Sentence examples for my initial desire from inspiring English sources

"Despite my initial desire to vigorously defend myself, I have had a change of heart," Gates explained to loved ones in a letter obtained by ABC News.

If I were to lose a loved one that might very well be my initial desire, but can visceral and emotional reactions serve as the basis for a public policy, especially one that does not work?

But where does that initial desire come from?

Ringnes' initial desire to give the park the theme of "celebration of women" was also met with derision.

To preserve that initial desire, that animating impulse, that brought you here and will carry you along.

NBC's executives reputedly scuppered an initial desire to present women in roles of authority (so Roddenberry has said; the executives themselves deny it).

Their initial desire to assist the Bush administration and commit Indian troops to postwar Iraq was checked only by strong protests from opposition parties.

Even Brent Scowcroft, who was President Bush's national security adviser, has criticized General Powell's initial desire to limit the American response to Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait to economic sanctions.

For now she remains on the side of the angels, listening to Tyrion and finding a compromise between her initial desire to raze Meereen to the ground and Tyrion's more pragmatic approach.

The report says: "The commission finds that the current situation of human rights in Eritrea is the tragic product of an initial desire to protect and ensure the survival of the young state that very quickly degenerated into the use of totalitarian practices aimed at perpetuating the power of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front and its successor, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice".

To give you an idea of how over the top some of the attacks became, a Brooklyn woman wrote on a Web site called Change.org that the initial desire to hold the marathon was "the personification of greed and evil".