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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• Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on collective debate precisely to prevent senior officials from freelancing, or putting their departmental interests first. For all the formal machinery, Eisenhower was very literally the commander in chief, making the key decisions himself and monitoring closely how they were carried out. Even years after D-Day, when critics needled him for not being on the front lines with the invading forces, he retorted, “I planned it and took responsibility for it. Did you want me to unload a truck?

  Nancy Gibbs

  Senior, Running, Responsibility

  Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy (2012). “The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

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• I looked at Justin, and I was like: “Do you want me to go onstage for you?"

  Kanye West

  Want, Ridiculous, Justin

  "Behind Kanye’s Mask". Interview with Jon Caramanica, www.nytimes.com. June 11, 2013.

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• I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?

  Malin Akerman

  Girl, Here I Am, Different

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

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• I believe in Allah and in peace. I don't try to move into white neighborhoods... I don’t want to marry a white woman. I was baptized when I was 12, but I didn’t know what I was doing. I’m not a Christian anymore. 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

  Christian, Believe, Moving

  "The real reason Muhammad Ali converted to Islam" by Jonathan Eig, www.washingtonpost.com. October 26, 2017.

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• It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there's no money in it. By that I mean the way the video business works now, the artist and the record label send out a song to a bunch of different directors and say, 'What would you do with this?' Then everyone has to come up with an idea and bid on it. For me, it's like, 'Hey, you want me to do it? Then pay me. I'm not auditioning for you.'

  John Landis

  Song, Mean, Artist

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• I remember when both Gnarls Barkley and Justin [Timberlake] lost for Album of the Year [at the Grammys], and I looked at Justin, and I was like: 'Do you want me to go onstage for you? You know, do you want me to fight?

  Kanye West

  Fighting, Years, Want

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• If you are facing trouble right now, don't ask, “Why me?” Instead ask, “What do you want me to learn?” Then trust God and keep on doing what's right.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Religion, Want

  "Purpose Driven Life". Book by Rick Warren, 2002.

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• Liberals should not overplay this weapons of mass destruction card, because you want me to tell you the truth? Most of us are not going to care if they don't find these weapons of mass destruction. It's enough for a lot of us to see those kids smiling on that street again.

  Dennis Miller

  Smile, Kids, Mass Destruction

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• If you want me to do things only for ROI reasons, you should get out of this stock.

  Tim Cook

  Roi, Want, Reason

  "Tim Cook tells climate change sceptics to ditch Apple shares" by Jessica Shankleman, www.theguardian.com. March 3, 2014.

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• I have something to say. I know how to do something. I’m doing it. If you want me to do it with you, raise your hand.

  Seth Godin

  Hands, Want, Raises

  Interview with Ryan and Tina Essmaker, thegreatdiscontent.com. August 14, 2012.

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• Lord, may I think what you want me to think. May I desire what you want me to desire. May I speak as you want me to speak. May I work as you want me to work.

  Pedro Poveda Castroverde

  God, Christian, Work

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• Lord Jesus, I'm going to obey you, and love you, and serve you, and do what you want me to do, as long as I live even if I go to Hell at the end of the road, simply because YOU ARE WORTHY TO BE LOVED, AND OBEYED, AND SERVED, and I 'm not trying to make a deal with you!

  Paris Reidhead

  Jesus, Love You, Long

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• Do you want me to answer that?

  Monica Lewinsky

  Running, Answers, Want

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• You want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not secretary of state; I am. If you want my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I am not going to be channeling my husband.

  Hillary Clinton

  Husband, Thinking, Politics

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• If you want me to swim fast, you have to let me enjoy my life.

  Amanda Beard

  Swim, Want, Enjoy

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• The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don't know. I'll tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I don't know anything about him, and it's kinda sad.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Quality, Want, Arms

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• You want ME in the ring? Now I know you've been drinking

  Kurt Angle

  Drinking, Wwe, Want

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• A key to everything is surrender - to really come before the Lord and say, 'I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay' or 'God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.'

  Francis Chan

  Keys, Long, Earth

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• You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.

  Samuel L. Jackson

  Meaningful, Want, Way

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• Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.

  Nancy O'Dell

  Europe, Want, Pool

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