George Bernard Shaw Quotes
There is in man a specific lust for cruelty which infects even his passion of pity and makes it savage.
Quotes to Explore
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Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.
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Dance and I are synonymous, and nobody can take away dance from my life. Also, I cannot look at dance in an inert way; it's my passion, and I get keen on being part of any show or film that has dance!
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I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players.
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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
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When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion.
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I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.
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Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.
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The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
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It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.
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Hiking is a great passion of mine, and I find myself picking up empty bottles.
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The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it, and their mouths full of its praises.
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Having passion does not mean you have to descend into bickering and fighting.
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I've been recording forever. I'm a watcher. I'm a stalker. I love everything about people. It's always been a passion for me to observe.
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Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job.
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Personally of course I regret everything. Not a word, not a deed, not a thought, not a need, not a grief, not a joy, not a girl, not a boy, not a doubt, not a trust, not a scorn, not a lust, not a hope, not a fear, not a smile, not a tear, not a name, not a face, no time, no place, that I do not regret, exceedingly. An ordure, from beginning to end.
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Music is my 90% of my life and my biggest passion. I really don't have an interest in anything else.
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Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.
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Since I was not able wholly to subscribe to any one set of beliefs advanced by any 'guru' I had to fall back on my own, however derivative.
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Inspiration can show up almost any time, though I have yet to see anyone scratching out melodic ideas on a restaurant napkin as legend would have us believe. I think inspiration comes from concentration, and early on I learned about Mark Twain's habit of leaving for his study after breakfast and not reappearing until the end of the day, ready to read to his family what he had just written. That set a good example for me, although I didn't copy his habit of taking twelve cigars along.
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There is in man a specific lust for cruelty which infects even his passion of pity and makes it savage.
