“It's important to know what you don't want, but it's vital to know what you DO want.”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 152
Yo-Yo Boing! (Spanglish novel, 1998)
“It's important to know what you don't want, but it's vital to know what you DO want.”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 152
“You have to know what you want to get it.”
Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 99, p. 336
Context: I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality.
“At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”
“Your debutante knows what you need, but I know what you want.”
Song lyrics, Blonde on Blonde (1966), Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
Wheaton, Illinois http://www.kidbrothers.net/words/concert-transcripts/wheaton-illinois-sep1590-backup-copy.html (April 11, 1997)
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