Walt Whitman Quotes
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The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.
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The universal practice of closing the eyes of the dead may be thought to have originated in the desire that he might be prevented from seeing his way.
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By nature, men desire the beautiful.
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Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn't have to think about it too much.
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When the mind has once formed the habit of holding cheerful, happy, prosperous pictures, it will not be easy to form the opposite habit.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount. Remember, we are creatures of habit and, therefore, the habit of managing your money is more important than the amount.
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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
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People only look at you and say, 'You are black and you are from the banlieue,' and all the doors are closed. I had the desire to be something else. If I see a door that is a little open, I will find a way to get through.
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When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need people who want to do the right thing, those people don't exist because you've crushed anyone's desire to do the right thing with all these incentives.
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If you desire ease, forsake learning.
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The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
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I still have the desire to succeed, and I've always felt success is measured by what you've done in the win column, not top 10s.
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I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.
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I began the study of medicine, impelled by a desire for knowledge of facts and of man. The resolution to do disciplined work tied me to both laboratory and clinic for a long time to come.
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I've missed out on a huge goal but the desire is still there.
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My books deliberately provide no answers or messages. I'm drilled in the habit of objectivity and also aware that the steady drip of fiction has more power than facts to shape opinion, so I handle it with caution.
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Sir; You are directed to have a transport.. sent to the colored colony of San Domingo to bring back to this country such of the colonists there as desire to return.
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When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
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I approach styling as if I were a woman and what I would want to wear to a certain event.
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Over the last 2,000 years, 10,000 saints have been named, among them, 78 popes. At the time of his death, Pope John Paul II had the distinction of naming 482 saints, more than all of his predecessors combined.
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The causes we know everything about depend on causes we know very little about, which depend on causes we know absolutely nothing about.
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The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.
