Burning Desire Quotes - Page 4

• I don't have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It's not a conscious effort, nor is it a struggle. Wouldn't do it if it was. The idea of the suffering artist has never appealed to me. Being here is suffering enough.

  William Eggleston

  Photography, Struggle, Artist

  "Out of the ordinary" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2004.

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• Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not tell - they catalyzed a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizons sprung wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable. But most important of all, the truth, that dangerous stuff, became beautiful and very precious.

  John Steinbeck

  Beautiful, Teacher, Art

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• All you need is something to say, and a burning desire to say it... it doesn't matter where your hands are.

  Lou Holtz

  Hands, Desire, Needs

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• When I was fresh out of law school, I had a burning desire to do something important, to have an impact in some way, but I didn't know what it was.

  Jennifer Granholm

  School, Impact, Law

  "Women: We Want You on the Political Battlefield" by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2012.

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• Nothing constructive and worthy of man's efforts ever has or ever will be achieved except by that which comes from a positive mental attitude, based on a definiteness of purpose and activated by a burning desire, and acted upon until the burning desire is elevated to the level of applied faith.

  Napoleon Hill

  Attitude, Men, Law Of Attraction

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• Isn’t desire always the same, whether the object is present or absent? Isn’t the object always absent? —This isn’t the same languor: there are two words: Pothos, desire for the absent being, and Himéros, the more burning desire for the present being.

  Roland Barthes

  Two, Desire, Burning

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• People who have achieved great success are not necessarily more skillful or intelligent than others. What separates them is their burning desire and thirst for knowledge. The more one knows, the more one achieves.

  Robin Sharma

  Intelligent, People, Desire

  Robin Sharma (2003). “MegaLiving: 30 Days To A Perfect Life”, p.76, Jaico Publishing House

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