Source: Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
“I don't know if it's what you want, but it's what you get.”
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American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl 1954Related quotes
“It's important to know what you don't want, but it's vital to know what you DO want.”
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“You have to know what you want to get it.”

Responding to a press conference question as to whether he was a "card-carrying" member of the Black Muslims, as quoted in The New York Times (27 February 1964) http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4091EF7355D17738DDDAE0A94DA405B848AF1D3; also in Sports Illustrated (9 March 1964).
Context: I believe in Allah and in peace. I don't try to move into white neighborhoods. I don't want to marry a white woman. I was baptized when I was twelve, but I didn't know what I was doing. I'm not a Christian anymore. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be... I'm free to be what I want.

“The number one reason most people don't get what they want is that they don't know what they want.”
Source: Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth

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