“Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted.” PeopleShouldArtSaidPlayWantedSchoolDesireActorsActingTeacherTalentFootballGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolAcceptedHonestlyPerformingGradesAuditionsWhimPerforming ArtsEnglish Teacher Author:Ving Rhames
“There was a brief moment after 9/11 when Colin Powell said we "should not rush to satisfy the desire for revenge." It was a great moment, an extraordinary moment, because what he was actually asking people to do was to stay with a sense of grief, mournfulness, and vulnerability.” PeopleShouldSaidMomentsDesireGriefAskingExtraordinaryRevengeVulnerabilityGreat MomentsWell SaidBrief MomentsExtraordinary Moments Author:Judith Butler
“A zealous disciple expressed a desire to teach others the Truth and asked the Master what he thought about this. The Master said, "Wait." Each year the disciple would return with the same request and each time the Master would give him the same reply: "Wait." One day he said to the Master, "When will I be ready to teach?" Said the Master, "When your excessive eagerness to teach has left you.” GivingYearsSaidDesireLeftWaitingTeachReadyMastersReturnOne DayDiscipleRequestEagernessZealous Author:Anthony de Mello
“Allah said, 'A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion.'” WorldSaidDesireEnemyLandThis WorldKillingDrivenViolentProphetGoodsManifestCollectingMuhammadSlaughterCaptivesRansom Author:Ibn Ishaq
“For, as I said a little way back, perfect souls are in no way repelled by trials, but rather desire them and pray for them and love them. They are like soldiers: the more wars there are, the better they are pleased, because they hope to emerge from them with the greater riches.” WayLittlesSaidWarSoulDesirePerfectGreaterPrayingAnd LoveSoldierRichesTrials Book:Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila