#desire

In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory or the trade of another country, right or wrong, a pretext is always sought. ↗

— Elihu Root

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I had a strong desire to write and some free time. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

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Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it. ↗

— Rita Rudner

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Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ↗

— Rumi

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Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was. ↗

— Robert Smith

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To me, Shakespeare uses the supernatural elements to reveal his character's inner desires and fears. ↗

— John Foster

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