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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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Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

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Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly that you feel you could die of it. ↗

— Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. ↗

— Tacitus

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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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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated and who are still educating themselves must desire to learn more and more from it. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready. ↗

— William Kidd

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I have no desire to carry a movie. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

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