For precisely these reasons, the long battle for the right to vote and the demand for equality in electoral participation can be viewed as the manifestation of a profound human craving for personal fulfillment.
The concern, voiced in conferences and in recent interviews with many top executives of technology companies, is that the lure of constant stimulation — the pervasive demand of pings, rings and updates — is creating a profound physical craving that can hurt productivity and personal interactions.
"Whether it's Ghani or Abdullah," one NGO worker told me before Sunday's result, "it won't be legitimate". The elite bargains that went into building the two contending camps and negotiating Sunday's deal also undermine chances for the type of profound governance reforms Afghans crave.
Mr. Sheen spoke of craving a more profound connection to the material beyond ready-made theatrical fireworks.
The authors' real focus is on the way that crows can give us "the ephemeral and profound connection to nature that many people crave".
THAT America's department of justice has dropped its opposition to the merger of American Airlines and US Airways will come as a profound relief not just for the two carriers, but to an industry craving stability after years of turbulence.
In the intensity of her craving to "know and taste him," Hadewijch imagines a connection more profound than normal human attachments.
At times I craved the sensory thrill of historical realism, but van Hove's production highlights Shakespeare's profound understanding of the role of naked power-hunger in the body politic.
Like any irredeemably superficial artist, Aoki craves gravitas and credibility, and has earnestly vowed that his next studio album will be a more profound, deep-house affair.
Methadone has caused bad side effects for him: he smokes a lot more, he craves for sweets, his testosterone level has gone down and a psychologist told him that methadone causes profound changes in the brain.
