Desire Quotes - page 99

I think it's unreasonable to expect kids at 17 to know what they want to do with the rest of their lives. And actually, I guess I had a desire to be an artist, and I did enroll in art school out of high school. (Jonathan LaPaglia)
To get a script like 'Death Proof' and to get cast in it just affirmed that I want to do character work; that's where my heart is. Maybe I will get to it again, maybe I won't, but it's what I like to do is play something a little outside of myself. This solidified the desire certainly for me. View quote
Jordan Ladd
As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen. View quote
Marvin Hamlisch
I get about five memoirs per week in my mailbox, and few of them inspire anything but a desire to pick up the channel changer. View quote
Mary Karr
I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit. View quote
Mary Lou Retton
Never, never underestimate the power of desire. If you want to live badly enough, you can live. The great question, at least for me, was: How do I decide I want to live? View quote
Marya Hornbacher
Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier. View quote
Marya Mannes
I am thoroughly enjoying spending the majority of my time with entrepreneurs. I find that their enthusiasm, dedication, willingness to take huge risks and desire to make a dramatic impact quite inspiring. View quote
Maynard Webb
I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue. View quote
Melanie Lynskey
I think my desire to imagine a future for this site came out of trying to come to terms with the emotions that day aroused. View quote
Michael Arad
I like people to be surprised by the turn of events. I don't want things just to be pat and formulaic. If there's some sort of internal combustion in the character or a desire to change the way things are going, that makes for conflict, which is the essence of drama. (Miranda Richardson)
Desire is craving enough to sacrifice for. View quote
Myles Munroe
What is in the Constitution is the burning desire and aspiration of all the people of Vietnam. So for the moment, we don't think about opposition parties. View quote
Nong Duc Manh
My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in. View quote
Natalia Kills
I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She made me play baseball - I had no desire to do that. I said, 'Mom, I don't like direct sunlight, I don't like bugs, I don't like grass, and I'd rather be in the house playing with your fabric samples.' View quote
Nate Berkus
Although my marriage left me with three beautiful children, it also left me with a healthy dose of self-doubt, low self-esteem, and an extreme desire to be loved again. I was operating on empty, expecting to be paid in full. View quote
Niecy Nash
I don't have a desire to do reality. Because my truth is not what people are responding to. My truth is funny; I laugh with my husband every day. View quote
Niecy Nash
My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria. View quote
Nneka
A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry. View quote
Oliver Ellsworth
The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature. View quote
Olivia Thirlby
People only look at you and say, 'You are black and you are from the banlieue,' and all the doors are closed. I had the desire to be something else. If I see a door that is a little open, I will find a way to get through. (Omar Sy)
My greatest desire as an actor is to keep people guessing and not do anything close to what I did last time. View quote
Pablo Schreiber
If there is a reason I'm able to make unsympathetic characters human, it's because it's my desire to find what drives the unsympathetic behavior. Almost always at the bottom of it is some deep insecurity. Putting your finger on what each individual's particular insecurity is goes a long way to fleshing that person out. View quote
Pablo Schreiber
My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily. View quote
Paloma Faith
A dominant wolf's desire to protect was a strong instinct--Samuel was very dominant. Give him an inch, and he'd take over the world--my life, if I let him." ~Mercy. View quote
Patricia Briggs