Thomas Hobbes Quotes
Felicity is a continual progress of the desire from one object to another, the attaining of the former being still but the way to the latter.
Quotes to Explore
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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
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We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.
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If you were my friend, I love you unconditionally. I like you the same way I like everyone else that's around me.
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I love films that show people in a way that's so real it's almost unsettling, and that's what really inspires me because I write about people. I write about people that I know, so I want to portray them and portray myself in a way that is unapologetic.
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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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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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I really like the way Fox handles their shows.
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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
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An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.
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My relationship to food is that of an acrophobe to a bridge. Unease masks a desire to jump.
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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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My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.
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Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration.
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Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.
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Peer pressure plays a huge role in people's desire to get married.
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
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In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.'
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Responsibility has become the fundamental imperative in modern civilization, and it should be an unavoidable criterion to assess and evaluate human actions, including, in a special way, development activities.
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I've been in more than 20 movies. You just do the best you can and try to make a living.
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The name James Baldwin had been around the house for as long as I could remember and meant almost as much as that of Martin Luther King.
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Felicity is a continual progress of the desire from one object to another, the attaining of the former being still but the way to the latter.
