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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, a

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. – John Adams

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I read my eyes out and cant read half enough. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read. – John Adams

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My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. – John Adams

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I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer. – Bayazid Al-Bistami

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Be careful what you set your heart upon — for it will surely be yours. – James Baldwin

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Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness. – Baron William Henry Beveridge

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Unbridled gratification produces unbridled desire. – Proverb

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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after hes dead, then maybe he was a great man. – James Dean

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