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title: "8 Desire Different Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Desire Different quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Desire Different sayings and thoughts."
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> [As an actor, my desire was always to be different, there was a desire to associate yourself with projects that bring about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pankaj-kapur/as-an-actor-my-desire-was-always-to-be-different-there-was-a-desire/)

[Pankaj Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pankaj-kapur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/pankaj-kapur-6400_actor_as-an-actor-my-desire-was-always-to-be-d_227427.jpg)

> [Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/every-intense-desire-is-perhaps-a-desire-to-be-different-from-what-we/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19b/eric-hoffer-343_be-different_every-intense-desire-is-perhaps-a-desire_902145.jpg)

> [Being in New York has definitely intensified my desire to be different and individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-berk/being-in-new-york-has-definitely-intensified-my-desire-to-be/)

[Bobby Berk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-berk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/bobby-berk-12297_being_being-in-new-york-has-definitely-intensi_1094640.jpg)

> [EVERY intense desire is perhaps basically a desire to be different from what we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/every-intense-desire-is-perhaps-basically-a-desire-to-be-different/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/eric-hoffer-343_desire_every-intense-desire-is-perhaps-basicall_1657598.jpg)

> [The desire to be different from the people we live with is sometimes the result of our rejection- real or imagined- by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/the-desire-to-be-different-from-the-people-we-live-with-is-sometimes/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/eric-hoffer-343_desire_the-desire-to-be-different-from-the-peop_1816788.jpg)

> [The desire to do different things was the main motivator that made me leave late night because I'd been there seven years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-richter/the-desire-to-do-different-things-was-the-main-motivator-that-made-me/)

[Andy Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-richter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/andy-richter-15816_attention_the-desire-to-do-different-things-was-th_2046023.jpg)

> [What happens when a female writer invokes a female muse? Does something else happen? With Sappho's figures of desire, we have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-geok-lin-lim/what-happens-when-a-female-writer-invokes-a-female-muse-does/)

[Shirley Geok-lin Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-geok-lin-lim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de0/shirley-geok-lin-lim-3190_desire_what-happens-when-a-female-writer-invoke_2689577.png)

> [“There's a chasm between envy and desire. Envy is like wanting something that's not yours. But desire is different. Desire comes out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michka-assayas/there-s-a-chasm-between-envy-and-desire-envy-is-like-wanting/)

[Michka Assayas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michka-assayas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc3/michka-assayas-28390_desire_there-s-a-chasm-between-envy-and-desire_3190875.jpg)

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