Many of us have felt that sense of desperation - of urgency - when we learn that we or someone we love is fighting for their life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.
It is sad when people can't connect, and the sense of desperation that you feel when there is nothing to look forward to.
As in all matters involving love, which has so many different meanings, you find that the feeling that we label 'love' is not a simple feeling, it's a very complex one. Under the heading 'love' can come all sorts of rage and desperation.
One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.
There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty.
I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.
People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
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