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"So when I was very young, I longed for Brazil."

"So when I was very young, I longed for Brazil."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

5

"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."

"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."

Theodor Herzl, Hungarian Journalist

Desire, May, Obstacles, Opponents

5

"My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction."

"My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction."

Janine Turner, American Actress

Desire, Direction, Ego

5

"It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents."

"It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

5

"I want to read every book that's writtenhear every song that was sungI want to gaze at every cloudand hold the zing of each fruit on my tongue."

"I want to read every book that's writtenhear every song that was sungI want to gaze at every cloudand hold the zing of each fruit on my tongue."

Sanober Khan, Indian Businessman

Desire, Curiosity, Life, Joy

5

"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."

"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."

Eli Whitney, American Inventor

Desire, Public, Reputation, School

5

"We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts."

"We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts."

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Statesman

Desire, Public, states

5

"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."

"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."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Desire, Pleasure, Soul, Body

5

"It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind."

"It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Desire, Law, Mind

5

"You do what you love, what you need."

"You do what you love, what you need."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Desire, Love, Needs, Choice, Freedom

5

"The inside of the old Camaro smelled like asphalt and desire, gasoline and dreams."

"The inside of the old Camaro smelled like asphalt and desire, gasoline and dreams."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Desire, Dream, Memory, Emotion

5

"Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return."

"Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Desire, Peace, Rebellion, Choice

5

"My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them."

"My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them."

Fran Lebowitz, American Journalist

Desire, Freedom, Interest, Public

5

"The desire to be loved, to feel loved, is behind every diet, pill, surgery, and lie. It is behind each act of violence and every affair as well as each organized religion and every method of self-help."

"The desire to be loved, to feel loved, is behind every diet, pill, surgery, and lie. It is behind each act of violence and every affair as well as each organized religion and every method of self-help."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

Desire, Love, Religion, Violence

5

"Want is small and will make you small. Want is needy and will make you needy."

"Want is small and will make you small. Want is needy and will make you needy."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Desire, Truth, Regret, Life, Wisdom

5

"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration."

"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration."

James Allen, British Author

5

"Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together."

"Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together."

Andre Agassi, American Athlete

4

"Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire."

"Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Desire, Direction, Duty, Profit

4

"Everybody has some one thing they do not want to lose," began the man. "You included. And we are professionals at finding out that very thing. Humans by necessity must have a midway point between their desires and their pride. Just as all objects must have a center of gravity. This is something we can pinpoint. Only when it is gone do people realize it even existed."

"Everybody has some one thing they do not want to lose," began the man. "You included. And we are professionals at finding out that very thing. Humans by necessity must have a midway point between their desires and their pride. Just as all objects must have a center of gravity. This is something we can pinpoint. Only when it is gone do people realize it even existed."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Desire, Loss, Humanity, Pride

4

"I am Desire, am I not? That is what I am; that is what I do. I make things want things. Where I touch, things want and need and love - drawn to their objects of desire like butterflies to a candle-flame."

"I am Desire, am I not? That is what I am; that is what I do. I make things want things. Where I touch, things want and need and love - drawn to their objects of desire like butterflies to a candle-flame."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Desire, Power, Love, Attraction

4

"Desires are done by the 'Pudgal' (non-self mind-body-complex), so how can they be suppressed? If You (the Self) are the one doing the desiring, then why don't you stop it? But that doesn't happen therefore, desire is a matter pertaining to the Pudgal (non-self mind-body-complex)."

"Desires are done by the 'Pudgal' (non-self mind-body-complex), so how can they be suppressed? If You (the Self) are the one doing the desiring, then why don't you stop it? But that doesn't happen therefore, desire is a matter pertaining to the Pudgal (non-self mind-body-complex)."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Desire, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

4

"When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord."

"When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord."

Willa Cather, American Author

Desire, Want, Youth

4

"Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others."

"Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others."

Joseph Butler, English Clergyman

Desire, Injury, Will

4

"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem."

"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem."

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian Philosopher

Desire, Freedom, Understanding

4

"I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me."

"I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me."

Lawrence Welk, American Musician

Desire, Improvement, Will

4

"With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate."

"With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate."

Martin Van Buren, American President

Desire, Difficulty, Future, Present

4

"I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please coupled with a kind of hostility to the reader."

"I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please coupled with a kind of hostility to the reader."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

Desire, Writers

4

"Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire."

"Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Desire, Sadness

4

"I never had any desire to become a well-known actress."

"I never had any desire to become a well-known actress."

Rebecca Miller, American Director

4

"Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them."

"Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them."

Titus Livius, Roman Historian

4

"No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive."

"No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive."

John Cassavetes, American Actor

Desire, Man, Old

4

"My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person."

"My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person."

Janine Turner, American Actress

4

"Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records."

"Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records."

Roger Waters, British Musician

Desire, Songs, Want

4

"The desire to write grows with writing."

"The desire to write grows with writing."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

Desire, Writing

4

"Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value."

"Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value."

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, American Architect

Desire, Dignity, Value

4

"Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay."

"Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay."

Sam Abell, American Photographer

Desire, Photography

4

"She tried to ignore that, this close to the man, he had the overpowering chemical scent of a manly shower gel. The sort that normally came in a black bottle, and was called something like SHOCK or EXCITE or BLUNT TRAUMA."

"She tried to ignore that, this close to the man, he had the overpowering chemical scent of a manly shower gel. The sort that normally came in a black bottle, and was called something like SHOCK or EXCITE or BLUNT TRAUMA."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Desire, Perception, Attraction, Identity

4

"Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy."

"Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy."

Swami Sivananda, Indian Philosopher

Desire, Nothing

4

"Well, I think just a desire to come back and be a part of the game again."

"Well, I think just a desire to come back and be a part of the game again."

Mario Lemieux, Canadian Athlete

4

"I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no errand for me."

"I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no errand for me."

Jock Sturges, American Photographer

4

"My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum."

"My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum."

Mary MacLane, Canadian Writer

Desire, Intention, Public, Vocation

4

"A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss."

"A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

4

"Not that painting would have been a release. The reason for doing it is the desire to create. I've got to do it! I've seen that, I can still remember it, I've got to paint it."

"Not that painting would have been a release. The reason for doing it is the desire to create. I've got to do it! I've seen that, I can still remember it, I've got to paint it."

Otto Dix, German Artist

Desire, Painting, Reason

4

"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."

"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."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Desire, Will, Love, Connection

4

"The more one gets the more one wants."

"The more one gets the more one wants."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

Desire, Greed, Behavior, Needs

4

"This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything."

"This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything."

Jacques Delors, French Economist

Desire, Excess, Welfare

4

"I had no desire to crash a man's world."

"I had no desire to crash a man's world."

Ida Lupino, English Actress

Desire, Man, World

3

"Our course, then, is clear; if we desire to put an end to pauperism, or to lessen it, we should import everything we can use or sell, in order that we may employ our unemployed hands, in making the goods by which we pay for these imports."

"Our course, then, is clear; if we desire to put an end to pauperism, or to lessen it, we should import everything we can use or sell, in order that we may employ our unemployed hands, in making the goods by which we pay for these imports."

Joseph Hume, Scottish Scientist

Desire, End, May, Order

3

"There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners."

"There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners."

Robert Bourassa, Canadian Politician

3

"It's so much better to desire than to have."

"It's so much better to desire than to have."

Anouk Aimee, French Actress

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