Hadot shows that the key to understanding the original philosophical impulse is to be found in Socrates.

It is the third film based on a book whose original impulse was to one-up the screen vampires of an earlier era.

Whatever its virtues, however, one feels in this show less the original impulse to embrace the new than a desire to preserve the past.

Although regarded as a political satirist, his original impulse was simply to do musical parodies.

Perfectly sound reasons, but reasons not to do something don't kill the original impulse.

Her original impulse toward disencumbrance must have been still alive within her, even this long after.

He had repressed the original impulse to touch his hat.

A director herself, she said the original impulse to create the festival came from a simple emotion: boredom.

Roger resisted his original impulse, which had been to say, "It's not what you think."

He found himself wishing he had heeded his original impulse to just turn around and go back to the office.