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Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good… — Socrates Copy Share Image
It’s funny. When you leave your home and wander really far, you always think, ‘I want to go home.’ But then you… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
So much of 'Mudbound' is about man's relationship to the land and to the elements. It's about the desire for control and… — Rachel Morrison Copy Share Image
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“O MAN! Offer Thy labyrinthine longings into a monotheistic bonfire consecrated to the unparalleled God. Burn desire for human affection in the… — Paramahamsa Yogananda Copy Share Image
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[The original development of the Spinning Mule was a] continual endeavour to realise a more perfect principle of spinning; and though often… — Samuel Crompton Copy Share Image
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The eyes and ears, seeing and hearing, are external plunderers; emotions, desires, and opinions are internal plunderers. But if the inner mind… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Distance running was revered because it was indispensable; it was the way we survived and thrived and spread across the planet. You… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
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There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
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You cannot see clearly, because you are so full of expectations, hopes,desires. Your eyes are covered with many layers of dust: you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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This ego has all the desires, ambitions, wants to be always on the top of everything. You are exploited by this ego.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Giving up attachment to the world does not mean that you set yourself apart from it. Generating a desire for others to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Just take one thing out and the whole palace, the whole edifice of the human mind collapses. Take effort out of it… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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I would like to tell all dancers to forget themselves and the desire for self display. They must become completely absorbed in… — Antony Tudor Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to imagine, that the violent passions only, such as ambition and love, can triumph over the rest. Idleness,… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible.… — Garrett Hedlund Copy Share Image
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My experiences of men has neither disposed me to think worse of them nor be indisposed to serve them: nor, in spite… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
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