#wants

In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#believe #commitment #contrast #difference #entire

I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the grave negative. ↗

— Ice T

#anyone #considered #done #everybody #go

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution? ↗

— Groucho Marx

#institution #live #wants #who #wonderful

The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here. ↗

— Don Mattingly

#constantly #dogged #get #give #here

Any politician who wants to run for president will come to me in a few years. ↗

— Sun Myung Moon

#come #few #me #politician #president

I'm like the drunk in the bar who wants just one more for the road. ↗

— Archie Moore

#drunk #i #just #just one #like

There's a problem with political polling in that you have so much pressure to do what your client wants you to do and say what your client wants you to say. I've never felt that pressure. I am independent of the political parties. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#client #felt #i #i am #independent

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it. ↗

— George MacDonald

#best #does #finds #get #give

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity. ↗

— George MacDonald

#best work #dregs #exhaustion #god #i

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#among #comes #every #fact #grief