#desire

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves. ↗

— Albert Camus

#even #insatiable #itself #love #loves

The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

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Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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Only as long as a company can produce a desired, worthwhile, and needed product or service, and can command the public, will it receive the public dollar and succeed. ↗

— Curtis Carlson

#company #desired #dollar #long #needed

What a house. Turns out they're doing OK, the Malfoy's. However, the interior decorating leaves a lot to be desired. And needless to say, Voldemort isn't the greatest houseguest. ↗

— Tom Felton

#desired #doing #greatest #house #however

Desire is individual. Happiness is common. ↗

— Julian Casablancas

#common #desire #individual

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform. ↗

— Chanakya

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The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of a somewhat fanatical desire to avoid the risk of unconscious imitation. ↗

— Leslie Charteris

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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire. ↗

— Geoffrey Chaucer

#forbid #something #thing #us

I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times. ↗

— Chris Christie

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