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“We fall into states of illusion - we forget all this. We get caught up in desires, frustrations, political movements, philosophies, religions, the getting of a living, the pain of a body, the pleasure of a body.”

States Philosophy Body Pain Political Desire Fall Forget Pleasure Movement Ignorance Illusion Caught Frustration Caught Up Political Movements

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Horror hostess, bondage goddess, Charles Addams cartoon comes to life, Vampire was every first-generation fanboy's wet dream. Scott Poole takes us on an unforgettable ride through the overlapping underworlds of B&D magazines, Hollywood noir, and early political liberation movements that inspired actress Maila Nurmi to challenge a postwar culture bent on stifling women's choices, bodies, and desires. This book is a subversive masterpiece.”

“Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species.”

Mean Desire Progress Movement Independence Species

Book:God in the Dock

Source: God in the Dock

“Two deep human desires were at war ... the longing for stability, for form, for permanence, which in its essence is the desire for death, and the opposing hunger for movement, change, instability and risk, which are life. Men came from the east and built these American towns because they wished to go no farther, and the towns they built were shaped by the urge to go onward.”

Men Humans Two War Form Desire Risk Movement Built Essence Towns Longing Hunger East Urges Stability Opposing Permanence Instability

Book:Old Home Town

Source: Old Home Town

“A shared choice movement sees the fetus as the genes of a woman and the genes of a man; the flesh of the woman, the flesh of the man; the bone of a woman, the bone of a man; the responsibility of a woman, the responsibility of a man; the rights of a woman, the rights of a man. It desires a transition to equality.”

Men Desire Choices Responsibility Rights Movement He Man Bones Flesh Transition Genes Fetus

Author:Warren Farrell

“The project of organizing a democratic political movement entails the hope that one's ideas and beliefs are not merely idiosyncratic but speak to vital human needs, interests and desires, and therefore will be persuasive to many and ultimately most people. But this is a very different matter from deciding to put forward only those ideas presumed (accurately or not) to be compatible with what most people already believe.”

Source: Don't Think, Smile!: Notes on a Decade of Denial

“Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.”

Desire Movement Western Pressing On

Author:Beau Bridges

“Some say the antique syndrome surfaced to offset the newness of the land, the homes, and the settlers. Some say the interest was initiated by a desire to return to the roots of yesterday. I contend the entire movement to acquire antiques was born out of sheer respect of things that lasted longer than fifteen minutes.”

Home Desire Interest Born Land Minutes Movement Return Roots Yesterday Acquire Sheer Fifteen Syndromes Antiques Newness Settlers

Book:The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

Source: The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

“... peace is a militant thing ... any peace movement must have behind it a higher passion than the desire for war. No one can be a pacifist without being ready to fight for peace and die for peace.”

War Desire Dies Fighting Passion Peace Behinds Movement Ready Higher Militant Pacifist

Book:Rebel pen: the writings of Mary Heaton Vorse

Source: Rebel pen: the writings of Mary Heaton Vorse

“any peace movement must have behind it a higher passion than the desire for war.”

War Desire Passion Peace Behinds Movement Higher

Book:Rebel pen: the writings of Mary Heaton Vorse

Source: Rebel pen: the writings of Mary Heaton Vorse

“Self-reflection is a desire felt by the body, as well as the soul. As dancers, healers, and saints all know, when you turn your attention toward even the simplest physical process - breath, the small movements of the eyes, the turning of a foot in midair - what might have seemed dull matter suddenly awakens.”

Source: The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues

“I think my work comes out of both an intense desire for connection and what it means to feel isolated. There's always going to be a kind of tidal movement back and forth between the two.”

Thinking Feels Kind Mean Two Desire Movement Connections Intense Isolated Back And Forth

Author:Adrienne Rich

“I've no desire to start a movement, to be the first name on an open petition, or to be the poster child for disgruntled writers.”

Firsts Children Desire Names Movement Posters Petitions Disgruntled

Author:John Ridley