Want Me Quotes - Page 3

• A lot of guys go, 'Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.' I tell 'em, 'I don't know any.' They want me to make one up. I don't make 'em up. I don't even know when I say it. They're the truth. And it is the truth. I don't know.

  Yogi Berra

  Guy, Ems, Hey

  "Yogi Berra: What I've Learned" by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. September 23, 2015.

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• I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me.

  Kevin Bacon

  Fun, Directors, Watches

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• The Minnesota Republican hierarchy didn't want me to run against their incumbent in 2000; they didn't know who I was. And once many party bigwigs did get to know me, they weren't sure that I could win the seat.

  Michele Bachmann

  Running, Party, Winning

  Michele Bachmann (2011). “Core of Conviction: My Story”, p.15, Penguin

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• I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in a punk band. For me, 'SNL' is like... this is gonna sound overly dramatic, but... the way I am, it feels like I'm a soldier, so it was like, 'What do you want me to do? Put me anywhere. Do you want me to do these sketches? Great.'

  Fred Armisen

  Missing, Soldier, Sound

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.

  Adam Ant

  People, Three, Records

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• I think that the problem is that people fear so many things and they don't live life to its fullest. And for me as an artist, if God should want me to come this Wednesday to the end of my life, so be it.

  Criss Angel

  Life, Thinking, Artist

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• I was a 'Laurel and Hardy' nut. I got to know Laurel at the end of his life, and it was a great thrill for me. He left me his bow tie and derby and told me that if they ever made a movie about him, he'd want me to play him.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Nuts, Play, Ties

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• Don't you want me to kiss you goodbye, sweetie?" "Kiss a cow farm boy

  Nora Roberts

  Goodbye, Kissing, Boys

  Nora Roberts (2011). “The Fall of Shane MacKade: The MacKade Brothers, Book Four”, p.102, Silhouette

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• When the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn't truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn't come from your spirit and your soul, it's an injustice to your position. And so, I'm really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to.

  Lady Gaga

  Eye, Soul, Fans

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• I get a phone call once every 18 months from some mad person who wants me to do something for less than no money and they give me about a week's notice. That's my film career, most of the time.

  Dylan Moran

  Careers, Phones, Giving

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• What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me?

  Marilyn Monroe

  Kids, Three, Want

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• If I stay, they'll kill me... If I go, at least everything that wants me dead won't be taking it personally.

  Jim Butcher

  Want, If I Stay, Kill Me

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• To answer your question, you want me because I'm made of awesome.

  Gena Showalter

  Answers, Want, Made

  Gena Showalter, Kait Ballenger (2013). “After Dark: The Darkest Angel\Shadow Hunter”, p.58, Harlequin

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• You sure you don’t want me to stay? I’ll make you coffee and ask you about your day.

  Ilona Andrews

  Coffee, Want, Asks

  Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.107, Penguin

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• As far as I was concerned, we'd come to a draw: I hadn't wanted to come, and she didn't want me to leave. We were even. But I knew my mother wouldn't see it that way. Lately, we didn't seem to see anything the same.

  Sarah Dessen

  Mother, Want, Way

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Someone Like You”, p.15, Penguin

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• Let me get this stright, Aya-Chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?" -Frizz mizuno

  Scott Westerfeld

  Lying, Want, Facts

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• Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?

  Dashiell Hammett

  Cairo, Want, Smooth

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• I could not cry for my own brother; he would not want me to. But I found myself crying for this hated stranger and the endless slaughter that I had almost contributed to." (page 8)

  Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

  Brother, Want, Pages

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• They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something.

  Etta James

  Dance, Want, They Said

  Interview with Daryn Kagan, www.cnn.com. September 21, 2002.

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• If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.

  Mahalia Jackson

  Christmas, Song, Feelings

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• My kids are not that interested in my movie career, by the way. My son, in particular, never talks about it. He just wants me as his dad.

  Hugh Jackman

  Dad, Kids, Son

  "Hugh Jackman Interview REAL STEEL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 4, 2011.

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• Darling, I don't want you; I've got no place for you; I only want what you give. I don't want the whole of anyone.... What you want is the whole of me-isn't it, isn't it?-and the whole of me isn't there for anybody. In that full sense you want me I don't exist.

  Elizabeth Bowen

  Giving, Want, Darling

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• If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.

  Vladimir Horowitz

  Mistake, Play, Dynamics

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• Right now the only people I can really fall in love with are people who don't really, truly want me around. Now why do I do that?

  Ethan Hawke

  Falling In Love, People, Want

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• My career only took off because of one football game. I thought it was funny. 'Playboy' called and offered me a cover just like that. I turned them down initially, because I was nervous about it and my boyfriend at the time didn't want me to do it, but they kept coming back , so I eventually said yes.

  Pamela Anderson

  Football, Games, Careers

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