Agnes Sligh Turnbull Quotes
When the desire ain't on me I don't need help. When it is on me I don't want any. See? Like the old fellah that never mended his roof. Said on a wet day he couldn't do it and on a dry day it was as good as anybody's.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
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We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
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I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.
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The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.
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Businesses can't afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs.
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We are a nation of immigrants, and if the truth be known, don't we need a whole lot of immigrants to be buying homes and to drive our economy and to take jobs that U.S. citizens don't want?
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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The best thing about being immensely wealthy is not having to be in any particular place at any particular time doing a particular task you don't want to do.
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I really like boats. If you want to go somewhere, you just take your house with you.
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I want to do stories that inspire people.
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I've read stories that are set in a celebrity's house, and you know where it is and what it looks like and what's inside it, and that's not something I want anyone to know.
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I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.
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If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.
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Aereo is the first potentially transformative technology that has the chance to give people access to broadcast television delivered over the Internet to any device, large or small, they desire. No wires, no new boxes or remotes, portable everywhere there's an Internet connection in the world - truly a revolutionary product.
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I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
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I had a strong desire to become an archer from the very first time I tried it. I forgot my other ambitions. I just wanted to compete in the Olympics.
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I've learned that if one is arrogant and if something bad happens to him, people won't want him to succeed. They will make more of an effort to bring him down.
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Some people want to go forever, I just want to burn off hard and bright.
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It's not about finding Mr Right, or that sort of conventional ending, but I do want my characters to have hope - and that's what I do with all my stories.
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We are not going to build a pressure in Mexico. We're not building walls to retain our people.
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I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end.
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When the desire ain't on me I don't need help. When it is on me I don't want any. See? Like the old fellah that never mended his roof. Said on a wet day he couldn't do it and on a dry day it was as good as anybody's.
