#desire

When I was fresh out of law school, I had a burning desire to do something important, to have an impact in some way, but I didn't know what it was. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#burning desire #desire #fresh #had #i

Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax. ↗

— Eva Green

#desire #difficult #entirely #ephemeral #makes

The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory. ↗

— Douglas Haig

#dangerous #defensive #desire #enemy #evade

I have this desire to have this immaculate form of love that really doesn't exist, so my obsession goes on through life and I never find it and I end up miserable. But it makes me a better writer. ↗

— Angel Haze

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But every spiteful word she ever wrote him was effortless love clenched in her fists. Her heart screaming for stability in this fiery game of desire. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#breakup #desire #jamie-weise #love #love-story

It's wonderful to feel desired. There's a sense of power in it, really. ↗

— Nancy Horan

#love #power #love

Desire is the key to motivation. It is the key to develop a healthy personality and a positive attitude towards oneself and others. ↗

— Amit Abraham

#desire #motivation #oneself #personality #attitude

Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

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The good thing about getting older is that, as you become less attractive, so you have less desire to go out and conquer everyone you see. ↗

— Julian Clary

#attractive #become #conquer #desire #everyone

The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability of the private sector to produce assets, so we need a larger government debt. ↗

— William Vickrey

#accumulate #assets #debt #desire #government