#wants

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#better #beware #clearly #genius #inspiration

If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#convey #correctly #i #i remember #information

A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make, or what society wants you to make, as opposed to what is truly right for you. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#choices #feel #life #lot #make

If China wants to be a constructive, active player in the world economy, it's got to respect intellectual property rights or it makes it pretty impossible to do business with them. ↗

— Dan Glickman

#business #china #constructive #economy #got

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#husband #little #pitied #praised #really

Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. ↗

— Cary Grant

#cary grant #even #everyone #grant #i

No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed. ↗

— Al Green

#everyone #fail #succeed #wants

I enjoy jokes, smiling, and making people smile. I may be a little different, but that's OK, who wants to be normal anyway? ↗