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How to use the word WANTS in a Sentence?

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If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They'll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But if an American wants to preserve his dignity and his equality as a human being, he must not bow his neck to any dictatorial government.

– Dwight D. Eisenhower

added by Normando
4 months ago

Climate change is like death, no one wants to talk about it.

– Amitav Ghosh

added by Kiweke
7 months ago

You can't save free markets by socialism, I don't know where this idea ever came from. You save free markets by promoting free markets and sound money and balanced budgets. The whole reason why nobody wants to address the real problem is, we're spending a trillion dollars a year overseas running an empire, and it's coming to an end. This country is bankrupt, and we won't admit it. Eventually though, the dollar will go bust, and we will bring our troops home, and we will live within our means, but we ought to do it sensibly, rather than waiting for the collapse of the dollar, and this is what we're doing, we're on the verge of destroying our dollar. And then, you think we have problems now, problems then will be a lot worse, it'd look like the Weimar Republic, or a third world nation. And a lot of people know that, and they're scared to death, but we don't need to be making the problem worse by just propping up everything with more government programs, more inflation, and more helicopters, it won't work.

– Ron Paul

added by Normando
9 months ago

AI can only fool the fool who wants to be fooled. While AI can help to create an expert persona, product and presence… those that vet, double check and look for substantiated proof will find out the truth or see red flags and issues revealing questionable AI use and abuse.

– Loren Weisman

added by anonymous
11 months ago

I ascribe to Mark Twain’s theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.

– Bill Hicks

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

There are seasons, in human affairs, of inward and outward revolution, when new depths seem to be broken up in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and undefined good is thirsted for. There are periods when the principles of experience need to be modified, when hope and trust and instinct claim a share with prudence in the guidance of affairs when, in truth, to dare is the highest wisdom.

– William Ellery Channing

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

Many ca n’t understand what the government actually wants, the first question is : What is happening in the country and the army ?

– General Ivashov

Found on New York Times
1 year ago

Prigozhin is a Z patriot, he is a guy who supports the war, who wants an empire, and Lukashenko is afraid of the empire.

– Dmitry Bolkunets

Found on New York Times
1 year ago

She’s missed so many things – she wants to go to a Dodgers game, and Daddy has taken her brother and sister and she sat on the couch and watched it on TV and tried to see if she could see them, i don’t like the word ‘normal’, but I’m ready to have something normal for her.

– Shayla Sulack

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Anyone who wants to run for president or any federal office will have to satisfy that requirement or they won’t get the support of this movement, that healthy debate on that debate stage is where this will all be worked out in terms of who the candidate should be, and may the best man or woman win.

– Marjorie Dannenfelser

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A candidate has to understand that that is what it’s like running against Donald Trump, the age of having carefully controlled media appearances and a moderate approach to content creation – that is not going to work against Trump, who, whether he wants to make news or somebody else wants to make news about him, it happens every single day. It happens constantly. And the only way to occupy attention in a voter’s mind is to fight him for that space.

– Another Republican strategist

Found on CNN
1 year ago

‘Clearly, part of you wants to hang out with that classmate, but another part of you knows that every time you do, you walk away feeling lousy. Help me understand this,’.

– Lisa Damour

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are weary. We are tired. We have had enough gun violence in Louisville. We have had enough gun violence in our country and it is time to take action. And so as mayor, I know I will be working with elected officials … with clergy with anyone who wants to be a part of the solution to take whatever actions we can to encourage our state legislatures to take action to give us more tools to end gun violence.

– Craig Greenberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

President Biden has been talking about liberal internationalism as something that can return, he talks about democracy versus autocracy, all of this kind of stuff. So within that, I think that he wants to see good examples of the rule of law in US foreign policy. And this is a great example of that. This was an achievement, the Good Friday Agreement is certainly one of those things where you can get real bipartisan buy-in in Washington.

– Liam Kennedy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If the administration wants to … not live up to this ruling, then we’re going to have a problem, it may come (to) a point where House Republicans on the appropriation side have to defund FDA programs that don’t make sense.

– Tony Gonzales

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When a very high profile tech person is murdered, it is just going to get more publicity than if it was an impoverished person in a neighborhood of color, it’s just low-hanging fruit. Nobody wants to look at actual statistics. Most of the states and counties with the highest level of crime statistics are in red states versus blue states.

– George Tita

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Xi’s recent crackdown could hurt business sentiment among both domestic and foreign investors, many of whom are already nervous about the political environment, xi wants to both revive the Chinese economy and enhance the party’s leadership of private business. These goals are not mutually exclusive, but the latter is likely to constrain the former.

– Neil Thomas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As a fellow coffee fiend, I know the struggle of bad hotel coffee all too well, my top tip is to get yourself a portable coffee maker and to prioritize easy cleaning because nobody wants to deal with dirty equipment on the go.

– Nadine Gehrmann

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That report did not surprise me in terms of the content, because it’s been known for some time that infertility is much more prevalent than anyone wants to think about: Having a child and having a family is kind of a universal dream or aspiration for people from every country, from every region. What surprised me was the World Health Organization coming out in support of it, it was a welcome acknowledgment of the other foot dropping on the population front.

– David Keefe

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I know Lolita wants to get to free waters. I don’t care what anyone says. She’s lived this long to have this opportunity. And my only mission is (…) to help this whale get free.

– Jim Irsay

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Lolita will receive the highest quality care as the team works to make relocation possible in the next 18 to 24 months, i know Lolita wants to get to free waters. I don’t care what anyone says. She’s lived this long to have this opportunity. And my only mission is (…) to help this whale get free.

– Miami Seaquarium

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For example, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the guy has been saying for a year – for a long time that he wants to sunset Social Security and Medicare every five years, what that means is: Every five years it comes up, if you don’t vote for it back in existence again with the same – exactly like it was, it goes away. Or you can reduce it. You can do whatever you want. But every five years, it has to be voted on. Now he says, ‘Never mind’. Don’t need to do that.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With feelings, she has the ability to put as much as she wants If you have the ability to control your thoughts, it will be The situation is better and more beautiful You will be very powerful in making and attracting everything you want Focus on your feelings in your positive thoughts and on what you want .to make life out of Your thought.

– Abdel Monemim

added by abdomoneim1990
1 year ago

We’re going to have to continue to be wide-eyed and clear about the threat that China poses and wants to pose to the stability of our democracies.

– Paula Newton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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