“I think it's easier for African American and white comics to be praised than it is Latinos because they think our culture or our humor is substandard. I mean, I just don't think they want to give us credit. I just don't think that they see us as important enough to be at their level. I'm the longest-produced comedy at Warner Bros. and I don't feel special. They come over and say hello. But everybody's gonna make a lot of money and I don't feel like I'm special to them.” ThinkingWantGivingFeelsMeanImportantEnoughCultureWhiteLevelsComedySpecialEasierCreditAfrican AmericanLots Of MoneyHelloLatinoBrosWarner Bros Author:George Lopez
“As a director, you want to be really connected to every part of your set, from your actors all the way to your camera operators. Everybody is a part of the creative process, and if they feel like they're part of a team versus just being a tool, they're going to give you something special.” IfsWayWantGivingFeelsActorsProcessCreativeTeamSpecialDirectorsToolsCamerasConnectedCreative ProcessJust BeingVersusSomething SpecialOperators Author:Eric Balfour
“The problem when you edit a film together, when you shoot a film, you are drawn into the moment. You want each moment to be special and full of life.” WantMomentsProblemTogetherFilmSpecialEdits Author:Michel Gondry
“I do want to make a special appeal to women movie stars to, I think, have a special responsibility these days to stop smoking, not to do it up on screen because the example that's being set is really an awful example.” ThinkingWantStarsResponsibilitySpecialExampleScreensAwfulAppealsThese DaysSmokingMovie StarStop Smoking Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I don't ever want to have to depend on a relationship. I think it's a really special thing to find love. It's beautiful. Nothing can match it. But I want to make sure that I find other things in life that I love besides . . . love.” ThinkingWantBeautifulLove IsSpecialDependsThings In LifeFinding LoveSpecial Things Author:Rihanna
“I don't believe in burning holy books, but I am organizing a protest. I'll be burning all my Dennis Miller VHS cassettes as a special protest. I don't want to hear the introduction 'you may have seen our next comedian on the Hannity show'.” WantBelieveMayBookShowsNextSpecialHolyDon't BelieveBurningComedianProtestIntroductionHoly BooksCassettes Author:Andy Kindler
“You're sitting with some guys, and you're playing and you go, "Ooh, yeah!" That feeling is worth more than anything. There's a certain moment when you realize that you've actually just left the planet for a bit and that nobody can touch you. You're elevated because you're with a bunch of guys that want to do the same thing as you. And when it works, baby, you've got wings. You know you've been somewhere most people will never get; you've been to a special place.” PeopleKnowsWantMomentsFeelingsGuyCertainLeftBitsRealizingSpecialPlanetsBabySittingYeahWingsBunchSpecial Places Author:Keith Richards
“We need an equal opportunity society, one in which government does not see its job as picking winners and losers. Where do you go if you want special favors? Government. Where do you go if you want a tax break? Government. Where do you go if you want a handout? Government. This must stop.” IfsWantNeedsDoeGovernmentJobsOpportunityBreakSpecialTaxesEqualFavorsWinnerLoserEqual OpportunityTax BreaksWinner And LoserHandouts Author:Bobby Jindal
“I just want Aerosmith to always give me a hard-on, that's all I ever ask for, for it to be the most special thing in my life. As long as I look at it through those eyes, it will always be that way.” WayWantGivingLooksLongHardEyeAsksSpecialGive MeSpecial ThingsAerosmith Author:Steven Tyler
“I don't want people to feel like they have to state something in a certain way because so-and-so might be around on the site. It's nice when people have a forum to discuss things among themselves. If you had a certain special-occasion blog I could probably contribute...I normally post on my site if I'm writing about music, and if you have a specific issue you're addressing or you want me to write about certain topics, then I'd be happy to try.” PeopleIfsWayWantFeelsWritingTryingStatesMightCertainIssuesNiceSpecialOccasionsPostsWant MeSiteTopicsBlogsYou Want MeForumsSpecial Occasion Author:Hilary Hahn
“Even with the most stupid video games, kids learn more about learning than they ever did before, because they want to learn codes and moves before other kids figure them out. They're motivated to seek out someone or search the Net for help. A student who makes a video game has to solve mathematical problems to make special effects happen on the screen.” WantHelpingProblemHappensKidsMovingGamesSpecialEffectsStupidFiguresStudentsSolveScreensVideoMathematicalCodeMotivatedSpecial EffectsMathematical Problems Author:Seymour Papert
“In America, if your next-door neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want one too. But in England, if your neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want him to die in a fiery accident. That's a quote from someone else, but there's something about American optimism, that feeling you can do anything if you're at least middle class in America. If I can have a writing career, anyone can. There's nothing special about me.” IfsWantWritingI CanFeelingsAmericaDiesNextCan DoClassCareersDoorsMiddleSpecialOptimismEnglandAccidentsNeighborMiddle ClassFieryWant HimRolls RoyceNext Door Neighbors Author:David Sedaris
“I want to ask you to place a significant seed in God's soil and see it work for you. Just as a special sacrifice was offered on the Day of Atonement, let me ask you to bring a very special offering.” WantAsksSacrificeSpecialLet MeSeedsSignificantSoilOfferingAtonement Author:Benny Hinn
“Offering 'comprehensive' reform usually means years of arguing and horse-trading among pressure groups to get anything done. By the time all the special interests are appeased or bought off, the resulting elephantine legislation typically looks nothing like what was intended. In short, big-government medicine usually doesn't work on big-government sickness. If President Obama wants 'comprehensive' change, it would be better simply not to spend any more money we don't have.” IfsWantYearsLooksMeanDoneBigsGovernmentWould BePresidentInterestGroupsSpecialHorsePressureMedicineArguingReformSicknessPresident ObamaOfferingMore MoneyLegislationTradingComprehensiveSpecial InterestsBig GovernmentPressure Groups Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“We want to be special. We want our place in the cosmos to be central. We want evolution-even godless evolution-to have been directed toward us so that we stand at the pinnacle of nature's ladder of progress. Rewind the tape of life and we want to believe that we (Homo Sapiens) would appear again and again. Would we? Probably not.” WantBelieveHas BeensProgressSpecialEvolutionCosmosTapeAgain And AgainLaddersHomo SapiensPinnacleRewind Author:Michael Shermer
“Every generation in America has faced the same question, do we we want America to be special? Or do we just want America to be another country? The time has come again.” WantCountryAmericaGenerationsSpecial Author:Marco Rubio
“From the beginning I felt that I didn't ever want to leave the impression that the process of writing a poem is totally mysterious. I couldn't explain everything that went on in the creation of a poem, but I could try to explain as much as I knew. I thought readers deserved that. I didn't want to set myself apart as being someone special.” WantWritingTryingFeltProcessSpecialCreationReaderImpressionMysteriousSpecial Someone Author:Pattiann Rogers
“It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no heart; there's no soul. Movies used to be about people. It's as though we don't tell stories any more. The studios have to make money, and if you want to make $20 million, you have to spend $200 million.” PeopleIfsWantHeartSoulStoriesUsedWalksMillionsSpecialEffectsColdTheaterStudiosUsed To BeMaking MoneyLeaving MeExplosionsSpecial Effects Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I think the president's [Barack Obama] position has been very clear on Syria. He wants more aggressive, he's put the Special Ops on the ground, in fact one of the Republican criticisms is he's got thousands of Americans there. We just don't call them troops on the ground, we don't admit to it. But they are there.” ThinkingWantHas BeensFactsPresidentClearSpecialPositionRepublicanCriticismBarackAggressiveTroopsSyriaSpecial Ops Author:Juan Williams
“I'd rather just help people with my creative energy. I want to remind them that they're cosmic light inside physical forms and they're an incredibly special part of god's wild mind of love, but I'd love to do that in the form of playing at venues or showing a film at festivals.” PeopleWantMindHelpingLightFilmFormEnergyCreativeSpecialCosmicFestivalsVenuesCreative Energy Author:Giuseppe Andrews
“When you get out in the field, it's just like any other game. You want to be the same player, the same team that has gotten them to that point. I don't think you have to do anything special. Just be yourself and allow all the time you put in that take over and get the job done.” ThinkingWantDoneJobsGamesPlayerTeamSpecialFieldsBeing YourselfJust Be YourselfGet The Job Done Author:Stephen Curry
“We're not unique in our family. We're more ambitious but we're not special. I'm not funnier than anyone else in my family; it's just that we wanted more than Raleigh, North Carolina, had to offer. If my brother wanted more than Raleigh had to offer, you would know his name. My sister Lisa has a really unique and different voice, but she doesn't want that. She's a fine writer, but never said, "I want a book. I want that kind of attention."” IfsKnowsWantKindSaidBookDifferentWantedNamesVoiceAttentionSpecialBrotherFineOffersUniqueMy FamilyOur FamilyMy BrotherMy SisterAmbitiousCarolinaNorth CarolinaDifferent VoicesRaleigh Author:David Sedaris
“There's something very special about knowing what you want to do and knowing the story you want to tell, but finding it together.” WantStoriesTogetherKnowingSpecialFindingsWhat You WantKnowing What You Want Author:John Ridley
“If you were to go to a restaurant and disagree with Daniel Boulud, he'd probably throw something at you. Restaurant chefs have a problem with caterers because we accommodate special requests, but great service is about getting exactly what you want.” IfsWantProblemSpecialWhat You WantRestaurantsDisagreeChefRequestAccommodateGreat Service Author:David Castle
“Deeply in my heart, do I want to believe that there is that special guy that is for me. Yes, absolutely.” WantBelieveHeartGuySpecialMy Heart Author:Guy Branum
“I support special forces. I support trainers. I support the air campaign. And I think we're making some progress. I want to continue to intensify that, and that's exactly what the president is doing.” ThinkingWantForcePresidentSupportProgressAirSpecialCampaignsTrainersSpecial Forces Author:Hillary Clinton
“I didn't want everybody to be pretty. I didn't want everybody to be thing. I didn't want everybody to be a size 4. I wanted it to be like the world. I think that we got there, and that was really special. I wanted texture and grit to everything. And then, you have an actress like Sarah Gadon, where you could rub dirt on her face and she'd look like she stepped off of a Vogue cover, and that's fine.” ThinkingWorldWantLooksWantedFacesSpecialFineSizeActressesDirtTextureGritVogue Author:Bridget Carpenter
“So the audience, at times, lets us know actually what is so special about the show that we can't even necessarily design or predict. Which is great. That's what you want art to be. You want it to be alive and to actually have a life in the way it's viewed.” KnowsWayWantArtShowsAudienceAliveSpecialDesignWhat You WantBe You Author:Steve Zissis
“Glamour to the outside world is taking some sense of care in your appearance and should give you inner confidence. You can do a full on look or you can do a 'less is more' look but you want to have those components, those little things that are special to you.” WorldWantGivingShouldLooksLittlesCareCan DoSpecialAppearanceLittle ThingsComponentsGlamourOutside WorldLess Is More Author:Zac Posen
“I think that paying your bills every month, that's not so glamorous or fun, having a job, or when your child gets sick. That's why when there are those special things, they are even more important and you want them to have a purpose.” ThinkingWantChildrenImportantJobsPurposeFunSpecialMonthsSickOur ChildrenBillsYour ChildrenGlamorousSpecial Things Author:Zac Posen
“In high school, people are sometimes encouraged to be like everyone else. What's so great about this show is that these kids are weird and different and over-achievers. They know what they want and they're going after it. They're weird and they don't deny it. That's what makes it special.” PeopleKnowsWantDifferentSometimesShowsKidsSchoolSpecialHigh SchoolDenyAchiever Author:Sarah Steele
“I love when brides tell me they want to do something special and unique, but I'm not a fan of doing anything too crazy.” WantCrazyFansSpecialUniqueBridesSomething Special Author:Austin Scarlett
“With comics it's very close, like, "I don't want to say anything onstage that I wouldn't say offstage." Or vice versa. I say "faggot" in my special and in the joke I am the faggot, if that makes sense.” IfsWantSpecialJokesVicesMake SenseSay AnythingVice Versa Author:Neal Brennan
“John Farrar, my dear friend and songwriter/producer of most of my hits (he wrote "You're The One That I Want" and "Hopelessly Devoted to You," among others), wrote the song ["I Think You Might Like It"] and it captures so much fun and joy! Having that reunion as well, with John and John - made the project even more special!” ThinkingWantWellsMadeMightJoySongFunSpecialProjectsDearProducersCaptureDevotedSongwritersReunionDear Friend Author:Olivia Newton-John
“You play the one song that people want to hear the most every night, and for every audience that's a special thing. And usually that translates back to you.” PeopleWantPlayNightSongAudienceSpecialEvery NightTranslateSpecial Things Author:Ted Leo
“Today there isn't a university where they don't have special courses [Jewish studies or Holocaust studies], hundreds and hundreds of universities, young people today want to know more than their elders did, much more, and therefore I am very optimistic about young people.” PeopleKnowsWantTodayYoungCoursesStudySpecialUniversityOptimisticHolocaustElders Author:Elie Wiesel
“I love my privacy too, but at the end of the day, when it comes down to it with my woman, I call her a "special cloth alert." She's a rare breed and I love her and I don't ever want her to change because I think that's the balance of my relationship.” ThinkingWantEndsSpecialBalanceThe End Of The DayPrivacy Author:DJ Khaled
“It seems to me if I would want to access the special, mysterious, mystical, powerful and most important, I simply need to live my life more fully.” IfsWantNeedsImportantSeemsPowerfulSpecialAccessMysteriousMysticalLiving My Life Author:Bryan Kest
“Many times, I like to read the script before I even know who they want me to play, so I can read it and really enjoy it as an audience member. I think that's given me the ability to ferret out the really special scripts from all the rest.” ThinkingKnowsWantI CanPlayGivenEnjoyAbilityAudienceSpecialMembersScriptsWant MeI Can ReadFerrets Author:William H. Macy
“Meg Whitman wants to be close to power. She doesn't care if it's Hillary Clinton, she doesn't care if it's Barack Obama. All she knows is that if Trump is president, he's not gonna be crony with her. Trump is not gonna do any special favors for her.” IfsKnowsWantCarePresidentSpecialTrumpClintonFavorsBarackMegCronies Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I had been in Africa for six weeks on a safari with my family. I said, "You know, I made a lot of money. I am getting kind of burned out. I really want to do something special." So I went on this extended trip to Egypt, Kenya, Sardinia - I really did it, man. I was coming home, and while I was gone, they changed the speed limit from 65 to 55.” KnowsMenWantKindMadeSaidHomeGoneWeekSpecialChangedLimitsSixMy FamilySpeedComing HomeLots Of MoneyBurnedEgyptSomething SpecialKenyaBurned OutSafariSpeed Limits Author:Sammy Hagar
“I was very inspired by working women, and also women who aren't working yet! I want them to have shoes that feel luxurious and special and well-crafted and thought about. But also, they should have shoes that won't break the bank. You don't have to spend three years saving up for beautiful shoes.” WantFeelsShouldYearsWellsBeautifulThreeBreakSpecialShould HaveInspiredShoesSavingThree YearsLuxuriousWorking WomenVery InspiredSaving Up Author:Zendaya
“If I want to do something powerful or special, then I contact people I think are smart, educated, inspiring and I'll say, "What are you doing? How can I help?"” PeopleIfsThinkingWantHelpingPowerfulSpecialSmartContactEducated Author:Zendaya
“If I choose this platform [The Black Arts Movement] and God validates this platform, I feel like we have to use the hyper-reality to get people closer to [actual] reality. Right now is so special because it's the information age and people just want to be aware and there's no better way of doing that than through art.” PeopleIfsWayWantFeelsArtUseRealityAgeBlackSpecialInformationMovementRight NowPlatformsBetter WaysHyperInformation AgeBlack Art Author:Kofi Siriboe
“I think the "trick" is you have to really want to do it. You're embracing more of the world. Which is great. We're all in the world together, you know? And the models in the show who are "plus size," they're not in a special place, they're not wearing differently styled outfits. They're just beautiful girls who are in the show, like normal. Everything's normal. That's how it should be!” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantShouldShowsTogetherBeautifulGirlSpecialNormalModelsSizeTricksPlusSpecial PlacesOutfitsBeautiful GirlPlus Size Author:Christian Siriano
“It's really, really eclectic. It's not a business book [Girlboss], but it's still a book that should make you want to get up and do things and think about your life. And for a book that looks that beautiful on a coffee table, I think that's a very special thing. So it's hopefully a new genre I guess, of book. It was so fun to put together and fun to write, that was really a pleasure.” ThinkingWantShouldWritingLooksStillsBookTogetherBeautifulFunPleasureSpecialTablesCoffeeGet UpHopefullyGenreEclecticSpecial Things Author:Sophia Amoruso
“That's what I tried to create, even though they are new pieces. I wanted them to feel like very special pieces that you can hold on to for a long time. I didn't want them to be too high fashion, I wanted them to be more timeless.” WantFeelsLongWantedPiecesSpecialFashionLong TimeTimelessHigh Fashion Author:Julia Restoin Roitfeld
“The first listen is very important to me. Half of my favorite records just hit you in the face immediately with something memorable and within three-and-a-half minutes you know you've heard something really special. I want to make records like that, but it's a big challenge.” KnowsWantFirstsImportantBigsFacesThreeChallengesHalfRecordsHeardMinutesSpecialMy FavoriteMemorableBig Challenges Author:Derek E. Miller
“I think that luxury is to be used when you are in your jeans and your T-shirt and you want to feel a little extra special, and you want to go and walk into a store and have somebody go, "Wow, what is that?" Maybe that's the one and only thing you give yourself that day, but I think women like to give that to themselves.” ThinkingWantGivingFeelsLittlesUsedWalksSpecialStoresLuxuryShirtsExtrasWowJeansT Shirt Author:Charlize Theron