Sentence examples for desires for recognition from inspiring English sources

Before we condemn them too quickly, let us look calmly and honestly at ourselves, and we will discover that we too have those same basic desires for recognition, for importance.

Upon reflection, a desire for recognition seems irrational.

"There was never the possibility of a desire for recognition being gratified," he said.

One result is a struggle between Hamburgers' desire for recognition and their own frugal instincts.

In any case, Mr. Messina says his poetry is inspired by his passion, not by a desire for recognition.

In the cruel way of fate, by fulfilling his desire for recognition, Burgess surrendered his soul as an artist.

Gerard Mortier, the artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, doesn't regard Mr. Vilar's desire for recognition as a problem.

These new art forms were a much more positive outlet for competitive energy and desire for recognition than the gangs that had proliferated since 1968.

Like many emerging artists, however, counterfeiters often have a huge ego and an unquenchable desire for recognition, according to police investigators.

What is significant, however, is that the desire for recognition has a biological basis and that that basis is related to levels of serotonin in the brain.

Laurents resisted Robbins's attempt to turn this complex psychology – the human desire for recognition – into a "panorama of vaudeville" (the jugglers and acrobats were turfed out).