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  1. List of paraphrases for "desires":

    wishes, aspirations, longings, wants

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#11002desires
#17363aspirations
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  1. Machine Gun Kelly:

    I want to accept this for all the aspiring musicians, the one who desires to play an instrument, wants to rap, wants to sing — not just the rock artists, but all the artists.

  2. Lao Tzu:

    There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is not greater disaster than greed.

  3. Lloyd Austin:

    My job is to is to create the options for the President to be able to choose when he desires to respond. United States want good options for him to choose from. And so United States's what, United States's what the Department of Defense is focused on.

  4. Epictetus:

    He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force; whose movements to action are not impeded, whose desires attain their purpose, and who does not fall into that which he would avoid.

  5. Ira Mehlman:

    It is simply bad public policy to be spending public funds at a time when everyone is strapped for cash and cannot fund the money for vital services. Even if they are relatively small funders, they are directing much-needed resources from schools and roads to meet the political desires of lawmakers.


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