They have something like a desire.

它们似乎有一种渴望。

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Whenever you think of someone, or spend time with someone, and feel a desire to spend more time with them in the future, make note of it.

无论何时，当你想起某人，抑或是想与某人共处，抑或是感觉到想将来与某人更多地相处的愿望时，把它记下来。

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Whatever you're complacent about, conquer it. Start caring. Shift your paradigm, and arouse in yourself a desire to always do your best.

如论你在自满什么，都要克服它。变得上心起来，一改你的作风，激活自己一定要做到最好的愿望。

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With the gold they found in the mountains came a desire for further improvement.

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But the second is a desire to attract and maintain the divine presence, the continued presence of God in the sanctuary.

第二个是一种欲望，想要吸引和保持，上帝长久存在于圣所内的欲望。

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What projection does is takes a desire from me and then puts it on somebody else heading outwards.

投射是指个体否认自己的欲望,并认为他人拥有此欲望。

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WILLIAMS-WEBB: I think that it was just a desire overall, not necessarily coming from one person.

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This type of ego-motivated behavior is driven by a desire to be loved and appreciated.

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That suggests a different motive: a desire finally to draw a line under the banking crisis.

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