#desire

Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

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According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not or would not become anything else, I set up for poet and beg an to invent fictions about the personal ambitions that my society has no use for. ↗

— Allen Tate

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Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

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Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth. ↗

— Natalie Goldberg

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Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. ↗

— William Osler

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A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him. ↗

— Nathaniel Branden

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Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value. ↗

— Jim Rohn

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No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils. ↗

— Elihu Root

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It is my really sincere desire that we get an opportunity to play long enough for people to really grab on and become fans, because I think it's a great project. ↗

— Ron Glass

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