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Desire Quotes
"Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries."
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"Maybe a thing that you do not like is really in your interest. It is possible that a thing that you may desire may be against your interest."
41
"The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness."
32
"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands."
28
"The good thing about getting older is that, as you become less attractive, so you have less desire to go out and conquer everyone you see."
27
"We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire."
24
"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration."
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"I do not believe in pure idioms. I think there is naturally a desire, for whoever speaks or writes, to sign in an idiomatic, irreplaceable manner."
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"Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."
20
"I was dying to have a cat. But they wouldn't let me. My mother hated them. Not once in my life have I managed to get something I really wanted. Not once. Can you believe it? You can't understand what it's like to live like that. When you get used to that kind of life--of never having anything you want--then you stop knowing what it is you want."
20
"Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy."
20
"I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready."
16
"My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful."
15
"Our opponents maintain that we are confronted with insurmountable political obstacles, but that may be said of the smallest obstacle if one has no desire to surmount it."
15
"I know not what quintessence of all this mixture, which, seizing my whole will, carried it to plunge and lose itself in his, and that having seized his whole will, brought it back with equal concurrence and appetite to plunge and lose itself in mine."
15
"If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles."
14
"If you desire many things, many things will seem few."
14
"My desire, my passion, was to help moms with practical encouragement."
13
"You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true."
13
"Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay."
13
"And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey."
12
"I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, that things are never black and white, things are very much shades of grey."
12
"As she uttered the words of the prayer, she glanced up at him as if he were God Himself. He watched her with growing pleasure. In front of him was kneeling the directress, being humiliated by a subordinate; in front of him a naked revolutionary was being humiliated by prayer; in front of him a praying lady was being humiliated by her nakedness.This threefold image of degradation intoxicated him and something unexpected suddenly happened: his body revoked its passive resistance. Edward was excited!As the directress said, 'And lead us not into temptation,' he quickly threw off all his clothes. When she said, 'Amen,' he violently lifted her off the floor and dragged her onto the couch."
12
"Oftentimes in denying yourself pleasure you do but store the desire in the recesses of your being.Who knows but that which seems omitted today, waits for tomorrow?Even your body knows its heritage and its rightful need and will not be deceived.And your body is the harp of your soul,And it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds."
11
"I slept with her because she was hot and wanted me. Maybe we're dealing with the supernatural, but I'm still human."
11
"When you are suffering from sexual starvation, a spank or even a hug seems like a porn scene."
11
"If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it."
11
"I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires."
10
"I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of human activity."
10
"My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible."
10
"You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school."
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