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#desire

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This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end might be like his; and this was the state of his mind when he pronounced these words.


Joseph Butler


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But you don't always get what you want;,you get what you get


Anne Lamott


#desire #get #life #want #wish

When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord.


Willa Cather


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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.


Caleb Cushing


#conduct #democracy #desire #ever #feel

Those who speak of our culture as dead or dying have a quarrel with life, and I think they cannot understand its terms, but must endlessly repeat the projection of their own desires.


Muriel Rukeyser


#culture #dead #desires #dying #endlessly

Desire is inspired by motivation, which gives us hope to believe in ourselves that we can set goals and pursue them successfully.


Ellen J. Barrier


#hope #inspire #motivation #inspirational

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?


Xun Zi


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Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.


Sam Abell


#arts #desire #humans #moment #perfected

With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books.


Peter Abrahams


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You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.


James Allen


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