Desire Quotes
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There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might be the most immoral desire a man can possess.
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In domestic life, the woman's value is inherent, unquantifiable; at home she exchanges proven values for mythological ones. She 'wants' to be at home, and because she is a woman, she's allowed to want it. This desire is her mystique, it is both what enables her to domesticate herself and what disempowers her.
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The celebrity's desire to shape the next generation of young minds by opening a school is by no means unique to Diddy.
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Happiness implied a choice, and within that choice a concerted will, a lucid desire.
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Nothing cuts the nerve of the desire to pursue holiness as much as a sense of guilt. On the contrary, nothing so motivates us to deal with sin in our lives as does the understanding and application of the two truth that our sins are forgiven and the dominion of sin is broken because of our union with Christ.
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To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake.
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You need to get really clear about whether this is your inner voice or just a desire that you have.
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Write about the things that attract you. Choose your subjects the way you used to choose your toys: out of desire.
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We ought not to desire the impossible.
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What I would say is Jesus came to save lost sinners like you and me, and if Jesus Christ has a burning desire to seek and save the lost, then you should, too, if Christ is living within you. If you don't have a concern for the lost, then I am concerned about your salvation because the Holy Spirit wants the lost to come to Christ.
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American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success.
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There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.
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If you desire ease, forsake learning.
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People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.
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The tool the Buddha holds out to free the mind from desire is understanding.
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The father, the Name-of-the-father, sustains the structure of desire with the structure of the law- but the inheritance of the father is that which Kierkegaard designates for us, namely, his sin.
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When Nandita expressed a desire to write about me, I couldn't stop her because she's my wife, but she has forgotten who she is.
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No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.
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The whole world is determined by trade - which is really the blood of the world. The driving force is everyone's desire to have a better life. How? By consuming. For countries, the 'Holy Grail' is economic growth.
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Unfortunately, the more chaotic the society, the greater is the desire for conservative, nonconfrontational art.
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I'm no great fan of the phallus, and have made my own views known on this subject before, so I do not propose a return to a notion of the phallus as the third term in any and all relations of desire.
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Invest time in languages and intercultural awareness. Focus on becoming part of global citizenry. In exchange for the opportunity to participate everywhere/anywhere in the world you have the obligation to do something productive, which will improve the world. Develop a personal mission, a desire to leave personal legacy.
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I have spent my life resisting the desire to end it.
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I definitely felt the desire to, like - I definitely knew there was an elsewhere. I definitely knew that, like, if I were going to be free, I needed to be away from, kind of, like, Nashville and kind of get out of the South and get out of the country.
