One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money. ~Imogen Cunningham
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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You can almost taste the pressure now. ~Vin Scully
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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Death is just life's next big adventure. ~J. K. Rowling
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ~Mason Cooley
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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