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If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.
Progress
Charles M. Allen

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Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.
Change
Pearl Bailey

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A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office a Republican wants.
Bureaucracy
Alben W. Barkley

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It's great to work with somebody who wants to do things differently.
Uniqueness
Keith Bellows

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Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
Life and Living
Josh Billings

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Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.
Power
Josh Billings

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My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.
Fulfillment
J. Brotherton

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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.
Purpose
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.
Life, Lust For
Albert Camus

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No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
Delegation
Andrew Carnegie

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It is a rare person who wants to hear want he doesn't want to hear.
Listening
Dick Cavett

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A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
Leaders and Leadership
James Crook

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There are no better masters than poverty and wants.
Desire
Dutch Proverb

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All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.
Heart
Meister Eckhart

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That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
Wives
George Eliot

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Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?
Desire
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.
Genius
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The average tourist wants to go to places where there are no tourists.
Travel and Tourism
Sam Ewing

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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
Desire
Henry Fielding

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.
Giving
James Van Fleet

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Our necessities never equal our wants.
Want
Benjamin Franklin

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Something there is that doesn't love a wall, and wants it down.
Communication
Robert Frost

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Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.
Anger
Thomas Fuller

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If my daughter, Liza, wants to become an actress, I'll do everything to help her.
Aid and Assistance
Judy Garland

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Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.
Motivation
Jerry Gillies

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun