Her songs tell of long and sometimes desperate searches for love or a little clarity of thought or for instant solutions to life's problems.

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Birbiglia may have doubts about love, but he seems desperate to be liked.

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I've struggled to lose weight all my life but never been desperate enough to starve myself, partly due to my love and appreciation of food and partly due to my awareness of how unhealthy such a move would be.

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Users love Google, he says, because they find things there when they are desperate to know an answer.

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