#wanted

I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock. ↗

— John Mayer

#guitar #guitar player #i #jock #player

I really wanted to be a doctor, until my freshman year of college when I realized that while I was good at chemistry and biology, I really wasn't feeling challenged by it. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#challenged #chemistry #college #doctor #feeling

The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#part #silence #story #tell #wanted

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table. ↗

— Thom Mayne

#autonomy #defend #fist #i #learned

A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#beginning #career #i #in the beginning #just

I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#career #competing #continue #enjoyed #fans

I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I think there's too much guilt. ↗

— Phil McGraw

#children #every #generation #guilt #higher

I was nine years old when I made up my mind that that was what I definitely wanted to do. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#i #made #mind #nine #old

I thought I wanted to be a lawyer and was going through this growth phase. ↗

— Matthew McGrory

#growth #i #lawyer #phase #thought

I didn't want to play a rancher. I didn't want to have a cowboy hat on; I wanted to get away from that in the things I do. But I read the script and fell in love with it. As hard as I tried to say no, I couldn't. ↗

— Tim McGraw

#cowboy #cowboy hat #fell #get #hard