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If we want our civilization to survive, we have to watch for the extremes. We have to reclaim our morality, both individually and as the society. To protect ourselves from extremisms, we have to maintain moderation.

When I want a peerage, I shall buy one like an honest man.

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

As a student of life I just want to be constantly progressing mentally, physically, and spiritually.

A lot of people listen to podcasts because they want to learn something and be entertained along the way.

I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.

I want to make beautiful paintings. But I don't make beautiful paintings by putting beautiful paint on a canvas with a beautiful motif. It just doesn't work. I expect my paintings to be strong and surprising.

When I was young, all I wanted and expected from life was to sit quietly in some corner doing my work without the public paying attention to me. And now see what has become of me.

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

I don't want to see a dress with a woman. I just want to see a woman, with a beautiful dress.

...there were certain chapters when I stopped writing, saw the domestic situation I was in and thought, "I don't want to face this world, let's get back to the hellish one I'm imagining.

I have a very serious censorship office inside my head; it censors things that I could tell you that you would never forget, and I don't want to be the person to stick that in your brain.

I did not want to leave the Mets and I did not want to leave New York.

I keep attacking the villains, the know-nothings, the people who want to take our freedoms away.

No supernatural can exist for the mankind that does not want to believe it.

I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a pose - that I want to create a sense of shyness. But it's just not something I want to do. I overdosed.

If you don't want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity

If you want to know something, go elsewhere. If you want to un-know everything, then sit and listen.

I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I'm looking for, I'd like to do a lead action role.

You don't want it to be a replica or an imitation. You want to create something fresh, original, very unique.

We want to get to a point where Twitter highlights lead to purchase of a live game

Over and over again in my life, I find closeness to other people and proximity to other people really painful; that's part of my mental illness, social anxiety. Closeness to other people is really hard, but it's also a shame because it's all you want too. But it doesn't always work.

I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.

It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?