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Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.
John Stuart Mill
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
Mark Twain
Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.
Donna Karan
Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours.
William Vickrey
Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.
Bertrand Russell
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There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles.
Maureen O'Hara 
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There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
Henry David Thoreau
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
Titus Livius
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It desirable to add one or two facts bearing on the domestic political aspects of the problem.
Dillon Anderson
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We have been endowed with the capacity and the power to create desirable pictures within and to find them automatically in the outer world of our environment.
John McDonald
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It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Plutarch
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The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.
Frank Herbert
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Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.
Francis Arinze
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It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
Henry David Thoreau
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Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.
Phyllis McGinley
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