“...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care about, who have no self-respect and no respect for anybody or any institution....And I don't want to sound preachy or Victorian, but I'm tired of amorality in fiction and in real life. Immorality is a fascinating human dilemma that creates suspense for the readers and tension for the characters, but where is the tension in an amoral situation? When people have no personal code, nothing is threatening and nothing is meaningful.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingHumansPersonsBookRealSelfCharacterCareSoundFictionSituationReaderPaperInstitutionsTiredDon't CareMeaningfulReal LifeSuspenseCodeTensionSelf RespectFascinatingThreateningDollsDilemmaI'm TiredImmoralityVictorianNo RespectBooks And MoviesAmorality Author:Olive Ann Burns
“Our job as humans is to hold on to the thoughts of what we want, make it absolutely clear in our minds what we want, and from that we start to invoke one of the greatest laws in the Universe, and that's the law of attraction. You become what you think about most, but you also attract what you think about most.” ThinkingWantMindHumansMotivationalJobsLawSpiritualityUniverseClearAttractionLaw Of AttractionInvoke Author:John Assaraf
“Here's the problem. Most people are thinking about what they don't want, and they're wondering why it shows up over and over again.” PeopleThinkingWantShowsProblemWonderAttractionLaw Of AttractionSecret Law Of Attraction Author:John Assaraf
“I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.” ThinkingWant Author:Al Franken
“We tend to think that refusing to exalt Christ is staying true to our self-will and personal freedom when really we are condemning ourselves. Sure, we can pretend to stay true to ourselves, but if you want to talk about reality, all of that is completely trivial if this life is an island and He's the only pilot with a plane and a flight plan.” IfsThinkingWantSelfRealityLife IsChristPlansFlightThis LifePlanesIslandsStayingPilotsStay TrueCondemningPersonal FreedomSelf Will Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.” ThinkingWantMindEyeActionResultsPowerfulBehaviorPerformers Author:Charles Garfield
“The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWarFormPracticeIssuesCongressSpendingBudgetsPerpetualBalancedRepresentationTaxationDeficitBarbaricBalanced BudgetDeficit SpendingTaxation Without Representation Author:Mike Lee
“I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys - and the challenges - of marriage to anyone. Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.” ThinkingWantShouldAbleJoyChallengesCoupleGayMarriedUnderstoodCommittedDeny Author:Al Franken
“I truly respect the people who are working. If they want an autograph from Patti LaBelle, they are going to get it. I have never separated myself from them. I never think you are better than the next one.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNextAutographsThe Next One Author:Patti LaBelle
“I think Hollywood is so driven by money, the people who are making the decisions are not necessarily reflective of the melting pot, so what stories are you going to want to tell? You're going to want to tell stories about yourself.” PeopleThinkingWantStoriesDecisionHollywoodDrivenPotAbout YourselfMeltingMelting Pot Author:Sanaa Lathan
“There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it.” PeopleThinkingWantYearsTalkingCoupleExceptionForty Author:Walter Lord
“A lot of people, especially Christians, want to put you in this box of being a Christian actor, and I don't believe in it. You do yourself and everyone else a big disservice when you start thinking about it as "Christian art." That's why most Christian art is bad. They don't put a premium on the "art."” PeopleThinkingWantBelieveArtBigsChristianActorsArt IsDon't BelieveBoxesPremiumDisserviceChristian Art Author:Zachary Levi
“I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever they want to do because it's animated and they're not limited by budget.” ThinkingWantGuyCan DoHipsBudgetsAnimatedEdgyHystericalFamily Guy Author:Zachary Levi
“I think there's a lot of mythos about what's required in acting. The way that actors talk about acting is generally quite punishing, and I think actors want to put forward the idea that they do all of this work because, you know, it's a post-De Niro world, when, largely, in fact, it's almost never true.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayWantIdeasFactsActorsActingPostsDe Niro Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“I never would have guessed that I would get a job for the way I sound. I would get notes about how I should lose my accent, and part of me thinks, 'How dare you! This is who I am! Millions of people want to sound like me!' But it's sensitive, and I have tried to change it, with little to no success.” PeopleThinkingWayWantShouldLittlesJobsSoundLosesMillionsNotesDareWho I AmLike MeSensitiveAccents Author:Jack McBrayer
“Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.” ThinkingWantI CanWantedAchieveHonestSonDadProveMy DadAthleteBeing Honest Author:Joe Manganiello
“I think, as written, 'Assassins' simply acknowledges the very human need to be acknowledged. As director, I've got to put aside any particular biases or prejudices that, as a moral human being, this is not an appropriate or acceptable way to get what you want.” ThinkingWayWantNeedsHumansHuman BeingsMoralWrittenParticularDirectorsPrejudiceWhat You WantAcknowledgeAppropriateAcceptableAssassinsHuman Needs Author:Joe Mantello
“I’m going to do a lot of weird stuff that’s not going to be like me prancing around like an insane 12-year-old. I showed everybody that side of me and I think it’s time to do different stuff, even when it comes down to the type of humor. I want to do some drier, weirder stuff.” ThinkingWantYearsDifferentStuffSidesTypeLike MeInsaneWeird StuffPrancing Author:Andy Milonakis
“I didn't want to be treated like a 'star.' I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.” ThinkingWantStarsTreatedRude Author:Barry Manilow
“My own tastes happen to be in tune with what the public wants. I think that's the reason my batting average is so high, not because I've discovered some brilliant formula.” ThinkingWantReasonHappensMy OwnTasteAverageBrilliantTunesFormulasBatting Author:Cameron Mackintosh
“I think that's the great thing, ya' know, that women can do anything that they want now.” ThinkingKnowsWantCan DoGreat Things Author:Cindy Margolis
“I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. I just want it to be as good a comic book as it can be.” ThinkingWantBookComicComic Book Author:Frank Miller
“Once I decide I want to do something, I just work really hard and I do it, and I just know it's going to work. I think really positively.” ThinkingKnowsWantHardGoing To WorkPositively Author:Holly Madison
“I think a lot of people who want to be musicians terrify their parents because they don't have a living example of it in their families, and I did. So I always knew that it was possible.” PeopleThinkingWantParentExampleMusician Author:St. Vincent
“I think almost every woman artist I've ever met has this ideal of being in a partnership working situation with a man, that men don't seem to share. They seem to want this ideal thing, that we'll always be together and work together.” ThinkingMenWantSeemsTogetherArtistSituationShareMetsIdealsWorking TogetherPartnershipWoman Artist Author:Tom Verlaine
“I have a book in the pipeline of short stories. You want to hear an agent scream, say 'I'm thinking about doing a collection of short stories set in the Ozarks.” ThinkingWantBookStoriesAgentsCollectionsShort StoryScreamPipelineOzarks Author:Daniel Woodrell
“That's one of the biggest losses, I think, to African American families, is that people, once they left, they turned away from the South. They didn't look back, and they often didn't tell their children about it. They didn't want to talk about it. It was too painful, what they'd gone through and the caste system of the South, which was Jim Crow.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksChildrenLeftLossGoneSouthPainfulAfrican AmericanCrowCastesJim CrowAmerican FamilyCaste System Author:Isabel Wilkerson
“I think people are tired of religion and how it divides and damages people. You can name it whatever you want, Islam or Christianity, but if you have a system in which God is distant and angry all the time, and you're trying to please him through the right disciplines, it isn't going to work for everyone.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTryingNamesChristianityDisciplinePleaseAngryTiredIslamDamageDividesGoing To Work Author:William P. Young
“I'm a Virgo and I'm more - I don't want to say 'negative' - but I'm the girl who thinks no one's coming to my birthday party, no one's buying my clothes, no one's reading my book, no one's watching my show - that's just how I think.” ThinkingWantBookShowsGirlReadingPartyClothesNegativeBuyingMy BirthdayBirthday PartyVirgos Author:Rachel Zoe
“I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But I have to get the right project. I don't think it's so important to go to Hollywood. All that trash that comes out of there! I don't want to do that.” ThinkingWantImportantChallengesInterestingProjectsEuropeHollywoodTrash Author:Zhang Ziyi
“I think it's so important as an actor that you hang on to your own inner compass, because so many people want to guide you - 'This is what you should you be doing'. But I want to do different things.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldImportantDifferentActorsGuidesDifferent ThingsCompass Author:Michelle Ryan
“I didn't want to get into acting just to play bystanders. I feel a bystander enough in my own life. And I do think that theatre can contribute to a certain analysis and commentary on our own world.” ThinkingWorldWantFeelsEnoughPlayCertainMy OwnActingTheatreAnalysisMy Own LifeCommentaryBystanders Author:Elliot Cowan
“I think test-driven design is great. But you can test all you want and if you don’t know how to approach the problem, you’re not going to get a solution.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantProblemKnow HowDesignApproachSolutionsTestsDriven Author:Peter Norvig
“I mean, Robert Pattinson. No, I’m kidding, I shouldn’t say that. He’s actually really nice. My neighbour works with him and said he was a great guy. I don’t know to be honest, I don’t really model myself after anybody. You’re always just trying to create opportunities and be ready when those opportunities present themselves. I can’t look at anybody and think ‘I want to be Damian Lewis’ – I’d be setting myself up for failure.” ThinkingKnowsWantTryingLooksMeanSaidI CanGuyOpportunityNiceHonestReadyModelsSettingSettingsBeing HonestNeighbourReally NiceGreat Guy Author:Diego Klattenhoff
“I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.” ThinkingWantKindArtistNamesDependsSellsBrandsShameful Author:Adele
“I love my fans in Philadelphia, but this is the hardest place in the world to play in. And I think it's the hardest place to play in to be a superstar. Just to be the No. 1 guy. All eyes on you - because everybody wants you to be perfect, but not themselves.” ThinkingWorldWantPlayEyeGuySportsPerfectFansHardestPlaces In The WorldPhiladelphiaSuperstarSuper Star Author:Allen Iverson
“I think if a book has the power to move a reader, it also has the power to offend a reader. And you want your books to have power, so you just have to take what comes with that.” IfsThinkingWantBookMovingReader Author:Katherine Paterson
“Feminism … I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to be You and Me.' Free to be, if you were a girl—doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. Anything you want to be. And if you’re a boy, and you like teaching, you like nursing, you would like to have a doll, that’s OK too. That notion that we should each be free to develop our own talents, whatever they may be, and not be held back by artificial barriers—manmade barriers, certainly not heaven sent.” IfsThinkingWantShouldMayIdeasSongGirlHeavenBoysFeminismTeachingTalentDoctorsNotionLawyerChiefsIndianExplanationBarriersCaptureBe YouArtificialSimplestNursingDollsHeaven SentIndian Chief Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“It's an odd thing but when you tell someone the true facts of a mythical tale they are indignant not with the teller but with you. They don't want to have their ideas upset. It rouses some vague uneasiness in them, I think, and they resent it. So they reject it and refuse to think about it. If they were merely indifferent it would be natural and understandable. But it is much stronger than that, much more positive. They are annoyed. Very odd, isn't it.” IfsThinkingWantIdeasFactsWould BeNaturalStrongerRefuseTalesOddUpsetRejectsIndifferentVagueAnnoyedResentUneasinessOdd ThingsIndignantTrue Fact Author:Josephine Tey
“I'm going to continue working as a model. I want to do it all! And I think it's possible to keep working while you go to school. Christy Turlington did it. Natalie Portman did it. Emma Watson just did it! And those are just women in the public eye, but plenty of others do it, too. You know, women around the world are great at multitasking. We do it well.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantWellsEyeSchoolModelsAround The WorldPlentyWatsonEmmaPublic EyeMultitasking Author:Karlie Kloss
“I have always believed in the magic of childhood and think that if you get your life right that magic should never end. I feel that if adults cannot enjoy a children’s book properly there is something wrong with either the book or the adult reading it. This of course, is just a smart way of saying I don't want to grow up.” IfsThinkingWayWantFeelsShouldChildrenBookEndsCoursesReadingGrowsEnjoyGrowing UpMagicChildhoodSmartAdultsAlways BelieveChildren's BooksMagic Of Childhood Author:Colin Thompson
“Thank God, I think no one is thinking of unleashing a large-scale conflict with Russia. I want to remind you that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers.” ThinkingWantConflictNuclearScalesRussiaThank GodNuclear PowerLarge ScaleUnleashing Author:Vladimir Putin
“I think Clapton is brilliant. He's the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.” ThinkingWantMadePlayMovedGuitarBrilliant Author:Eddie Van Halen
“We all know we're going to die one day, but who wants to think about it? What's sustainable is joy, pleasure and freedom.” ThinkingKnowsWantJoyDiesPleasureOne Day Author:Dean Ornish
“The only, the only possibility would be if the Republicans are in the majority and they can offer me something that would be especially advantageous to Maine. Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much.” IfsThinkingWantMaySaidWould BePossibilityRepublicanOffersMajorityChairsWant MeCommitteesMaine Author:Angus King
“I figure there are enough self-opinionated assholes trying to get their ugly little faces in front of you as it is. You ask a lot of kids today what they want to be when they grow up, and they say, 'I want to be famous.' You ask them, 'For what reason?' and they don't know or care. I think Andy Warhol got it wrong - in the future, so many people are going to become famous that one day everybody will end up being anonymous for 15 minutes.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingLittlesEndsSelfReasonEnoughCareKidsTodayFacesAsksGrowsGrowing UpMinutesFrontsFiguresOne DayUglyOpinionatedWarhol Author:Banksy
“Do you know, we're right underneath Springtime Parish? This place is the opposite of springtime. Everything past prime, boarded up for the season. Just above us, the light shines golden on daffodils full of rainwine and heartgrass and a terrible, wicked, sad girl I can't get back to. I don't even know if I want to. Do I want to be her again? Or do I want to be free? I come here to think about that. To be near her and consider it. I think I shall never be free. I think I traded my freedom for a better story. It was a better story, even if the ending needed work.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantI CanStoriesLightPastGirlNeededTerribleOppositesSeasonsShiningGoldenWickedGet BackPrimeDo You KnowSpringtimeParishDaffodil Author:Catherynne M. Valente
“Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It's there, even when he can't see it or feel it, if he wants it to be there. You realize, I think, that it is more valuable, more mysterious, altogether more immense than anything you can learn or decide upon It will keep you free - not free to do anything you please, but free to be formed by something larger than your own intellect or the intellects around you.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsChristianFallRealizingSeaPleaseValuableIntellectInvisibleMysteriousTidesImmenseChristian FaithRise And FallDecide Upon Author:Flannery O'Connor
“I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.” PeopleThinkingWantAudienceFireToughHandleCandidatesTough Questions Author:Jack Kemp
“Obviously if you want to get good at something which is competitive, you have to think about it and practice a lot. You have to keep learning because world keeps changing and competitors keep learning. You have to go to bed wiser than you got up. As you try to master what you are trying to do – people who do that almost never fail utterly. Very few have ever failed with that approach. You may rise slowly, but you are sure to rise.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantTryingMayPracticeFailingMastersBedApproachWiserCompetitorsKeep Learning Author:Charlie Munger