#appetite

Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a latent honesty, from the depths of honest men there emerges a brutish appetite - a thirst for extermination, a desire for blood. ↗

— Frederica Montseny

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When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites. ↗

— Marge Piercy

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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. ↗

— Quintilian

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It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion. ↗

— Steve Winwood

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Once you've reached the point where you can pay rent, you can go to the vet and you can go to the grocery store, after that point it's all the same. I don't have the appetite for a decadent lifestyle. ↗

— Renee Zellweger

#appetite #decadent #go #grocery #grocery store

Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food. ↗

— Kate Smith

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Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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No studio in Hollywood wanted 'Cold Mountain.' None. No one wanted 'Ripley,' no one wanted 'The English Patient.' That tells you there isn't really an appetite for ambitious movie-making out there. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

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We should set our goals; then learn to control our appetites. Otherwise, we will lose ourselves in the confusion of the world. ↗

— Hark Herald Sarmiento

#confusion #goals #self-control #world #goal-setting