“Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.” YearsLightWantedCoursesGivenBuildingSurpriseEngineersSoarHeadache Author:Oscar Niemeyer
“After about ten years of study I ended up feeling so full and blessed that I wanted to give some of what was given to me back to humanity.” GivingYearsFeelingsWantedHumanityGivenStudyBlessingTenBlessed Author:Brandon Bays
“I always knew I wanted to be in front of the camera. But even after 10 years behind the scenes at CBS News producing live segments, celebrity profiles, and breaking news, I still hadn't been given the chance to be on TV.” YearsStillsWantedGivenChanceBehindsFrontsTvsSceneNewsCamerasProfileBehind The ScenesBreaking News Author:Andy Cohen
“An artist is somebody that puts themselves in a room, they're a wee bit self-indulgent and you know, sink into their music and it [will] be a very personal experience. An entertainer was somebody that took their God-given talent and shared it with people. And I've always wanted to be an entertainer.” PeopleKnowsSelfWantedArtistGivenBitsRoomsTalentEntertainersPersonal ExperiencesSelf IndulgentGod Given Talents Author:Johnny Reid
“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
“We want stuff done right. As long as it's my team, I'll voice my opinion. Yep, it's my team. You media guys might give it to him, like you've given him everything else his whole lifetime, but this is the Diesel's ship. And if we're not right, I'm going to go out there and try to get it right... Just ask Karl and Garywhy they wanted to come here. It was because of one person, not two. One.” IfsWantGivingTryingPersonsLongTwoDoneWholeMightWantedGuyAsksGivenStuffVoiceOpinionTeamMediaLike YouBasketballLifetimeWhole LifeShipsDieselLakers Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“People say you shouldn't have plastic surgery because if God wanted you another way he would have made you that way, but I say that's a lot of crock. If God didn't want plastic surgeons, he wouldn't have given them hands to work with.” PeopleIfsWayWantMadeHandsWantedGivenPlasticSurgeryAnother WaySurgeonsPlastic SurgeryPlastic Surgeons Author:Dolly Parton
“I was very aware that I was a woman and that the Iditarod was a big thing for women, but I didn't want to be given any special treatment. I just wanted to be viewed as a musher.” WantBigsWantedGivenSpecialTreatmentBig ThingsSpecial Treatment Author:Susan Butcher
“My mother wanted me to learn how to read music. She'd given fiddles to my two older brothers, but they'd rebelled. I came along and my father said, "Oh, let Peter enjoy himself." What she did was leave musical instruments all around the house. Whistles, marimbas, squeeze boxes, a piano and organ. By age six or seven, I could bang out a simple tune on almost anything. I developed a good ear, so I didn't learn to read music until I taught myself at age eighteen, 'cause I was hearing so many good songs I couldn't possibly remember them all.” SaidTwoAgeWantedRememberMotherSongFatherHouseGivenCausesEnjoySimpleTaughtBrotherSixEarsInstrumentsSevenMusicalBoxesHearingPianoTunesPeterOrgansBangsEighteenFiddleOlder BrotherMusical Instruments Author:Pete Seeger
“Don't live vicariously through your kids or try to shape them into who you wanted to be, like the popular kid or an athlete. Children should be given the opportunity to be themselves.” ShouldTryingChildrenKidsWantedOpportunityGivenShapesAthlete Author:Joan Cusack
“People talk about me in Arcadia and I think I was okay in it but Ive given better performances in other productions that didnt have the same impact. But I knew Arcadia was going to be an event and I wanted to be part of it.” PeopleThinkingWantedGivenEventsOkayPerformancesImpactProductionsArcadia Author:Rufus Sewell
“I feel that if God had really wanted us to have enough oil, he would never have given us a Department of Energy.” IfsFeelsEnoughGovernmentWantedEnergyGivenOilDepartment Author:Robert Orben
“I lived in a cabin in the woods in Oregon, and I'd basically given up on the music industry for an indefinite amount of time. And while I was out there, I came up with a very specific vision of what I wanted my music to sound like.” WantedGivenSoundVisionIndustryAmountWoodsGiven UpMusic IndustryCabinsOregonCabin In The Woods Author:Skylar Grey
“I wasn't remembering the gift that God had given me. I had totally put all that aside. And my daughter was growing up before my eyes, and I just wanted to grab hold of that. It goes by so fast. I wanted to watch her. I wanted to be that parent - because at that point in time, I was a single parent. Watch her go to school, and when she got home, be there. I wanted that moment.” MomentsHomeEyeWantedSchoolRememberGivenParentWatchesGrowing UpGrowingDaughterMy DaughterThat MomentSingle Parent Author:Oprah Winfrey
“Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.” EndsAgeAbleWantedSpeakGivenCareersTeacherScholarI Am Pretty Author:George Steiner
“In Paris, you couldn't really turn around without seeing the result of lovers' bad decisions. An artist given to sexual excess was almost a cliché, but no one seemed to mind. As long as you were making something good or interesting or sensational, you could have as many lovers as you wanted and ruin them all.” MindLongWantedArtistTurnsGivenDecisionInterestingResultsSeeingLoversRuinsParisExcessSensationalBad Decision Book:The Paris Wife: A Novel Source: The Paris Wife: A Novel
“I was given the gifts of the artist, and the trouble that goes with them: So I have that blessing, and there was never a time thatI questioned it or doubted it.... For forty years, I wanted to jump out of windows.” YearsWantedArtistGivenTroubleBlessingWindowFortyDoubted Author:Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
“The veto is a President's Constitutional right, given to him by the drafters of the Constitution because they wanted it as a checkagainst irresponsible Congressional action. The veto forces Congress to take another look at legislation that has been passed. I think this is a responsible tool for a president of the United States, and I have sought to use it responsibly.” ThinkingLooksHas BeensStatesUseActionWantedGivenForcePresidentUnitedUnited StatesToolsConstitutionResponsibleCongressLegislationIrresponsibleVeto Book:The Presidential campaign, 1976 Source: The Presidential campaign, 1976
“I took in a foster kid that I wanted to adopt in the state where I live, and I pay taxes, said to me, based on not your morality, not on how good you are as a mother, not on how much you've given to foster kids in Florida, based on the facts that you're in love with a woman, you can't keep her.” SaidStatesFactsKidsWantedMotherGivenPayMoralityTaxesFlorida Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Argentine, even though I left there. I've been clear about this since I was very young, and I never wanted to change. Barcelona is my home because both the club and the people here have given me everything, but I won't stop being Argentine.” PeopleFeelsHomeWantedYoungLeftGivenClearProudClubsBarcelona Author:Lionel
“During much of my life, I was anxious to be what someone else wanted me to be. Now I have given up that struggle. I am what I am.” WantedGivenStruggleAnxiousGiven UpI Am What I Am Book:Personal geography: almost an autobiography Source: Personal geography: almost an autobiography
“[Having perosonal trainer for the movie 'The back-up plan'] I felt like I had just given birth. He was like, "You can't eat anything but this. You've got to do what I say." So along with doing the film, I did this kind of disciplined workout regimen, because every cheese farmer is ripped and buff, and I wanted to be true to character, because I'm Method. But it took a lot of hard work to get there. You can rest assured in the fact that it's all gone now.” KindHardCharacterFactsWantedFilmGivenFeltGonePlansHard WorkLike YouBirthMethodBeing TrueFarmersCheeseWorkoutAssuredTrainersRipped Author:Jennifer Lopez