Paulo Coelho

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death.

Brazilian Novelist

Holly Hunter

I don't make decisions just on the character I'm supposed to play. Sometimes it's based on the director, sometimes it's based on the story, sometimes I need money, or sometimes I'm just starved to work.

American Actress

James Surowiecki

Corporations hope that the right concept will turn things around overnight. This is what you might call the crash-diet approach: starve yourself for a few days and you'll be thin for life.

American Journalist

Jim Carrey

It's hard for anybody who's been with me not to feel starved for affection when I'm making love to my ideas. Maybe it's not meant for me to settle down and be married.

Canadian Comedian

Ben Carson

Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility.

American Scientist

Charles Barkley

It's interesting - the greatest country in the world, we shouldn't have people starving. We shouldn't have young people not getting something to eat.

American Baseball Player

Halima Aden

It's important to remember all the millions of people that are starving.

American Model

Sophie Dahl

Starving isn't sexy. What's sexy is a healthy appreciation for food.

English Model

Chris Gibson

People are starving for truth and leadership.

American Politician

Gordon B. Hinckley

American Clergyman

Indicates extreme suffering or a life-threatening situation due to lack of food.

Severity of Starve

Can be used literally for real hunger or figuratively to express a great need for something.

Literally or Figuratively

Emphasizes that someone is intentionally deprived of food.

Deliberate Action

Suggests a tactic to dominate or subdue someone through deprivation.

Power and Control

Refers to deprivation of things other than food, like resources or conditions needed to thrive.

Beyond Food

Commonly used metaphorically in various contexts to describe a lack of necessity.

Metaphoric Deprivation

Conveys a very strong longing or desire for something non-physical.

Yearning Intensity

Used to express desire, not real hunger; usually for emotional needs.

Not Actual Hunger

 The rise in temperature can slow bacteria and help your immune system destroy pathogens. Sleep lets your body channel more energy towards fighting infection. When you stop eating, your liver can take up much of the iron in your blood, and since iron is essential for bacterial survival, that effectively starves them.

The surprising reason...

 But if you feel uncomfortable, bloated or visibly distended, this may indicate impaired movement of gas along the gastrointestinal track. It's important not to just blame certain foods for gas and bloating and then avoid them. You don't want to starve the bacteria that digest these complex carbohydrates,

Why do we pass gas? -...

 were home to every kind of starving artist. It was all they could afford. These painters, writers, and intellectuals, united in their artistic passion and counterculture beliefs, made up France's bohemian subculture. And their works of art, literature, and intellect would shake up the world.

The poet who painted...

 when his father stole a sheep, Confucius informed the duke that genuinely upright fathers and sons protected one another. During his travels, Confucius almost starved, he was briefly imprisoned, and his life was threatened at several points. But he was not bitter.

Who was Confucius? -...

 at achieving something called African authenticity. In fact, I did not know what African authenticity was. The professor told me that my characters were too much like him, an educated and middle-class man. My characters drove cars. They were not starving.

Chimamanda Ngozi...

 Afraid of being eaten, or just to avoid further suffering, they committed suicide or starved themselves, believing that in death, their souls would return home. Those who survived were completley dehumanized, treated as mere cargo.

The Atlantic slave...

 starving herbivores and the carnivores that preyed on them. Within a short time span, three-quarters of the world's species disappeared forever, and the giant dinosaurs, flying pterosaurs, shelled squids,

When will the next mass...

 the caterpillar becomes a bodyguard actively protecting the cocoons from other parasites it will watch over them unceasingly until it eventually starves to death

Body Invaders PIPE National...

 horses and starving kids thank you question to you though I think a lot of people don't think there's a lot of logic to what you just said but you're

Economics of climate...

 now blanket this herd's territory pushing through deep snow is exhausting work and the bison are now slowly starving