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Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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He hath desired to bring the souls of other men to heaven; let his soul be brought to heaven. ↗

— Christopher Love

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To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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I mean, I'm just speaking of my own experiences and my own desires, and it's a kind of a childlike wonder that could really possibly speculate on other dimensions. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

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To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible. ↗

— Maimonides

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We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music. ↗

— Jim Capaldi

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How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right. ↗

— Robert Mallet

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A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. ↗

— Horace Mann

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Do not suppose, dearest Sir, that I am so short-sighted as to destroy my life by English preaching, or any other preaching. St. Paul did much good by his preaching, but how much more by his writings. ↗

— Henry Martyn

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I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials. ↗

— George Mason

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