You Want Me Quotes

• You want me to act like we've never kissed, you want to forget; pretend we've never met , and I've tried and I've tried, but I haven't yet... You walk by, and I fall to pieces.

  Patsy Cline

  Relationship, Broken Heart, Heartbroken

  Song: I Fall to Pieces

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• Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

  Erica Jong

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Fear of Flying". Book by Erica Jong, 1973.

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• I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Truth, Fighting

  Twitter post from Feb 12, 2011

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• I don't have to be what you want me to be.

  Muhammad Ali

  Want, What You Want, Want Me

  Twitter post from Mar 03, 2016

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• You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.

  Maya Angelou

  Fitness, Motivational Workout, Work Out

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• Paul Edgecomb: What do you want me to do John? I'll do it. You want me to let you walk out of here and see how far you get? John Coffey: Now why would you want to do a foolish thing like that? Paul Edgecomb: When I die and I stand before God awaiting judgment and he asks me why I let one of HIS miracles die, what am I gonna say, that it was my job?

  Stephen King

  Jobs, Miracle, Want

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• Oh love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me. I'll be anybody you want me to be.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Want, Just Love Me, Want Me

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.105, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Just before our love got lost you said "I am as constant as a northern star" And I said, constantly in the darkness, Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar.

  Joni Mitchell

  Stars, Darkness, Bars

  Song: A Case of You

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• I had paid for my folly and, as a reward, was invited to take part in the nest builder’s performance piece. The script was great. ‘When I bleat here, do you want me to just bleat or to really let go and “bleat, bleat”?’ I asked. ‘I feel like “bleat, bleating,” but if Mother/Destroyer is going to be crawling through the birth canal of concertina wire, I don’t want to steal focus, you know what I mean?

  David Sedaris

  Letting Go, Mother, Mean

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• If you want me just whistle. You know how to whistle don't you? Just put your lips together and blow.

  Lauren Bacall

  Blow, Together, Want

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• i been meek, and hard like an oak, i seen pretty people disappear like smoke. friends will arrive, friends will disappear. if you want me, honey baby, i'll be here.

  Bob Dylan

  Baby, People, Want

  Song: Buckets of Rain, Album: Blood on the Tracks, 1975

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• [Ranger] "How's your mental health?" he asked. "I heard about Soder." [Stephanie] "I'm rattled." "I have a cure." Oh, boy. He put the truck in gear and headed for the exit. "I know what you're thinking," he said. "And that wasn't where I was going. I was going to suggest work." "I knew that." He looked over at me and grinned. "You want me bad." I did. God help me.

  Janet Evanovich

  Boys, Thinking, Gears

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• You want me and I want you. right?" Who did she think she was? You can't just go around blurting out the truth like a prophet with Tourette's Syndrome. He said, "Well, I guess. Yeah, that's right.

  Christopher Moore

  Thinking, Want, Prophet

  Christopher Moore (2009). “Coyote Blue: A Novel”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

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• And now I’m looking at you,” he said, “and you’re asking me if I still want you, as if I could stop loving you. As if I would want to give up the thing that makes me stronger than anything else ever has. I never dared give much of myself to anyone before – bits of myself to the Lightwoods, to Isabelle and Alec, but it took years to do it – but, Clary, since the first time I saw you, I have belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me.

  Cassandra Clare

  Love, Giving Up, Years

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1371, Simon and Schuster

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• You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

  Kobe Bryant

  Team, Athlete, Trying

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• Last night I encountered a dream cat with a very long neck and a body like a human fetus, gray and transluscent. I don't know what it needs or how to provide for it. Another dream years ago of a human child with eyes on stalks. It is very small, but can walk and talk "Don't you want me?" Again, I don't know how to care for the child. But I am dedicated to protecting and nurturing him at any cost! It is the function of the Guardian to protect hybrids and mutants in the vulnerable stage of infancy.

  William S. Burroughs

  Dream, Children, Cat

  "The Cat Inside". Book by William S. Burroughs, 1986.

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• I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.

  Vladimir Horowitz

  Life, Success, Mistake

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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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• When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

  Annie Leibovitz

  Artist, Awkward, Want

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• All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?

  Willie Nelson

  Giving Up, Golf, Play

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• If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.

  Buck Owens

  Country, Want, Fame

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• Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an observation that's not funny. It's gotta offend somebody somewhere.

  Jeff Ross

  Want, Apologizing, Observation

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• No, come to think of it, I don't think the Cure will end, but I can make up an ending if you want me to.

  Robert Smith

  Thinking, Want, Ends

  Spin magazine, 1989.

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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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• I pulled into the Grand Union parking lot and drove to the end of the mall where the bank was located. I parked at a safe distance from other cars, exited the BMW, and set the alarm. You want me to stay with the car in case someone's riding around with a bomb in his backseat looking for a place to put it?" Lula asked. Not necessary. Ranger says the car has sensors." Ranger give you a car with bomb sensors? The head of the CIA don't even have a car with bomb sensors. I hear they give him a stick with a mirror on the end of it.

  Janet Evanovich

  Distance, Mirrors, Bmw

  Janet Evanovich (2010). “High Five”, p.164, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

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