#want

I've turned down a lot of arena dates because I've done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#because #dates #done #down #feel

I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#die #i #i am #person #self-destructive

I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#being #children #deal #eleven #god

No one makes me do anything I don't want to do. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#i #makes #me #want

I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#concert #concert pianist #did #earn #fairly

I definitely managed to do different kinds of things. My focus is usually who the director is, because at the end of the day the director is the storyteller, what the movie is all about. I don't want to participate in something that I don't think is constructive storytelling. ↗

— Bryce Dallas Howard

#because #constructive #day #definitely #different

We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life. ↗

— John Howard

#assert #disposable #life #national #never

One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. ↗

— Sidney Howard

#get #give #knowing #must #one-half

Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue. ↗

— Terrence Howard

#artist #etiquette #every #into #learn

What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind. ↗

— Vernon Howard

#break #breeze #cooling #day #flows