"It is that of an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction."
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"Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win."
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"It is very difficult to explain this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception of God corresponding to it. The individual feels the nothingness of human desires and aims and the sublimity and marvelous order which reveal themselves both in Nature and in the world of though. He looks upon individual existence as a sort of prison and wants to experience the universe as a single significant whole."
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"There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside."
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"They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at - Elysian Fields!"
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"I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was."
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"The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results; thus he is never disappointed. He is never disappointed; thus his spirit never grows old."
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"A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition."
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"But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins."
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"Women who try to be equivalent with men need desire."
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"The upper class desire to remain so, the middle class wish to overthrow the upper class, and the lower class want a classless system."
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"The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain."
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"The very urge to get rid of desire is still desire, is it not?"
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"Place your desires before God. Pray about them and trust God to give them to you if and when they’re right for you."
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"There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception."
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"Your part is to awaken your desire to accomplish your worthy objectives. Then whip your will into action until it follows the way of wisdom that is shown to you."
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"If you want to touch the other shore badly enough, barring an impossible situation, you will. If your desire is diluted for any reason, you'll never make it."
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"Intense, burning desire is the motivational force that enables you to overcome any obstacle and achieve almost any goal"
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"Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good."
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"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."
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