#desire

We have been frustrated that there are a number of incumbents in Maryland offices who have been in office for years and years and show no movement or desire to pass the torch. ↗

— John Mahoney

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From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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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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Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#diplomacy #element #force #inevitable #means

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position. ↗

— Thom Mayne

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In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. ↗

— John McCarthy

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My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know. ↗

— Macaulay Culkin

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