A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
想要
Wanted
I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.
我不知道我是一个奴隶，直到我发现我不能做我想做的事情。
I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.
我非常想学芭蕾，但实际上我只想穿芭蕾短裙。
I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn't have one. So I got a cake.
我想买一个烛台，但店里没有。所以我得到了一个蛋糕。
But if God had wanted us to think just with our wombs, why did He give us a brain?
但如果上帝想让我们只用子宫思考，他为什么要给我们一个大脑呢?
I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.
我看到我的生活是一个巨大的发光的空白页，我可以做任何我想做的。
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
我一直想成为大人物，但现在我意识到我应该更具体一些。
Luckily, I think, I never really wanted to be famous, I just wanted to make movies.
幸运的是，我想，我从来没有真正想出名，我只是想拍电影。
I wanted to play music. I didn't think about where it would go or what it would do.
我想玩音乐。我没有想过它会去哪里或者会做什么。
I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on Big Brother.
我没有打算出名;如果我想要，我就会选择老大哥。
I want freedom and I realize that the only way to get it is to quit breaking the law.
我想要自由，我意识到获得自由的唯一方法就是停止违法。
My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.
我对美术的热爱与日俱增——我看得越多，就越想看。
All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.
我一直想做的就是写歌，然后坐上公交车，为人们播放。
KEEP EXPLORING
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The reason why i don't speak to you anymore is because i keep telling myself that if you wanted to talk to me, you would.
我不再和你说话的原因是因为我一直在告诉自己，如果你想和我说话，你会的。
I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.
我想为我的孩子们做一些鼓舞人心的事情。
I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
我知道我想成为一名作家，甚至在我确切地知道成为一名作家意味着什么之前。
I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.
我从来没有偏离我的严峻的决心，有一天我需要和想要的所有钱。
From the age of six I wanted to be an artist. At that point I meant a painter, but it turned out what I really meant was I was someone who was very interested in watching the world and making copies of it.
从六岁起，我就想成为一名艺术家。当时我指的是画家，但事实证明我真正的意思是我是一个对观察世界和复制世界非常感兴趣的人。
I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.
我喝了一些开水，因为我想吹口哨。