Urge Quotes
682 Urge quotes by 562 unique authors
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I also urge the Obama administration - both on its own and in cooperation with other responsible governments around the world - to use all…
— Joe Lieberman
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I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have…
— Mo Yan
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What I'm trying to tell you is that there are men who are possessed by an urge so strong to do some particular thing that…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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This above all-ask yourself in the stillest hour of your night: must I write? Delve into yourself for a deep answer. And if this should…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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The urge to break with a tradition is only appropriate when you're dealing with an outdated, troublesome tradition: I never really thought about that because…
— Gerhard Richter
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by…
— Louisa May Alcott
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Having the urge to write is one thing; acting on it is another.
— Roy Peter Clark
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If I waited to be in the mood to write, I'd barely have a chapbook of material to my name. Who would ever be in…
— Dani Shapiro
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I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil, but when you descend into hell you have to be very careful.
— Kathleen Raine
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The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the…
— William C. Kirby
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I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.
— Adrian Belew
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I don't feel drawn to lightness, I need something more. I feel that - oh, I hate saying this, it sounds so wanky - but…
— Kate Dickie
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We now spend a good deal more on drink and smoke than we spend on education. This, of course, is not surprising. The urge to…
— Aldous Huxley
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I am terrified of flying. I am a wreck right before I get on an airplane. That, and the ocean. I can only get in…
— Kyle Gallner
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I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge to make audiences…
— Bong Joon-ho
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What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce ... Men must want to do…
— Frank Herbert
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I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty. All the stock in trade I possess is a $10,000 debt, incurred by publishing my…
— Susan B. Anthony
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Is there anything more useless than a crouton? I sometimes wake up in the small hours with a start and realise that what's roused me…
— Will Self
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Cities must urge urban planners and architects to reinforce pedestrianism as an integrated city policy to develop lively, safe, sustainable and healthy cities. It is…
— Jan Gehl
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In relative youth, we assume we'll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise.
— Dick Cavett
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