#desired

As a guest who doesn't eat, drink or smoke, you leave much to be desired, but as a writer, you're my girl. ↗

— Thelma Ritter

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A man of conviction is often more to be desired than a man of experience. ↗

— Curt Siodmak

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By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired. ↗

— Franz Kafka

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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. ↗

— Epictetus

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After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired. ↗

— Anatoly Karpov

#back #chess #clear #current #current situation

Junipers are generally chosen for the latter purpose, as they can be more readily bent into the desired form; the eyes and tongue are added afterwards, and the representation altogether is really good. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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We say we want to create beauty, identity, quality, singularity. And yet, maybe in truth these cities that we have are desired. Maybe their very characterlessness provides the best context for living. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

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From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible. ↗

— Abdus Salam

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Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results. ↗

— Omar Bongo

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The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. ↗

— Norman Douglas

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