#desire

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. ↗

— Michelangelo

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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. ↗

— Michelangelo

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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to get things as good as possible, I would say that I'm probably regarded as quite prickly to work with. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

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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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To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist. ↗

— Jasper Johns

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But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of the American Negro, in classic musical form. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal. ↗

— Helen Keller

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It is true not all has been accomplished that the earnest advocates would desire, but a start has been made. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

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