#desires

There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. ↗

— John Milton

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I'm also a great believer in the dream life; that while we're asleep, a deep subconscious connection is made about our profoundest fears, hopes, loves, losses, dreads and desires. ↗

— Andrew Motion

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Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhist. ↗

— Jim Coleman

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Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in. ↗

— Andy Garcia

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Our visions begin with our desires. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

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