#desire

There is only as much space, only as much time, Only as much desire, only as many words, Only as many pages, only as much ink To accept all of us at light-speed Hurrying into the Promised Land Of oblivion that is waiting for us sooner or later. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. ↗

— Irving Langmuir

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In every living thing there is the desire for love. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire. ↗

— Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

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My head can get to murder and rape for profit because I can understand greed as a human motive, but I cannot understand the voyeuristic desire to watch such a film. I can comprehend one and I cannot comprehend the other. ↗

— Donna Leon

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Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards. ↗

— Giacomo Leopardi

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My desire, my passion, was to help moms with practical encouragement. ↗

— Lisa Whelchel

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It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion. ↗

— Rebecca West

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Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president. ↗