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We're not only wired to want what we can't have, but we're also wired to want what we really don't want.
— Ally McBeal • 1997
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker claims human desire is faulty in two ways: we crave what is out of reach, and we even crave things we truly don't want. Longing, in this view, is not a reliable guide to our interests but a built-in tendency that pulls us toward frustration.
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