"I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world."

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"I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world."

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"The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Desire, Apples, Life, Metaphor

"Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Desire, Wish, Secrets, Expression

"Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Desire, Politeness

"We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Desire, Succeed

"When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants. To get, simply release, and then gently invite."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Desire, Wisdom, Power, Truth, Inspirational

"If this was just a dream she wished she could have it every night. Neal not quite whispering sweet somethings into her ear."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Desire, Dream, Whisper, Love

"Desires kept within the mind are simply unrealised dreams."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Desire, Dream, Mind, Hope

"Every man love to see a world full of women and girls, even if it costs him killing every man in the world."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Desire, Power, Conflict, Darkness

"I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Desire, Limitation, Experience, Learning

"Your people eat dry and tasteless flesh but it is off plates as smooth as ivory and as round as the sun."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Desire, Food, Beauty, Contrast

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"I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important."

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"When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy."

Feelings

"Americans are like Pac Man. We just eat our way through the day. There's always something going into the mouth."

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"The industry's memory is quite short, it's true."

Memory

"It's always refreshing to step into another time."

Time

"So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done."

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"When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my parents!"

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"The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest."

"Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it."

"Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself."

"We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes."

"When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants. To get, simply release, and then gently invite."

"If this was just a dream she wished she could have it every night. Neal not quite whispering sweet somethings into her ear."

"Desires kept within the mind are simply unrealised dreams."

"Every man love to see a world full of women and girls, even if it costs him killing every man in the world."

"Your people eat dry and tasteless flesh but it is off plates as smooth as ivory and as round as the sun."

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"I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important."

"When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy."

"Americans are like Pac Man. We just eat our way through the day. There's always something going into the mouth."

"The industry's memory is quite short, it's true."

"It's always refreshing to step into another time."

"So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done."

"When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my parents!"

"I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better."

"Independent films have a very different cachet than success films."

"More yoga in the world is what we need."