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Topic·Human needs✕clear

Economic literature · Philosophical literature

Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love.

Adam Smith

The Theory of Moral Sentiments · 1759

★ 7.1

Novel

So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov · 1879

★ 5.6

Song · Rock music

You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes You just might find You get what you need.

The Rolling Stones

You Can't Always Get What You Want · 1969

★ 5.5

Comedy special · Comedy (stand up)

You know what men want? Food, sex, silence. That’s it. That's it. Food, sex, silence. "Feed me, fuck me, shut the fuck up."

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker · 1999

★ 3.8

Comedy special · Comedy (stand up)

Women need to hear compliments all the time. Women need food, water, and compliments. That’s right, that's right, and an occasional pair of shoes.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker · 1999

★ 3.8

Poem

I thought love would adapt itself to my needs. But needs grow too fast. They come up like weeds. Through cracks in the conversation. Through silences in the dark. Through everything you thought was concrete.

Alice Walker

1979

★ 3.6

Poem

She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden, kisses, books to read, sheltering arms, a cozy bed, and to love and be loved in return.

Starra Neely Blade

She Did Not Need Much · 2012

★ 3.5

Novel · Dystopian fiction

Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four · 1949

★ 2.3

TV program · Romantic comedy (TV) · Comedy (TV) · Romantic comedy · Comedy

That’s the thing about needs. Sometimes when you get them met, you don’t need them anymore.

Carrie

Sex and the City · 2002

★ 2.2

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