#want

When I got into this, I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me, I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do. ↗

— Adam Sandler

#actor #become #comedian #excited #get

So for me the approach has become to go into a story not really sure of what I want to say, try to find some little seed crystal of interest, a sentence or an image or an idea, and as much as possible divest myself of any deep ideas about it. And then by this process of revision, mysteriously it starts to accrete meanings as you go. ↗

— George Saunders

#any #approach #become #crystal #deep

You don't want to be that parent - the one who dresses his kid in a cloth sack when all the other kids are in Armani cloth sacks - especially in a time like ours, when materialism is not only rampant and ascendant but is fast becoming the only game in town. ↗

— George Saunders

#ascendant #becoming #cloth #dresses #especially

Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#dealing #eradicate #fact #faculty #idea

You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied. ↗

— Dan Savage

#bullied #gay #help #high #high school

I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where you do what you want to do, pursue your passions. That way, if you meet someone, they'll be joining a life that's already really good. ↗

— Dan Savage

#best #good #i #i think #joining

If what you want is a life where your homosexuality is not an issue, move, as many have done. ↗

— Dan Savage

#homosexuality #issue #life #many #move

You know, my problem is I can't say no to people, especially people who want to write me checks to do things. ↗

— Dan Savage

#especially #i #know #me #people

Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#alone #even #find #live #necessary

I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#considered #i #journalist #much #peers