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Getting what you want5 quotes
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes
You just might find
You get what you need. — The Rolling Stones · 1969It is a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it: if you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other you are very likely to get what you want. — W. Somerset Maugham · 1940The eternal error men make in imagining that happiness consists in the gratification of their wishes. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. — Logan Pearsall Smith · 1931Happiness1 quote
The eternal error men make in imagining that happiness consists in the gratification of their wishes. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877How to live1 quote
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. — Logan Pearsall Smith · 1931Human needs1 quote
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes
You just might find
You get what you need. — The Rolling Stones · 1969Tragic view of life1 quote
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. — George Bernard Shaw · 1903