#desires

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated. ↗

— Thomas Mann

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A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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My favorite play in drama school was 'The Bacchae.' It's about a king who literally gets eaten alive by all the women in the play in a kind of orgy - it's related to the word 'bacchanal' - and I loved that idea of animalistic chaos and following our own desires. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

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Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

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I've always been comfortable with my sexual desires and what I like. ↗

— Izabella Scorupco

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My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. ↗

— Beverly Sills

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A big desire is not enough to meet the expectations of lost dreams. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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