Switching languages is a form of conversion. And like all conversions, whether it's judged a failure or a success, it excites the desire to leave, go elsewhere, adopt a new language and start all over again. It also means that a conscious effort is demanded to remain still.
Hisham Matar
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I cannot approach someone; I lack the confidence when it comes to the guy I desire. I'm very good when it comes to matchmaking and hooking others up. But I can't help my own cause.
Kangana Ranaut
GoodConfidenceSomeoneHelpDesire
The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.
William Osler
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You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
James Allen
GreatSmallYouDesireWillBecome
Me making music happened not even from a desire to make records.
Roisin Murphy
MusicMeDesireRecordsHappened
You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
Henri Matisse
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I've missed out on a huge goal but the desire is still there.
Ian Thorpe
GoalDesireMissedOutStillHuge
The desire for freedom and equilibrium (harmony) is inherent in man (due to the universal in him).
Piet Mondrian
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British passion for Chinese tea was unstoppable, but the Chinese had no desire for our offerings, however much we tried to sell them woolen clothes or cutlery.
Kate Williams
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The decision to serve a mission will shape the spiritual destiny of the missionary, his or her spouse, and their posterity for generations to come. A desire to serve is a natural outcome of one's conversion, worthiness, and preparation.
Russell M. Nelson
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The desire of God's heart is immeasurably larger than our imaginations can conjure.
Greg Boyle
GodHeartDesireThanOurLarger
The man or nation of high culture may acknowledge to great lengths the restraints imposed by conventions and honour, but beyond a certain point, primitive will or desire cannot be curbed.
H. P. Lovecraft
GreatCultureManDesireBeyondMay
I have no desire to look at myself.
Pierce Brosnan
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Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
George Bernard Shaw
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Everyone says 'Anna Karenina' is about individual desire going against society, but I actually think the opposite is stronger: the way societal forces limit the expression of the individual.
Mary Gaitskill
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After adolescence, if one's life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes.
Gore Vidal
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My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.
Gary Hume
JobArtistDownDesireOutDriven
So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.
Suzanne Farrell
GreatDesireDancingSomethingHad
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
Geoffrey Chaucer
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But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.
Mike Figgis
StrongFilmmakingDesireNeedGet
From a child, I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music, painting, flowers, and the sciences, Algebra being one of my favorite studies.
George Washington Carver
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
F. Murray Abraham
PowerPeopleMeDesireKnowWant
Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams.
Susan Minot
DreamsDesireWayMoreSettings
Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage.
Helen Fisher
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