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I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't.

In this age of quick fixes and microwave mindsets, most of us want what we want, and we want it right now, whether it is instant download speed, instant riches, or an Oompa-Loompa, but just as you can't force the farm to produce a harvest, you can't force your seed of potential to grow until it is ripe and ready.

I really want to see the Cubs in the World Series. I really do.

The more Christ fulfills the cravings of our souls, the more he changes our taste capacities from the inside out. The more we walk with him, the more we want him. The more we taste of him, the more we enjoy him. And this transforms how we live and what we live for.

I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.

I don't want anybody to understand what my depression feels like because in order to understand it you have to have been there, and I don't want anybody else to go.

I think you want to show a level of transparency that breeds trust. You don't want to show a level of desperation that breeds concern.

I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.

I never want to cannibalize my act, and I'm really excited that I am going to be able to perform new material. I'm not a huge fan of repeating jokes, and I don't really do any of my old material from old stand-up acts.

I want to say, without hesitation, the purpose of our life is happiness.

Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we are all connected to one another.

Oh, come on, ladies. God wouldn't have given you maracas if he didn't want you to shake 'em.

If people want to believe in this god, or that god, that's fine by me, believe away.

You can never err by treating everyone in the building with respect, thoughtfulness, and a kind word. Everyone of our employees is an essential employee. Every one of them wants to be viewed that way. And if you treat them that way, they will view you that way. They will not let you down or let you fail. They will accomplish whatever you have put in front of them.

I don't even want to go to the Pride marches anymore. The politics have been removed almost entirely. They're just huge corporate showcases.

Businesses want to think in terms of categories. Consumers want us to think in terms of their needs.

I want to believe that in any relational moment a person understands that the other person in front of them is just another human being.

I'm more cerebral than I want to be.

I want to live fast and die young.

I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ... if I can't take him with me, I don't want to go.

So when I cease to be I want to go back...to the sea! Oh for the life of a sardine! That is the life for me!

Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.

Hey," said Jace. who was sitting on an overturned speaker, looking at his cellphone, "do you want to see a photo of Alec and Magnus in Berlin?" "Not really," said Simon. "Magnus is wearing lederhosen." "And yet, still no.

I've never been that uncomfortable talking about it. Things come out [in the media] about me. When it's out, it's someone else's version of what's the matter with me. I want it to be my version of what it is. My recourse is to do my version.

Design the life that you want to live.