#desire

Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

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Not that painting would have been a release. The reason for doing it is the desire to create. I've got to do it! I've seen that, I can still remember it, I've got to paint it. ↗

— Otto Dix

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Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course. ↗

— John Drinkwater

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I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of human activity. ↗

— Charles Edison

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The beginning of wisdom is to desire it. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking. ↗

— Mike Figgis

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The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

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A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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