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Wanting
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“... you've got to wish for something the whole time when you're seventeen. You've got to, or there's nothing to live for. However impossible you've got to think you want it. ... When I couldn't think of a thing I wanted I nearly died.”
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“... the act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.”
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“Wanting is the beginning of getting.”
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“... there are times when the one thing you haven't counts more than all the riches that may be yours.”
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“A child forgets a time of hunger but never forgets the aching want of other things.”
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“... there are perhaps only one or two things in the world which are not far more charming in desire than they are in possession.”
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“You don't know what you want. Nobody ever knows until they are too old to get it ...”
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“What you want is what you need. Your dearest wish comes straight from your core, loaded with vital information about who you are and who you can become.”
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“People don't resent having nothing nearly as much as too little.”
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“Our desires have a way of getting bigger with our incomes.”
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“There's a rule, I think. You get what you want in life, but not your second choice too.”
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“... be careful what you want, for you will get it.”
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“Sometimes what you want you don't get until you don't want it anymore.”
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“I want a little sugar in my bowl, / I want a little sweetness down in my soul.”