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Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.


William Godwin


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Merely external emancipation has made of the modern woman an artificial being. Now, woman is confronted with the necessity of emancipating herself from emancipation, if she really desires to be free.


Emma Goldman


#being #confronted #desires #emancipation #external

I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got famous; television made me famous. I guess that it's television that is responsible for everybody's desire to be famous.


Kelsey Grammer


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When I was fresh out of law school, I had a burning desire to do something important, to have an impact in some way, but I didn't know what it was.


Jennifer M. Granholm


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Teenage readers also have a different relationship with the authors whose work they value than adult readers do. I loved Toni Morrison, but I don't have any desire to follow her on Twitter. I just want to read her books.


John Green


#also #any #authors #books #desire

Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.


Taylor Hackford


#clashes #culture #desires #ego #everyone

The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory.


Douglas Haig


#dangerous #defensive #desire #enemy #evade

As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen.


Marvin Hamlisch


#calming #composer #desire #down #energy

Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.


Dag Hammarskjold


#contrary #course #desired #destiny #history

The nature of the movies is different than it was five years ago, and they're all driven by the possibilities of CGI, which means you can make anything happen on screen that you can possibly desire.


Tom Hanks


#anything #cgi #desire #different #driven






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