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A lot of problems stem from a desire to avoid discomfort. For example, people who fear failure often avoid new challenges in an effort to keep anxiety at bay. Avoiding emotional discomfort, however, is usually a short-term solution that leads to long-term problems.
Amy Morin
Failure
Challenges
People
Anxiety
Fear
Problems
Example
Bay
Solution
Emotional
Stem
Long-Term
Leads
New
For Example
New Challenges
Discomfort
However
Lot
Effort
Often
Short-Term
Avoid
Avoiding
Who
Keep
Desire
I just want people to be affected by the music. I'm really affected by my surroundings and put everything in my music - what I'm not getting and what I desire. I want it to be uncompromised... almost a spiritual thing.
Anderson Paak
Music
Spiritual
People
Everything
Put
Almost
Affected
Surroundings
Getting
Just
Want
Really
Thing
Desire
Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.
Andre Breton
Art
Science
Will
Nothing
Possession
Industry
Than
Less
Desire
If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
Andre Maurois
Events
Men
Own
Minds
Would
More
Could
Open
Failed
Obtain
Frequently
Discover
Did
Regard
Really
Lives
Things
Desire
My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire - perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain my grip on the world.
Andreas Gursky
World
Result
Structures
Clear
Maintain
Perhaps
Track
Preference
Grip
Keep
Illusory
Things
Desire
I am righteous and righteously indignant, the Tea Party is righteously indignant, and our goal is to not just save the country, but quite frankly, if America goes, so goes the world, so in our desire to save the country, we are trying to save the world.
Andrew Breitbart
World
Country
Party
Tea
Save The World
Our
Righteous
Frankly
Indignant
Am
Goal
America
Trying
Goes
Quite
Just
Quite Frankly
Tea Party
Desire
Save
While I have no desire to see Mr. Obama's birth certificate, I do want to see his college transcripts.
Andrew Breitbart
College
Birth
Birth Certificate
Obama
No Desire
See
His
Want
While
Certificate
Desire
My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.
Andrew Cuomo
Death
Son
Fear
Father
Summer
Penalty
Driving
Death Penalty
Sam
Against
Hard
Desire
Human love and desire is my bag.
Andrew Sean Greer
Love
Bag
Human
Human Love
Desire
I have no desire to be a cat, which walks so lightly that it never creates a disturbance.
Andrew Taylor Still
Walks
No Desire
Disturbance
Cat
Never
Lightly
Which
Creates
Desire
A big part of my upbringing was being with an instrument and kind of figuring myself out through music. So I feel a strong desire in any way that I can to help do that for other kids.
Andy Grammer
Music
Myself
Strong
Big
Other
Other Kids
Way
Kids
Out
Kind
Strong Desire
Through
Part
Feel
Instrument
Upbringing
Big Part
Any
Being
Help
Figuring
Desire
As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.
Andy Serkis
Character
You
Long
Inside
Get
Anything
Acting
Chops
Play
Desire
My desire is to be as independent as I can be, as long as I can be, subject to being effective.
Angus King
Long
Independent
Subject
Effective
Being
Desire
When I walked away from my role as Angie in 'Eastenders' all those years ago, it was a huge risk, but I always had this great desire to do so many things.
Anita Dobson
Great
Those
Risk
Had
Always
Years
Years Ago
Huge
Walked
Role
Many
Away
Things
Desire
I don't feel my capabilities in cookery are as big as my desire - as with so many aspects of my life.
Anna Chancellor
Life
My Life
Big
Feel
Capabilities
Aspects
Cookery
Many
Desire
I have no desire to become a crossover artiste, singing with microphones. I believe in opera; that it is something that young people would love if they had a chance to hear it.
Anna Netrebko
Love
People
Singing
Become
Young
Believe
Would
No Desire
Something
Crossover
Had
Opera
Hear
Artiste
Young People
Desire
Chance
For you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you as you tender the Lord and the church and commonwealth to consider and look what you do.
Anne Hutchinson
Day
You
Church
Consider
See
Tender
Look
Lord
Scripture
Commonwealth
Fulfilled
Therefore
Desire
Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge.
Anne Rice
Me
Book
Challenge
Become
Every
Meet
Way
Characters
Write
Consumed
Written
Obsession
Been
Led
Theme
Ever
Desire
I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close.
Annette Bening
Remember
Conviction
Points
Attention
Still
Salesmanship
Close
Five
Interest
Desire
It's so much better to desire than to have.
Anouk Aimee
Better
Than
Much
Desire
Our success as a global brand has been directly related to how we select locations where we are confident our particular clients desire to be. Los Cabos, Mexico is the ideal Engel & Volkers market, growing in popularity among world luxury travelers seeking exceptional properties for second home opportunities.
Anthony Hitt
Success
Home
World
Opportunities
Luxury
Related
Market
Our
Locations
Has-Been
Seeking
Properties
Directly
Exceptional
Select
Ideal
Particular
Global
Clients
How
Los
Been
Mexico
Brand
Confident
Where
Popularity
Growing
Travelers
Among
Second
Desire
Second Home
I inherited my father's insatiable desire to meet all the beautiful girls in the world.
Anthony Kiedis
Beautiful
World
Father
Girl
Meet
Insatiable
Beautiful Girls
Inherited
Desire
Luxury takes many forms nowadays, but one thing doesn't change: luxury is about desire and the ability to create dreams.
Antoine Arnault
Dreams
Change
Luxury
Nowadays
One Thing
Ability
About
Takes
Forms
Create
Many
Thing
Desire
As a general rule, I do not think it appropriate for judges to heap either praise or censure upon a legislative measure that comes before them, lest it be thought that their validation, invalidation, or interpretation of it is driven by their desire to expand or constrict what they personally approve or disapprove as a matter of policy.
Antonin Scalia
Matter
Thought
Before
Interpretation
Think
Validation
Appropriate
Rule
Approve
General
General Rule
Driven
Disapprove
Policy
Judges
Praise
Heap
Expand
Legislative
Censure
Either
Them
Personally
Measure
Lest
Desire
I remember in 'Law of Desire,' where I played a homosexual, that people were more upset that I kissed a man on the mouth than I killed a man. It's interesting to see how people can pardon you for murdering a man, but they can't pardon you for kissing one.
Antonio Banderas
You
Man
People
Law
Remember
Mouth
See
Pardon
Kissed
More
Kissing
How
Were
Than
Upset
Where
Interesting
Played
Homosexual
Desire
The way I suffer after a defeat is not for all, because I suffer. I suffer. But those who know me know that, after this, I start stronger with more hunger, more desire, because I don't like to lose.
Antonio Conte
Me
Stronger
Lose
Defeat
Way
Those
Hunger
More
Like
Know
Because
After
Who
Suffer
Start
Desire
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