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I think there’s always the longing to include software on previously analog technologies. – Jonathan Blutinger	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is the longing for the physical aspect, the tactile element, of trying to reproduce the signs of a real photograph that people could hold in their hands. – Elena Caoduro	Found on CNN 1 year ago
What I mean to say is no, I don’t want her back, just words hanging like leaves from a tree limb, nothing can bring her back anyway; words wouldn’t build her bit by bit, piece by piece, she’s gone, and there is strength in knowing that. Maybe the longing will ease. Maybe the seconds will lapse into minutes. I’m not Christ – I can’t raise the dead. – Scott C. Holstad	added by scottholstad 2 years ago
As happy as' All I Want for Christmas Past Is You' by Mariah sounds, it's really a song of longing. – Gary Trust	Found on CNN 2 years ago
As the flame of longing burns, even if does not arrive beloved, in the arms of melodies, dance – Shah Asad Rizvi	added by shahasadrizvi 2 years ago
We currently see that the longing to break out of the boring pandemic everyday life with lots of restrictions has become so strong that young people think even less of the long-term consequences of their behavior. – Christian Montag	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When are we gonna talk about the unspoken? Behind of the words a silent ocean of desires and a coiled knowledge lies in wait, listen a restless voice in our heart endlessly urging us onward to break the limits of fear and to embrace of our longing. Unspoken is whatever we have not desired with all our heart – Alexis karpouzos	added by anonymous 3 years ago
I've been longing to get out (of the house), I wanted to come and take pictures, wanted to pay homage to the temple and make merit, but I understand that during this time we have to stay vigilant for others and ourselves as well. – Arisara Khaosa-ard	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
First, I felt relieved, and then indescribable happiness, we were longing to get him back home for more than 50 days. – Wagner Andrade	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Erotic cake of sweet fantasies You are like an erotic cake of sweet fantasies, you are so sweet that it seems to me that I will have caries and diabetes. Goddess of passionate nights, skin shining with stars. Beckons to do sex marathon with you for life. To the adventures of an erotic tale of eternal love. My soul sings about you, languishing from longing. I am filled with love and lust. My breath breathes love for you. To look at you is such a delightfully beautiful feeling, the spiritual aesthetics of the union of the soul with you. Lord, it's so beautiful what I feel for you. Each note of love is like a feather of a poet from which fly on the wings of love into the cosmos of infinite love for you, my love for you. – Erotic cake of sweet fantasies	added by Almat 4 years ago
We've won several silver medals and we've been longing for a gold medal, we put in a lot of effort and this gold medal is like a new starting point for us and will push us further. Hopefully we'll win many more. – Cheng Peng	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We are so happy that finally we got the chance to go to the stadium. Its an extraordinary feeling, at least for me, 22 or 23 years of longing and regret lies behind this. – Zahra Pashaei	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. – Mahatma Gandhi	added by Normando 5 years ago
Another part of you is already an old man, looking back on things. Waiting at the door for his granddaughter who’s trying to make her way home for a visit. You are two people still separated by an ocean of time, part of you bursting to talk about what you saw, part of you longing to tell you what it means. – John Koenig	added by TrekReichen 5 years ago
It is quite possible that maybe they were longing for such information, they wanted it so badly that they could only hear the thought that they wanted. – Natalia Veselnitskaya	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
That deep longing you keep dismissing as impractical may be the very thing your soul is calling you to do. – Renae A. Sauter	added by createfate 7 years ago
Richard was always bringing me flowers. Christopher would kiss me, i'm still longing for my children. – Clarita Alia	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I hope I can go home some day, nobody knows if I will ever go home, but that is my hope. I miss my family. I am longing to see them again, and my congregation. – Pastor Lim	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I've known of people who have gone off to Syria from Turkey with hopes that these promises will come true. But I also know that they very much regret it and would like to come back, our brothers who have been battling for their existence for the past 50 to 60 years are longing for guns. They are also very naive, and open to being tricked. – Adil Abdulgaffar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
How many of our adolescents and young people sense that (love and happiness) are no longer found in their homes? How many women, sad and lonely, wonder when love left, when it slipped away from their lives? How many elderly people feel left out of family celebrations, cast aside and longing each day for a little love? – Franklin Borbor	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Wine is a sign of happiness, love and plenty, how many of our adolescents and young people sense that these are no longer found in their homes? How many women, sad and lonely, wonder when love left, when it slipped away from their lives? How many elderly people feel left out of family celebrations, cast aside and longing each day for a little love? – Pope Francis	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Our dealers have been longing for cars and for sales for so many years. – Lex Kerssemakers	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There are better opportunities than shorting the bond market like longing corporates. – John Bellows	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
My purpose of life is sweet indeed. I like to help people when in need. I am longing for happiness. I am expressing my kindness. I am expressing my love every day. I am compassionate all the way. – Debasish Mridha, M.D.	added by anonymous 9 years ago

I think there’s always the longing to include software on previously analog technologies.

– Jonathan Blutinger

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is the longing for the physical aspect, the tactile element, of trying to reproduce the signs of a real photograph that people could hold in their hands.

– Elena Caoduro

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What I mean to say is no, I don’t want her back, just words hanging like leaves from a tree limb, nothing can bring her back anyway; words wouldn’t build her bit by bit, piece by piece, she’s gone, and there is strength in knowing that. Maybe the longing will ease. Maybe the seconds will lapse into minutes. I’m not Christ – I can’t raise the dead.

– Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

As happy as' All I Want for Christmas Past Is You' by Mariah sounds, it's really a song of longing.

– Gary Trust

Found on CNN
2 years ago

As the flame of longing burns, even if does not arrive beloved, in the arms of melodies, dance

– Shah Asad Rizvi

added by shahasadrizvi
2 years ago

We currently see that the longing to break out of the boring pandemic everyday life with lots of restrictions has become so strong that young people think even less of the long-term consequences of their behavior.

– Christian Montag

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When are we gonna talk about the unspoken? Behind of the words a silent ocean of desires and a coiled knowledge lies in wait, listen a restless voice in our heart endlessly urging us onward to break the limits of fear and to embrace of our longing. Unspoken is whatever we have not desired with all our heart

– Alexis karpouzos

added by anonymous
3 years ago

I've been longing to get out (of the house), I wanted to come and take pictures, wanted to pay homage to the temple and make merit, but I understand that during this time we have to stay vigilant for others and ourselves as well.

– Arisara Khaosa-ard

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

First, I felt relieved, and then indescribable happiness, we were longing to get him back home for more than 50 days.

– Wagner Andrade

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Erotic cake of sweet fantasies You are like an erotic cake of sweet fantasies, you are so sweet that it seems to me that I will have caries and diabetes. Goddess of passionate nights, skin shining with stars. Beckons to do sex marathon with you for life. To the adventures of an erotic tale of eternal love. My soul sings about you, languishing from longing. I am filled with love and lust. My breath breathes love for you. To look at you is such a delightfully beautiful feeling, the spiritual aesthetics of the union of the soul with you. Lord, it's so beautiful what I feel for you. Each note of love is like a feather of a poet from which fly on the wings of love into the cosmos of infinite love for you, my love for you.

– Erotic cake of sweet fantasies

added by Almat
4 years ago

We've won several silver medals and we've been longing for a gold medal, we put in a lot of effort and this gold medal is like a new starting point for us and will push us further. Hopefully we'll win many more.

– Cheng Peng

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We are so happy that finally we got the chance to go to the stadium. Its an extraordinary feeling, at least for me, 22 or 23 years of longing and regret lies behind this.

– Zahra Pashaei

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

– Mahatma Gandhi

added by Normando
5 years ago

Another part of you is already an old man, looking back on things. Waiting at the door for his granddaughter who’s trying to make her way home for a visit. You are two people still separated by an ocean of time, part of you bursting to talk about what you saw, part of you longing to tell you what it means.

– John Koenig

added by TrekReichen
5 years ago

It is quite possible that maybe they were longing for such information, they wanted it so badly that they could only hear the thought that they wanted.

– Natalia Veselnitskaya

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

That deep longing you keep dismissing as impractical may be the very thing your soul is calling you to do.

– Renae A. Sauter

added by createfate
7 years ago

Richard was always bringing me flowers. Christopher would kiss me, i'm still longing for my children.

– Clarita Alia

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I hope I can go home some day, nobody knows if I will ever go home, but that is my hope. I miss my family. I am longing to see them again, and my congregation.

– Pastor Lim

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I've known of people who have gone off to Syria from Turkey with hopes that these promises will come true. But I also know that they very much regret it and would like to come back, our brothers who have been battling for their existence for the past 50 to 60 years are longing for guns. They are also very naive, and open to being tricked.

– Adil Abdulgaffar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

How many of our adolescents and young people sense that (love and happiness) are no longer found in their homes? How many women, sad and lonely, wonder when love left, when it slipped away from their lives? How many elderly people feel left out of family celebrations, cast aside and longing each day for a little love?

– Franklin Borbor

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Wine is a sign of happiness, love and plenty, how many of our adolescents and young people sense that these are no longer found in their homes? How many women, sad and lonely, wonder when love left, when it slipped away from their lives? How many elderly people feel left out of family celebrations, cast aside and longing each day for a little love?

– Pope Francis

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Our dealers have been longing for cars and for sales for so many years.

– Lex Kerssemakers

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are better opportunities than shorting the bond market like longing corporates.

– John Bellows

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

My purpose of life is sweet indeed. I like to help people when in need. I am longing for happiness. I am expressing my kindness. I am expressing my love every day. I am compassionate all the way.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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