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In order for a narrative to work, the primary character should have a concrete desire - a need that drives her story - and the story's writer should make this goal known to the reader pretty early in the narrative.

~Darin Strauss

Topics: Character Concrete Desire Drives Early Goal Her Known Make Narrative Need Order Pretty Primary Reader Should Story Work Writer

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Three and a half years in L.A. was enough for me. I would love to go back for short bursts if a film opportunity came up, but it's a unique place, and you can reach saturation point. For me it was a place where creative desire and ambition meets desperation. It's in the air; it's palpable - I just didn't want to be around that.

~Darren Boyd

Topics: Air Ambition Around Back Bursts Came Creative Desire Desperation Enough Film Go Half Half Years Just Love Me Meets Opportunity Palpable Place Point Reach Short Three Unique Up Want Where Would Years You

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I would say a successful campaign reflects the desire of the people who are there to support a candidate.

~Darryl Glenn

Topics: Campaign Candidate Desire People Reflects Say Successful Support Who Would

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If ambition is the desire to be the best at what you do, then I'm guilty.

~Dave Checketts

Topics: Ambition Best Desire Guilty Then You

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If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in their cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.

~Dave Pelzer

Topics: Any Basic Better Break Cause Chain Desire Environment Negative People Persist Possess Right Strong Themselves Understanding Wrong

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And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.

~Dave Winfield

Topics: Baseball Been Desire Few Fit Found Great Great Teacher Life Mean Mentor Minutes My Life Next Other Out Part See Speak Successfully Teacher Trainer Very Well You

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Our sincere desire should be to have both clean hands and a pure heart - both a remission of sins from day to day and to walk guiltless before God.

~David A. Bednar

Topics: Before Both Clean Day Day To Day Desire God Hands Heart Our Pure Pure Heart Remission Should Sincere Sins Walk

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Prayer is a privilege and the soul's sincere desire. We can move beyond routine and 'checklist' prayers and engage in meaningful prayer as we appropriately ask in faith and act, as we patiently persevere through the trial of our faith, and as we humbly acknowledge and accept 'not my will, but Thine, be done.'

~David A. Bednar

Topics: Accept Acknowledge Act Ask Beyond Desire Done Engage Faith Humbly Meaningful Move Our Patiently Persevere Prayer Prayers Privilege Routine Sincere Soul Thine Through Trial Will

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Grace is the divine assistance or heavenly help each of us desperately needs to qualify for the celestial kingdom. Thus, the enabling power of the Atonement strengthens us to do and be good and to serve beyond our own individual desire and natural capacity.

~David A. Bednar

Topics: Assistance Atonement Beyond Capacity Celestial Desire Desperately Divine Each Enabling Good Grace Heavenly Help Individual Kingdom Natural Needs Our Own Power Qualify Serve Strengthens Thus Us

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Probably from, like, my freshman year of high school, I had this desire to perform and also be involved in the show business industry.

~David A. R. White

Topics: Also Business Desire Freshman Freshman Year Had High High School Industry Involved Like Perform School Show Show Business Year

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