#want

We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves. ↗

— Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

#country #empower #enable #kind #our

I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#either #going #i #image #like

The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#basis #character #creating #else #important

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#defend #else #i #i think #idea

I knew I wanted to be a journalist ever since I was a teenager. While it is interesting and gratifying to be on the business side and to see how that all works, the main reason I kept a business role here was to protect the editorial integrity of Salon. ↗

— David Talbot

#editorial #ever #gratifying #here #how

Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that. ↗

— Gay Talese

#another day #better #chance #close #come

With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living. ↗

— Gay Talese

#describe #dialogue #i #living #move

A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction. ↗

— Amber Tamblyn

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Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it. ↗

— Amber Tamblyn

#along #am #anyone #be prepared #become

Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name. ↗

— Rod Taylor

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