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Really, what I try to instill in my fans is to be healthy and happy. I have no desire to be super-skinny. ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

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I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in. ↗

— Roger Clemens

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I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people. ↗

— Jim Wallis

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The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. ↗

— Robert Collier

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Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood. ↗

— Robin G. Collingwood

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In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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When sages commend excess, Desire is sick. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there. ↗

— Marcus Garvey

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