#want

At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted their countries to look just like Britain and France. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#britain #century #countries #every #france

I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#lot #maternal #me #men #nothing

Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#ego #egotism #endorse #give #identity

My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#i #like #man #mom #say

I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that. ↗

— Andrea Arnold

#film #filmmakers #hear #i #issue

I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that. ↗

— David Arquette

#business #different #dishonesty #dislike #falsehoods

Neither of us entered marriage thinking it wouldn't be a strain. Life has strains in it, and he's the person I want to strain with. ↗

— Patricia Arquette

#i #life #marriage #neither #person

I don't have a goal but I just want to work on movies that I really like. ↗

— Patricia Arquette

#i #just #like #movies #really

I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today. ↗

— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

#i #injustice #just #justice #pervasive

I don't want to be about the way I look - my body, my hair, my makeup, all those boring things. ↗