out and I had really weird skin. My face looked really weird and I was getting this fuzz on my face and I was always cold - always to the point of uncontrollably shaking. I was more scared that 85 lbs. wasn't good enough. I wanted to be lower.” EnoughWantedFacesFallHairColdSkinsScaredGood EnoughShakingReally Weird Author:Brittany Snow
“I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties we face.” PeopleKindWantedFacesDifficultyAlbumsOur Time Author:Emeli Sande
“I remember feeling ashamed, for some reason. I was ashamed of my parents. I couldn't face some of my friends at school anymore, because I desperately wanted to have the classic, you know, typical family. Mother, father. I wanted that security, so I resented my parents for quite a few years because of that.” KnowsYearsReasonFeelingsWantedSchoolRememberFacesMotherFatherParentSecurityMy FriendsClassicAshamedTypical Author:Kurt Cobain
“I've always liked wrinkles. When I was a young girl, I used to make lines on my face with my nails because I loved Jeanne Moreau. I always wanted to be older; I always added years to my life. For the longest time, if people thought I was older I would take it as a compliment.” PeopleIfsYearsWantedFacesYoungUsedGirlLinesComplimentNailsWrinkles Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“My English teacher wanted to have sex with me in Junior High. The only problem was, my English teacher was a guy. I smacked him in his face with an eraser, chased him with a stapler and stapled his nuts to a stack of papers.” ProblemWantedFacesGuyNextSexTeacherPaperThanksGradesNutsPapersJuniorsJunior HighEnglish TeacherErasersSemester Author:Eminem
“For me, to represent people who represent the future of Canada and the great challenges we will face over the coming decades - this is where I wanted to start. I'm a teacher; I'm a convenor; I'm a gatherer; I'm someone who reaches out to people and is deeply interested in what they have to say. And people see that I'm not faking it. I'm actually genuinely committed to this dialogue that we're opening up, and this understanding that needs to happen in order to be an effective MP.” PeopleNeedsHappensWantedFacesOrderUnderstandingChallengesTeacherCommittedDecadesDialogueOpeningCanadaReach OutOpening UpFaking ItMps Author:Justin Trudeau
“You know, he would go and look at different funny books because he wanted his character to be different and make different faces. I saw a funny book in his room and it looked like the same character he was playing. It was about a duck.” KnowsLooksBookDifferentCharacterWantedFacesSportsRoomsSawsDucksBubbaDifferent FacesFunny Book Author:Bubba Smith
“I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there.” TryingWantedFacesNeededComfortMovedFace To Face Author:Connie Sellecca
“I had never before seen my friends come in beaten, their heads laid open, their noses broken, or seen them jailed for peaceably demonstrating that they wanted work. I had only known how workers lived. Now I was face to face with what our society did to workers who could get no work.” WantedFacesKnownBrokenMy FriendsLaborWorkersNosesOur SocietyBeatenUnemploymentFace To FaceDemonstratingLabor Movement Author:Mary Heaton Vorse
“The issues facing working women and their families are closest to my heart. I decided to focus intently on the challenges military wives face because they juggle the same pressures as their nonmilitary peers, all while coping as single parents while their loved ones are overseas. I wanted to help make their voices heard.” HeartHelpingWantedFacesParentVoiceChallengesIssuesFocusWifeHeardMilitaryMy HeartDecidedPressureLoved OnesClosestPeersCopingSingle ParentWorking Women Author:Michelle Obama
“I used to refer to my drug use as putting the monster in the box. I wanted to be less, so I took more - simple as that. Anyway, I eventually decided that the reason Dr. Stone had told me I was hypomanic was that he wanted to put me on medication instead of actually treating me. So I did the only rational thing I could do in the face of such as insult - I stopped talking to Stone, flew back to New York, and married Paul Simon a week later.” ReasonUseWantedFacesUsedSimpleTalkingWeekNew YorkDrugMarriedStonesDecidedAddictionBoxesMonstersRationalInsultDrsFlewMedicationDrug Use Book:Wishful Drinking Source: Wishful Drinking
“Outside the windows the day was bright: golden sunshine, blue sky, pleasant wind . . . I wanted to punch the happy day in the face, grab it by the hair, and beat it until it told me what the hell it was so happy about.” WantedFacesHellSkyWindHairBeatsWindowBlueGoldenPleasantSunshineBlue SkyHappy Day Book:Magic Rises: A Kate Daniels Novel Source: Magic Rises: A Kate Daniels Novel
“The main difference between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution was that the former was mostly the work of Communist party members and others who wanted to bring about 'socialism with a human face.'” HumansWantedFacesDifferencesPartyRevolutionMembersSpringSocialismFormerCommunistVelvetCommunist PartyHuman FacesPrague Author:Adam Michnik