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Hunger Quotes

"One sits the whole day at the desk and appetite is standing next to me. "Away with you," I say. But Comrade Appetite does not budge from the spot."

"One sits the whole day at the desk and appetite is standing next to me. "Away with you," I say. But Comrade Appetite does not budge from the spot."

Leonid I. Brezhnev, Russian Statesman

Hunger, Appetite, Day

38

"I had been hungry all the years-My noon had come, to dine-I, trembling, drew the table nearAnd touched the curious wine. 'Twas this on tables I had seenWhen turning, hungry, lone,I looked in windows, for the wealthI could not hope to own. I did not know the ample bread,'Twas so unlike the crumbThe birds and I had often sharedIn Nature's diningroom. The plenty hurt me, 'twas so new,--Myself felt ill and odd,As berry of a mountain bushTransplanted to the road. Nor was I hungry; so I foundThat hunger was a wayOf persons outside windows,The entering takes away."

"I had been hungry all the years-My noon had come, to dine-I, trembling, drew the table nearAnd touched the curious wine. 'Twas this on tables I had seenWhen turning, hungry, lone,I looked in windows, for the wealthI could not hope to own. I did not know the ample bread,'Twas so unlike the crumbThe birds and I had often sharedIn Nature's diningroom. The plenty hurt me, 'twas so new,--Myself felt ill and odd,As berry of a mountain bushTransplanted to the road. Nor was I hungry; so I foundThat hunger was a wayOf persons outside windows,The entering takes away."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Hunger, Class, Desire, Wealth

7

"Hunger is insolent, and will be fed."

"Hunger is insolent, and will be fed."

Homer, Greek Poet

6

"Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had to starve, but just didn't have enough meat, enough rice."

"Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had to starve, but just didn't have enough meat, enough rice."

Joan Chen, Chinese Actress

Hunger, Kids, Poor, Poverty

6

"Keep climbing,' he told himself.'Cheeseburgers,' his stomach replied.'Shut up,' he thought.'With fries,' his stomach complained."

"Keep climbing,' he told himself.'Cheeseburgers,' his stomach replied.'Shut up,' he thought.'With fries,' his stomach complained."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Hunger, Humor, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational

4

"There's a hunger and a fervor that I have, but there's no person I'm going to push to the side to get where I'm going. I want to create my own road."

"There's a hunger and a fervor that I have, but there's no person I'm going to push to the side to get where I'm going. I want to create my own road."

Drew Barrymore, American Actress

Hunger, Road, Want

3

"Hunger is the best pickle."

"Hunger is the best pickle."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

3

"I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY."

"I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Hunger, Happiness, Today, Power

3

"To my own demise, I rarely ask why I'm hungry because I'm focusing all of my energies on getting fed. And if I persist in such a diminishing cycle, in all probability I will eventually starve to death because I have chosen to gorge myself on the very things that will keep me empty."

"To my own demise, I rarely ask why I'm hungry because I'm focusing all of my energies on getting fed. And if I persist in such a diminishing cycle, in all probability I will eventually starve to death because I have chosen to gorge myself on the very things that will keep me empty."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Hunger, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Future

3

"At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back."

"At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

Hunger, End, Film

3

"Hunger gives flavour to the food."

"Hunger gives flavour to the food."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Hunger, Food, Life, Desire

2

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