“Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do YOU want?”
Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist
Source: The Notebook
“Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do YOU want?”
Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist
“You can say what you want about me
Try to do what you want to me
But you can not stop me.”
Anastacia (1968) American singer-songwriter
Paid My Dues
Freak of Nature (2001)
“I never think about what I want. It's about what you want to give to other people.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
As quoted in The Money Adventure (1998) by Egbert Sukop, p. 128
Vonda N. McIntyre book Dreamsnake
Source: Dreamsnake (1978), Chapter 9 (p. 205)
Lucy Liu (1968) American actress and model
On her painting style in “Lucy Liu on making art to find a sense of belonging” https://www.cnn.com/style/article/lucy-liu-artsy/index.html in CNN (2019 Nov 28)
“Be who you want to be and not care about what others think.”
Andrew Biersack (1990) American singer-songwriter
“The best way to get people to do what you want is not to be too particular about what you want.”
James Richardson (1950) American poet
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Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)