#pleasure

Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives. ↗

— John Zimmerman

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In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision. ↗

— Italo Calvino

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I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more countries. I want to be able to recall experiences that have endured for their pleasure and range and intensity. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

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What we are only now beginning to fully realize is that in seeking material pleasure too constantly, the capacity for enjoyment or fulfillment decreases and eventually becomes exhausted. ↗

— Alex Campbell

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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. ↗

— Ovid

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The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure. ↗

— Lee Child

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My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends. It is the most divine pleasure to exact the revenge of the brutalized child that resides within. ↗

— Margaret Cho

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I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

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I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

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Illusion is the first of all pleasures. ↗

— Voltaire

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