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“Most of my life I have done what I wanted to do. I have had fun on the job.”

Life Done Wanted Jobs Fun Had Fun

Author:Walt Disney

“Everything looked and sounded unreal. Nothing was what it is. That's what I wanted - to be alone with myself in another world where truth is untrue and life can hide from itself.”

World Life Truth Wanted Truth Is Unreal Another World Untrue Long Day

Book:Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night

Source: Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night

“Life was not fair. If you wanted something you had to take it. Before someone else took it from you. Neatly dissected down to its essence, life was one long series of lily pad hoppings. The quick and the resourceful were able to adapt and survive; all others were simply crushed as a more nimble creature landed on the lily pad they had occupied for too long.”

Ifs Life Long Able Wanted Creatures Fairs Essence Series Long Life Crushed Lilies Not Fair Pads Resourceful Nimble Hopping Lily Pads

Book:The Winner

Source: The Winner

“There is no accounting for tastes, as the woman said when someone told her her son was wanted by the police.”

Life Said Wanted Success Son Taste Police Accounting

Author:Franklin P. Adams

“All I really wanted was to try and live the life that was spontaneously welling up within me. Why was that so very difficult?”

Life Trying Wanted Difficult Live Life Difficult Life

Book:Demian

Source: Demian

“I've always wanted two lives - one for the movies, one for myself.”

Life Two Wanted Actors Movie Two Lives

Author:Greta Garbo

“I would like to die peacefully with Thomas Tallis on my iPod before the disease takes me over and I hope that will not be for quite some time to come, because if I knew that I could die at any time I wanted, then suddenly every day would be as precious as a million pounds, if I knew that I could die, I would live. My life, my death, my choice.”

Ifs Life Would Be Wanted Dies Choices Millions Disease Pounds Take Me Living My Life Ipods

Author:Terry Pratchett

“I was always looking to be entertained. We lead such full lives and a lot of us don't lead very pleasant lives and don't like what we do... My dad worked his whole life as a salesman and that wasn't what he really wanted to do. He looked forward to two weeks vacation every year and he used to say to me, 'Whatever you do, make sure you do something you really like so you don't just have your vacation to look forward to.' And I love movies.”

Love Life Years Looks Two Whole Wanted Used Week Dad My Dad Whole Life Pleasant Love Life Vacation Two Weeks Salesman Movie Love Full Life

Author:Jerry Bruckheimer

“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”

Ifs Life Inspirational Wanted School Father Women Change Inspiring Teacher Taught Brother Inspirational Life Blame Faults Bad Ass Your Brother

Author:Katharine Hepburn

“Winny and I lived in a house that ran on static electricity. If you wanted to run the blender, you had to rub balloons on your head. If you wanted to cook, you had to pull off a sweater real quick”

Ifs Life Real Home Humor Running Wanted Funny House Energy Cooks Ran Electricity Static Balloons Sweaters Blenders

Author:Steven Wright

“That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is going to cave in.”

Knows World Life Feels Heart I Can Sometimes Reason Wanted Force Behinds Beauty My Heart I Realized No Reason Caves Benevolent Beauty Of The World

Author:Alan Ball