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  • My latest release from Siren-BookStrand is Destined Desires, which is the second novel in my Talaenian Fae series.

    Terrific Tuesday with Kara Wills:) Molly Daniels 2010

  • My latest release from Siren-BookStrand is Destined Desires, which is the second novel in my Talaenian Fae series.

    Archive 2010-05-01 Molly Daniels 2010

  • Last night I went to Stratford to see House of Desires, which is the third best 17th century farce written by a Mexican nun that I've ever seen.

    amuchmoreexotic: Oh, Don! amuchmoreexotic 2004

  • Last night I went to Stratford to see House of Desires, which is the third best 17th century farce written by a Mexican nun that I've ever seen.

    Oh, Don! amuchmoreexotic 2004

  • Hence how much soever they have, they still desire more, and therefore Covetousness in Scripture is ordinarily expressed by pleonexia, which properly signifies an inordinate Desire of having more, which kind of Desires can never be satisfyed, because they are able to desire more than all the World, and to raise themselves as high and as far as the infinite Good itself.

    Private Thoughts Upon a Christian Life; or, Necessary Directions for Its Beginning and Progress Upon Earth... Part II. 1637-1708 1712

  • "Desires" features new elements in Muse's music such as programmed drums etc.

    All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 2010

  • Look here, and you will find some peace … whether you're looking at a barn swallow ( "Desires") or suddenly noticing the smile of a passing stranger ( "Recognition").

    Looking Closer 2008

  • Unrecognized: Desires and needs that customers don't yet recognize, often developed in response to the creation of a new type of product or service.

    Successful business marketing for the start up 2010

  • In his book "The Three Faces of Desires," philosopher Tim Schroeder argues that pleasure "net intrinsic desire-satisfaction" is fundamentally a function of expectation.

    Mazda3 Really Moves the Needle (Not the Gas One) Dan Neil 2012

  • Desires or longings that deviated too much from the prevailing norms were troublesome and created conflicts, often unconscious.

    Douglas LaBier: When Psychotherapists Fail to Help: Here's Why Douglas LaBier 2010

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