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Wants Quotes (page 635)

Ferdinand Mount quote: "A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local..."
A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence. Ferdinand Mount
Constance Baker Motley quote: "When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one..."
When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea. Constance Baker Motley
Pretty much every weekend, my wife and I have the shall-we-live-in-the-country conversation. I suppose it's something to do with getting older and feeling I want to shed some of the things I've been doing for the last 20 years and go back to my roots. Andrew Motion
Keats writes better about poems than anybody I've ever read. The things that he says about what he wants his own poems to be are the ideals that I share. Andrew Motion
Andrew Motion quote: "In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting..."
In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry. Andrew Motion
I'm not precisely saying that a really good board meeting at the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Coucil) makes me want to go and write poetry, but there is a pleasure in doing that sort of thing well. Andrew Motion
I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry. Andrew Motion
I don't want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather under-reported in a lot of people's feelings a lot of the time. Andrew Motion
I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be moving in - towards a more mainland-European model - is one I would feel sympathetic about. Andrew Motion
Andrew Motion quote: "But I can't and don't ever want to write bell-yanking..."
But I can't and don't ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems. Andrew Motion
While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice. Andrew Motion
Today I'm committed to take care of your families like I've taken care of mine. I want to make Mexico the best country to live in. Josefina Vazquez Mota
I want to be president because I have the sensitivity, as a woman, to listen. I'm a different candidate... different because I don't belong to powerful, privileged groups, because I'm honest. Josefina Vazquez Mota
Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation of society can only result from the establishment of a commonwealth of property. Johann Most
'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should want to listen to. Johann Most

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