The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to… — Basil W. Maturin Copy Share Image
My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of… — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
“So we are said to be what our desire is. As our desire is, so is our will. As our will is,… — Sage Yajnavalkya Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Copy Share Image
If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I joke, but I'm sort of serious: I've always wanted to get into a fight. I know that sounds horrible, but I… — Juliana Harkavy Copy Share Image
Teenage readers also have a different relationship with the authors whose work they value than adult readers do. I loved Toni Morrison,… — John Green Copy Share Image
In order to succeed one must have desire and belief that he can do it. He must have courage to come out… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
For me, diversity whether you think of it as race or gender, it's not a trend, it's a human movement, it's a… — Iman Abdulmajid Copy Share Image
The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Happiness and joy are not the same. For what does the fervent craving for joy mean? It does not mean that we… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
I wanna dance in the rain ; I wanna play insane ; I wanna rejoice the spring ; I wanna jump in… — Kevin Knight Copy Share Image
The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth… He whose desires… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The images start to darken and she feels another hunger well up in her, this one having to do with another kind… — Melissa St. Hilaire Copy Share Image
I wasn't a girl who grew up wearing dresses, but I was always attracted to fabric. When we'd go to a shop,… — Vicky Krieps Copy Share Image
“What filled her wasn't desire, but tenderness, and a profund gratitude that he lived, and she did, too. That he had found… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Feelings of bitterness and dissatisfaction feed upon themselves and give place to thoughts and acts of unkindness, criticism, and eventually even hatred.… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
There were times when deep down inside I wanted to win so badly I could actually will it to happen. I think… — Chris Evert Copy Share Image
I've always wanted people to know who they are from the inside. Then they can create the life they desire and deserve.… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Fear is born from ignorance. We think that the other person is trying to take away something from us. But if we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The strong desire to include every vital component of life instead of excluding part of them for the sake of too narrow… — Walter Gropius Copy Share Image
Spies have the same kinds of needs and desires that everybody does, which is funny. The best kind of comedy derives from… — Matt Nix Copy Share Image
“What if, in the bigger scheme of things, God put the yearning and desire for our husbands, not so a man could… — Ngina Otiende Copy Share Image
Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
To be a film-maker, you have to lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Art is a goddess of dainty thought, reticent of habit, abjuring all obtrusiveness, purposing in no way to better others. She is,… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
“If love is not tied to a desire for reciprocity or mutual recognition, we should make no emotional investment, leaving behind only… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama,… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
“The battle between her body and mind was raging, and she was adrift in a sea of passion and desire without a… — Avery Gale Copy Share Image
Happy are those who find wisdom... She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Her ways… — Solomon Copy Share Image
My desire to live is as intense as ever, and though my heart is broken, hearts are made to be broken: that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is my really sincere desire that we get an opportunity to play long enough for people to really grab on and… — Ron Glass Copy Share Image
Reasons always came with a purpose, to give the appearance of a struggle between principle and desire. Principle had power only until… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Desire is what lends power to thought, it is that element that separates a wish or a day dream into reality, if… — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
People came at me with all sorts of offers, wanting to make me into a hard-core Cher. I had no desire for… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“…Her desire was close to that of the person who drowns himself; he does not necessarily covet death so much as what… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
I also try to weigh my motives. Am I doing what I'm doing because it's what God desires, or because I'm afraid… — Tricia Goyer Copy Share Image
We've been playing games since humanity had civilization - there is something primal about our desire and our ability to play games.… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
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