“The world that seemed so various and new, well, it does contract. One's burning desire to investigate human behavior, and to make, or imply, statements about it, does fall off. And so one does find that early works are full of energy and also full of vulgarity, crudity, and incompetence, and later works are more carefully finished, and in that sense better literary products. But . . . there's often a freshness that is missing in later works--for every gain there's a loss. I think it evens out in that way.” ThinkingWorldWayHumansWellsDoeDesireFallEnergyLossMissingProductsBehaviorGainsVariousFinishedStatementsBurningContractsHuman BehaviorIncompetenceFreshnessVulgarityBurning DesireEarly Work Author:Kingsley Amis
“I don't have the desire that I think a lot of performers feel - to get the applause. It's not life or death for me. I love it and it's exciting, but it's not something I crave or miss, so I don't need to perform; I don't have that desire. I like to sing, and I love doing what I'm doing, but it's not a dire need.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsDesireMissingExcitingPerformersCraveApplauseLife Or Death Author:Olivia Newton-John
“[As a writer] you have to have the three D's: drive, discipline and desire. If you're missing any one of those three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it's going to be really hard to get anything done.” IfsWorldHardDoneDesireThreeTalentMissingDiscipline Author:Nora Roberts
“One of the reasons there may be a trend toward moving out of the cities, again, it may be conscious or it may be unconscious, but it is a desire to connect more with nature. And with the natural rhythms. We [people] need that! We've been missing it.” PeopleNeedsMayReasonMovingDesireNaturalCitiesMissingConsciousRhythmUnconsciousTrendsMoving OutMissing It Author:Shakti Gawain
“It grabs me, but not as much as it grabs some of the other people that rave about them. With the Black Keys, I'm missing crescendos with the sax, keyboard or guitar solo. It never comes to me. All my favorite music is rife with crescendo and I'm not hearing enough with them. If you can get the Black Keys to hear this, tell them I offer my crescendo guitar anytime they desire it.” PeopleIfsEnoughDesireBlackMissingKeysOffersMusic IsGuitarMy FavoriteHearingSoloKeyboardsRaveCrescendoGuitar SolosFavorite MusicBlack Keys Author:Ted Nugent
“When people give up sex and give up love or they only have love in the context of tradition then I think we're missing the opportunity of saying to each other building community, building desire in community gives all of us the possibility of learning how to be who we always were terrified we'd find out we were, and then not be ashamed of it and to not have our desire and our love embedded in shame is a profound thing and it's part of what drives the movement.” PeopleThinkingGivingDesireOpportunitySexCommunityMissingMovementPossibilityBuildingGiving UpTraditionShameProfoundAshamedTerrifiedOur LoveEmbeddedCommunity BuildingBuilding Community Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“People of relatively low intelligence can be morally wonderful if they desire the right and the good (not necessarily under the description "right" or "good"). Their low intelligence sometimes results in their accidentally doing something wrong, but doing something wrong out of low intelligence alone is like stepping on a person's foot because you are (literally) blind or missing a cry for help because you are (literally) deaf. We do not judge the blind or deaf person as morally bad.” PeopleSometimesHelpingDesireWonderfulMissingCryJudgingBlindDeaf Author:Nomy Arpaly