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MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance. ↗

— James Otis

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I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired. ↗

— Harold Pinter

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How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated? ↗

— Robert Plant

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This is part of human nature, the desire to change consciousness. ↗

— Michael Pollan

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Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. ↗

— Channing Pollock

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The desire to become a journalist came really because I very much like living abroad, and like to travel, and wanted to be paid for it. ↗

— John Pomfret

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Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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The greatest desire of my heart was for the Lord to manifest His will concerning me. ↗

— Orson Pratt

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We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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