appetite

• “Attend to the demands of appetite, but use all your judgment in determining whether it is a natural, undepraved craving of the system which speaks, or an acquired and vicious taste, and give or withhold accordingly; and, above all, never eat when you have _no appetite_.”

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• “I. i.2 (143,2) [that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die] [W: app'tite, Love] It is true, we do not talk of the _death of appetite_, because we do not ordinarily speak in the figurative language of poetry; but that _appetite sickens by a surfeit_ is true, and therefore proper.”

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• “His incapability of constraining his appetite is a pretty good indicator of that; Ailes is an undisciplined pig in many respects.”

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• “And supposing we should grant that this affection or disposition is the very thing which we call the appetite, it is probable that, by the operation of such kind of food as this, the nourishment may be made small, and so much of it as is convenient for Nature severed from the rest, so that the indigency proceeds not from the transmutation, but from the evacuation and purgation of the passages.”

  Essays and Miscellanies

• “I was wondering if you can give some color as to your new term appetite with this institutional JV partners for acquisitions.”

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• “As to the number of his motions (2 and somtimes 3 a day) I should not interfere with them so long as his appetite is not affected and he appears cheerfull.”

  Letter 165

• “My appetite is not so good since he arrived, and my wife says I am looking peaked.”

  That Spot

• “Many will always believe the latter, especially these post-Tiger Woods fire hydrant days, when an athlete's sexual appetite is fair game.”

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• “Most of the genes previously linked to obesity are involved in appetite regulation and energy balance.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Gene Sites Tied to Obesity Identified in New Research

• “But overall, China's long-term appetite for commodities of all kinds will be sustained by its massive transportation, housing and infrastructure projects, along with the needs of its up-and-coming middle class.tIn the 24 months ended in January, the International Monetary Fund's primary commodity index, which measures the average price for commodities such as energy, grains and industrial materials, has soared 79.5%.”

  USA Today: China expected to import more grain

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