“I've learned that, I wouldn't say I've made that mistake, but I've learned on some of my other movies, like, you always want to show everything that you feel works” WantFeelsMadeShowsMistakeLike YouI've Learned Author:Shawn Anthony Levy
“I also love doing comedy. I just moved to L.A. last July. Before that, Vancouver is all about sci-fi, so I didn't get any comedy, whatsoever. But in L.A., people are like, "You don't look quirky enough," and I'm like, "I'm quirky. I'm the definition of quirky. How do you want me to look quirky." They have these little boxes that they put everyone in, so now I have to try to break the mold and get them to see me as being quirky.” PeopleWantTryingLooksLittlesEnoughLastsBreakComedyLike YouMovedDefinitionsBoxesSci FiWant MeJulyMoldYou Want MeQuirkyVancouverDo You Want Me Author:Tinsel Korey
“We do want the freedom to move scenes from episode to episode to episode. And we do want the freedom to move writing from episode to episode to episode, because as it starts to come in and as you start to look at it as a five-hour movie just like you would in a two-hour movie, move a scene from the first 30 minutes to maybe 50 minutes in. In a streaming series, you would now be in a different episode. It's so complicated, and we're so still using the rules that were built for episodic television that we're really trying to figure it out.” WantWritingTryingFirstsLooksStillsTwoDifferentMovingHoursFiveMinutesFiguresTelevisionLike YouSceneBuiltSeriesComplicatedEpisodesStreaming Author:Jill Soloway
“I'm usually writing or producing for other people. I'm like Burger King most of the time; I let people have it their way like "You want it like this? I'll give it to you like this."” PeopleWayWantGivingWritingLike YouKingsBurgersBurger King Author:Warryn Campbell
“There is one common philosophy, one thing that you can do no matter who you are or what you look like: You can actually get passionate instead of remaining cool or instead of trying to look like everybody else. You can - you must - immerse yourself passionately in who you are if you want to have style.” IfsWantTryingLooksMatterPhilosophyCan DoCommonOne ThingStyleLike YouWho You ArePassionate Author:Isaac Mizrahi
“You have to pretend like you want to use a condom. I like to say something fun when I bring it up, but honest. I'll be like, 'You're going to want to wear this. I've had a busy month.” WantUseFunHonestHonestyLike YouMonthsBusyCondom Author:Amy Schumer
“I have a friend who swears by food combinations - have you heard of this nonsense? She's nuts. She's like, 'You know what? You should eat food combinations, and that way you can eat whatever you want. It's just the combinations of how you put the food together.' And then her examples are like, 'You wouldn't want to eat steak and potatoes together, but you could have, like, a lemon rind and raisin skins - not the whole raisin, take the skins and steam them.” KnowsWayWantShouldWholeTogetherHeardExampleLike YouSkinsCombinationNonsenseNutsSwearPotatoesSteamLemonsSteakRaisins Author:Brian Regan
“Dating is horrible, it's awful. I don't get it. It's like you're standing there: 'Hi. Do you want to have sex and later wish you hadn't?' It's horrible. And it's awkward at 42 because I don't have the body or the drive. I just sit in the car and hope somebody gets in.” WantBodyWishSexCarLike YouStandingDatingHorribleAwfulAwkwardWish YouStanding There Author:Louis C. K.
“People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable.” PeopleWantYouthLike YouNostalgiaSelfishObsession Author:Mick Jagger
“Never submit an idea or chapter to an editor or publisher, no matter how much he would like you to. Writing from the approved idea is (another) gravely serious time-waster. This is your story. Try and find out what your editor wants in advance, but then try and give it to him in one piece.” WantGivingWritingTryingIdeasMatterStoriesPiecesSeriousLike YouEditorsSubmitChaptersPublishersApprovedOne Piece Author:John Creasey
“I want you to forget all your insecurities. I want you to reject anyone of anything that's ever made you feel like you don't belong or don't fit in or made you fell like you're not good enough or pretty enough or thin enough or can't sing well enough or dance well enough or write a song well enough or like you'll never win a Grammy or you'll never sell out Madison Square Garden, you just remember that you're a goddamn superstar and you were born this way!” WantFeelsMadeLike YouLetting GoInsecurityRejectsI Want You Author:Lady Gaga
“Not being like everyone else is a great thing, but when you're in elementary school, you want people to like you, and kids that age can be so closed-minded. I mean, I went to a little Catholic school in the San Fernando Valley! My life was so different from the other kids'.” PeopleWantMeanLittlesDifferentKidsAgeSchoolLike YouCatholicGreat ThingsValleysElementary SchoolCatholic SchoolClosed Minded Author:Katy Rose
“How many of you heard the voice of God speak specifically, clearly, directly, and personally, to you? Can you just put a hand up? I'd like you to share it. Can you put a hand up for a minute? Just want you to look around; that's people saying, "God Almighty, the Maker of heaven, the one Who's sitting on the only throne that's not under threat - He spoke to me. He spoke to me." "God spoke to me." Don't let the voice of the darkness tell you that you are not worth that God would not speak to you. Don't let him tell you, you don't matter. God spoke to you.” PeopleWantLooksMatterHandsSpeakHeavenVoiceDarknessHeardShareMinutesLike YouSittingThreatSpokesMakersAlmightyThronesVoice Of GodHands Up Author:Louie Giglio
“I'm a Christian. Years ago, I went broke, so I decided to run every part of my life according to the Bible. It sounds hokey, but it works. You run your marriage that way, and it works. It will work with business, too, and finances. Treat people like you want to be treated.” PeopleWayWantYearsRunningChristianSoundLike YouYears AgoDecidedTreatsTreatedFinanceBrokeWorking It Author:Dave Ramsey
“I hope to shine through my transparency and just let people know that we are all the same. I want children to look at things different like "You're shining too! You just shine in a different way."” PeopleKnowsWayWantLooksChildrenDifferentLike YouShiningDifferent WaysTransparency Author:Avery Sunshine
“It isn't like we don't work with you because you are white, or not want anything to do with you. It is more like you have to check your privileges, the whites have the responsibility to put themselves at attention with the form they operate in with people of color and try to always lay out that pattern to connect with people and say, "I am conscious of my privileges and I am accounting for myself."” PeopleWantTryingFormWhiteAttentionResponsibilityColorLike YouConsciousLaysPrivilegePatternsChecksAccounting Author:Bocafloja
“Bush people didn't like him, and they never liked him. They didn't like him because they don't like democracy. They like you to have an election, but they like you to elect the people they want you to elect.” PeopleWantDemocracyLike YouElection Author:Randall Robinson
“It's not easy to come somewhere new and have to find your place. You might feel someone doesn't like you, or you might need to find new friends. It's not easy, and I don't like this kind of thing. It's not easy, so you want to protect the players who are alone.” WantNeedsFeelsKindMightEasyPlayerLike YouProtectNew Friends Author:Fernando Torres
“I was at a photo shoot, and I was wearing a cross necklace that my mom bought me, and somebody made a joke like, 'Why are you wearing a cross? Like you would be religious.' And then they took it away. I was really affected by that. The whole thing made me realize that I do want a cross with me at all times.” WantMadeWholeWould BeRealizingReligiousLike YouMomJokesCrossesMy MomAll TimeAffectedNecklacesPhoto Shoots Author:Kate Upton
“I had an argument with my students on why they want to present their work in an iBook, it's like your sister who has no design training, put on some outfits in the bedroom, took some pictures, sent them to Apple and after paying 40 quid, you have a portfolio! I can't believe it.” WantBelieveI CanDesignStudentsLike YouTrainingArgumentApplesBedroomOutfitsPortfolios Author:Louise Wilson
“I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.” PeopleWayWantFeelsIdeasChallengesDecisionLike YouFeels RightMaking Decisions Author:Mackenzie Davis
“I just want to say that um, I'm just really, really shocked at like how nice our world is because it's just so nice. Like oh my God! Like, the other day, like I was sitting there and I saw these magazines and they said I was pregnant, and like, it's so true. Like America, believe everything you read. Because, like, you're smart and I'm stupid. Like for real. Come on y'all.” WorldWantBelieveSaidRealAmericaSawsNiceStupidLike YouSmartSittingMagazinesOur WorldPregnantThey SaidShockedWere Pregnant Author:Britney Spears
“Everything goes so fast that you wake up suddenly after 5 years and you just feel like you want to talk about different [things] than everybody in the group, you want to talk about your own things.” WantFeelsYearsDifferentGroupsLike YouWake UpDifferent Things Author:K-Maro
“When someone writes something hateful and threatening I respond with something like, "I want to be so much like you; I want to wear your skin." By messing with them in that way you change what they're selling. They won't share it. And it halts the conversation. Or I'll change it to "Jenny, you're like a rose bush that grew a watermelon." They come back pissed off and write, "I didn't say that!"” WayWantWritingShareLike YouGrewConversationSkinsRoseSellingThreateningHatefulHaltPissed OffJennyRose Bush Author:Jenny Lawson
“There was this interesting quote: try and live your life without fear and desire. It's this concept that's like when you look at a painting in a museum and you are held in aesthetic arrest. So the I, the ego, is stripped, is gone. The observer and thing become one. That's where fear and desire come in because you don't want to own it, possess it, desire it, and it's not moving you to fear. It's like you're in this harmonious state with the object.” WantTryingLooksStatesMovingDesireInterestingGoneObjectsPaintingLike YouEgoConceptsMuseumsAestheticLive Your LifeObserversHarmonious Author:Zack Snyder
“The last thing reporters and editors want to be told is what to do and how to write. They don't want to be some politically correct, Orwellian, kind of like "you're telling me how to write about...?"” WantWritingKindLastsLike YouEditorsReportersPolitically CorrectOrwellian Author:Jose Antonio Vargas
“When you're part of the opposition you want to stay. It's part of your identity. You're useless if you leave. You feel like you have failed.” IfsWantFeelsIdentityLike YouUselessOpposition Author:Masha Gessen
“Certainly as actors, and maybe as directors, you've got to hang on to something childlike. You've got to know what play is. I haven't worked with Mike Leigh, but I know him very well and there's something open in his eyes about what's in front of him. And the same is true of Alfonso in a Mexican, mad way. There's an enthusiastic response to something. Neil Jordan, the same, when he gets excited . You just want to know there's a human being in there.” KnowsWayWantHumansWellsPlayEyeActorsHuman BeingsFrontsHavensLike YouDirectorsMadResponseExcitedHis EyesMexicanMikeEnthusiasticJordanChildlike Author:Alan Rickman
“I like your own shows because you can have a bit more fun and extend your set, you can go a bit over if you want because it's your show. Whereas at festivals it's very strict, like if you go like two minutes over they get ready to pull the plug kind-of-thing. They're both good and bad.” IfsWantKindTwoShowsFunBitsMinutesReadyLike YouStrictFestivalsGood And BadPlugsI Like You Author:Flume
“I did have a couple of people asking me to illustrate their MC in a hope to widen the exposure, unfortunately the messages weren't a good fit, so I couldn't oblige. And I didn't really want to become a matchmaking service. Someone posted a missed connection "I like your blog" which was directed at me... that was kind of fun to stumble across.” PeopleWantKindFunLike YouCoupleFitMessagesConnectionsAskingExposureBlogsI Like YouMissed Connections Author:Sophie Blackall
“8 year old young girl came up to me when I went to speak at an elementary school, and she gave me a drawing. It was great and she said "I want to be just like you when I grow up and direct movies". And that just made me choke up. It was so cute, and the reason why she's looking at me is I look like her.” WantYearsLooksMadeSaidReasonSchoolYoungGirlSpeakGrowsGrowing UpLike YouDirectDrawingReason WhyCuteChokeLike HerElementary School Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“My step-dad started playing hockey in Detroit so we moved and I had to start home school. I started watching movies since I had a bunch of free time and then I was like, 'You know what? I want to give this a shot, move back to L.A., and audition.' The first show I booked was a show called Threshold with Carla Gugino and it was obviously a terrifying experience and I felt out of my comfort zone, but it made me want to keep going because it was fun.” KnowsWantGivingFirstsMadeShowsHomeSchoolMovingFunFeltStepsLike YouDadComfortShotsMovedBunchZoneKeep GoingHockeyComfort ZoneAuditionsDetroitThresholdFree TimePlaying HockeyStep Dad Author:Steven R. McQueen
“Prostitutes have feelings; they are very human. They hurt, bleed cry and laugh just like you and me. To the people that want to legalize prostitution: Let me ask you a question. If you want to legalize it, would you now let your daughter/niece/grand daughter/sister do this? Why not sign them up for what you want legalized? And if not, WHY not? Does it make them too human for you now?” PeopleIfsWantHumansDoeFeelingsAsksHurtLaughingCryLike YouDaughterLet MeWhat You WantWhy NotProstitutionOur DaughterYour DaughterNieceGrand Daughter Author:Annie Lobert
“The first thing you have to do is understand what success looks like. And to understand what success looks like you have to understand the intent. If you understand that intent is to make sure the sea lines are secure, then suddenly bombing Kosovo makes sense, because you don't want Serbia to reemerge as a major power.” IfsWantFirstsLooksLinesSeaLike YouMajorsSecureMake SenseBombingSerbiaKosovo Author:George Friedman
“If you feel like you're not where you want to be in your life, rather than step on someone else's, raise your stature.” IfsWantFeelsStepsLike YouRaisesStature Author:Rib Hillis
“Some people don't even notice. "Oh, you sound exactly like you did!" And I say, "OK, if that's what you want to believe, that's fine."” PeopleIfsWantBelieveSoundLike YouFineWhat You Want Author:Joan Baez
“And these [pharmaceutical] companies are still threatening to sue. And it's like, you know, do you not have a conscience? Do you not want the world to be a better place? You're still making a profit. How much more of a profit do you want to make?” KnowsWorldWantStillsCompanyLike YouConscienceProfitThreateningBetter PlacePharmaceuticalPharmaceutical Companies Author:Elton John
“I read every single letter. Some just break my heart. I've cried over letters that have come in, from young women and older women alike, saying to me, "You know, you made me want to stop crash dieting and just be healthy. You are my role model. I want to be like you."” KnowsWantHeartMadeYoungRolesBreakLike YouMy HeartHealthyModelsLettersRole ModelsCriedCrashYoung WomenDietingBreaking My HeartOlder Women Author:Evangeline Lilly
“In America, the colors sing, they don't just glower at you. The West Coast especially is fantastic. It seems like you can do whatever you want here.” WantSeemsAmericaCan DoColorLike YouWestFantasticCoastDo Whatever You WantWest Coast Author:Stanley Donwood
“When the Irish nun said to me, "Speak your name loud and clear so that all the boys and girls can hear you," she was asking me to use language publicly, with strangers. That's the appropriate instruction for a teacher to give. If she were to say to me, "We are going to speak now in Spanish, just like you do at home. You can whisper anything you want to me, and I am going to call you by a nickname, just like your mother does," that would be inappropriate. Intimacy is not what classrooms are about.” IfsWantGivingDoeSaidUseHomeWould BeMotherGirlNamesSpeakLanguageBoysClearTeacherLike YouAskingStrangerIntimacyLoudAppropriateInstructionClassroomNunInappropriateBoy And GirlNicknamesSpeak Now Author:Richard Rodriguez
“I think I was in high school, actually, and it was a guidance counselor or someone said, you know, you're just too loud; like you need to just stop talking so much and stop being so opinionated; like no one wants to listen to you because you're really annoying. And I'm glad that I didn't shut up, because it seems like people are listening.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantNeedsSaidSeemsSchoolTalkingLike YouListeningHigh SchoolGladLoudGuidanceAnnoyingShut UpCounselorOpinionatedGuidance Counselor Author:Jessica Valenti
“You know, in the sentence of humanity this place needs to be a parentheses. And when I say parentheses I mean I'm talking like you go around it. Leave it alone. Let it exist. And what I want people to see with this film is not only a respect for this place from the bottom of my heart.” PeopleKnowsWantNeedsHeartMeanFilmHumanityTalkingLike YouMy HeartBottomSentencesParentheses Author:DJ Spooky
“I try not to be protected. Because I feel like you can become a little bit of a robot. That's not who I am. And I don't want to be monotone. It's important to be yourself, whatever the cost.” WantFeelsTryingLittlesImportantBitsLike YouCostLittle BitWho I AmBeing YourselfProtectedRobots Author:Serena Williams
“As a person, you want to feel like you're giving back. That's something I've always enjoyed doing.” WantGivingFeelsPersonsLike YouEnjoyedGiving Back Author:Laura Vandervoort
“I think love means a warm feeling about a human or a condition, where you feel emotional, and you feel like you want to be around them or it. You want to take care of it or them, the person, and be with them.” ThinkingWantFeelsHumansMeanPersonsFeelingsCareConditionsEmotionalLike YouWarmTake CareLove Means Author:Fisher Stevens
“Just like you, your partner wants to be loved for who they are, in spite of their shortcomings. Make an effort to let them know they are loved, even if some of their behavior is not. Work towards co-creative solutions.” IfsKnowsWantEffortCreativeLike YouBehaviorSolutionsPartnersSpiteShortcomingsCreative Solutions Author:Arielle Ford
“I have to say what I do is not easy and there are definitely moments where I feel inadequate to the tasks I've set for myself. And that's hard to feel - like you're giving your life to something and you can't really do it as well as you want to do it.” WantGivingFeelsWellsHardMomentsEasyLike YouTasksInadequate Author:Joan Osborne
“I look at Thich Nhat Hanh and I look at Marshall Rosenberg, and they're more concerned about the long range. And that long range means that you have to sit down with people who don't think like you. I want to reach people who don't think like me.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksMeanLongLike YouConcernedLike MeRangeThich Nhat Hanh Author:Sandra Cisneros
“As a songwriter, your songs are, in a way, like your children - you want them to be appreciated.” WayWantChildrenSongLike YouOur ChildrenYour ChildrenSongwritersAppreciated Author:Mike Love
“When I got pregnant, I told [Susan Sarandon ]. She said, "All right. I'm gonna tell you the thing to do when you're giving birth: Push like you're trying to win a prize, like you want to be the best patient he's ever had. He's going to give you a prize for winning that." So I did. [The doctor] said, "You are probably the best pusher I've had as a patient."” WantGivingTryingSaidWinningLike YouBirthDoctorsPatientThings To DoBeing The BestPrizePregnantGiving Birth Author:Geena Davis