“I wanted something different—something to make me stand out and for people to notice.”
Tony Esposito (1943) American ice hockey goaltender
Quoted in Andrew Podnieks, "One on One with Tony Esposito," http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep198801.htm Legends of Hockey.net (2002-03-04) <br class="br">Esposito explains why he chose to wear the number 35, instead of the more standard goaltender numbers 1 and 30.
“People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.”
Paulo Coelho book The Devil and Miss Prym
Source: The Devil and Miss Prym
“I want to think and at the same time that's the last thing in the world I want to do.”
Erich Maria Remarque book The Black Obelisk
Source: The Black Obelisk
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
Answering questions at a general election news conference (4 June 1987) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=106866. Mrs Thatcher had been asked if she trusted the Health Service enough to put herself in its hands, a reference to her use of private health insurance. <br class="br">Second term as Prime Minister
Greta Garbo (1905–1990) Swedish-American actress
Quoted in John Bainbridge, Garbo (1955)
As the Russian ballerina Grusinskaya in Grand Hotel (1932), she had said "I want to be alone." These words had become associated with Garbo herself in the public imagination.
Lucian Freud (1922–2011) British painter and engraver
Lucian Freud: Paintings (1987), p. 16
Lucian Freud : Paintings (1987)
“I don't want to be lonely, I just want to be alone”
Daniel Johns (1979) Australian musician
Across the Night
Song lyrics, Diorama (2002)
