#wanted

They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#cannot #difference #educate #failed #had

There was a great strain in our family because my father didn't want anything to do with me. He was happy to see my brother and sister, but not me. I don't know why. Maybe it was shame. I don't know. But he never wanted anything to do with me. That rejection was terribly hurtful and it went on for years. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#because #brother #brother and sister #family #father

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#bored #death #go #good #i

With Bound, we wanted to pull at conventions, because you begin to wonder, Why do these stereotypes exist? Where do they come from? You use that as the subtext. ↗

— Larry Wachowski

#begin #bound #come #conventions #exist

I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA. ↗

— Dwyane Wade

#basketball #dreaming #football #football player #i

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific. ↗

— Jane Wagner

#been #i #i always #i see #life

As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool clothes. I wanted to go there. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time. ↗

— Tom Waits

#big #bring #clothes #cool #did

Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#cinemas #films #gained #made #new

On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite having studied and worked for the theatre. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#cinema #closer #coming #despite #directors

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#anyone #current #current events #events #i