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I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don't want it any more.

Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Lady in the Lake: The Little Sister ; The Long Goodbye ; Playback”, Everyman's Library

The main reason I write the daily observations is because I want to know where I'm wrong. So lots of times if somebody points something out it helps me, and I want to have a diversified bet of uncorrelated bets.

"Here's The Most Brilliant Thing Ray Dalio Said At His Interview Last Week" by Courtney Comstock, www.businessinsider.com. September 19, 2011.

I don't understand this whole thing about computers and the superhighway. Who wants to be in touch with all of those people?

Ray Bradbury, Steven L. Aggelis (2004). “Conversations with Ray Bradbury”, p.189, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Our chief want in life, is, someone who shall make us do what we can. This is the service of a friend. With him we are easily great.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.145, Harvard University Press

Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect -- they want to go with the winners.

Ralph Nader (2011). “"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!"”, p.257, Seven Stories Press

Poems are the 'daredevil' of writing because a poem will say what nobody else wants to say.

Ralph Fletcher (2010). “Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out”, p.16, Harper Collins

And because I’m so out of control, I can’t help myself. I’m not even mine anymore, I’m yours, and what if you decide that you don’t want me? How could you want me like I want you?

Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.102, St. Martin's Griffin

Most actors will tell you that it takes a while to figure out what you want to be because we just want to do everything we see on TV and don't know that 'actor' is a job yet.

"Rachelle Lefevre: I still struggle to look comfortable manhandling people". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. February 02, 2011.

Like all who search for truth out of fear, I desperately wanted someone else to tell me exactly what to do.

Rachel Held Evans (2012). “A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband 'Master'”, p.181, Thomas Nelson Inc