George Bernard Shaw Quotes
There is in man a specific lust for cruelty which infects even his passion of pity and makes it savage.
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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.
Victoria Justice
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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!
Malaika Arora Khan
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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.
Gary Bettman
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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.
Taraji P. Henson
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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
G. M. Trevelyan
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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.
Padmasree Warrior
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I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.
Gad Elmaleh
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Gary Wolf
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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.
Malcolm Arnold
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I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.
Jack Nicklaus
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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.
C. S. Lewis
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The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
Nadia Boulanger
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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.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.
T. D. Jakes
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Never give up, have the passion. Don't be afraid.
Barbara Broccoli
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Hiking is a great passion of mine, and I find myself picking up empty bottles.
Sam Heughan
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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.
Saint Francis de Sales
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I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.
Derek Fisher
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Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.
Soren Kierkegaard
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I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a first person singular.
Orhan Pamuk
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All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.
Karen Blixen
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If someone eliminates the obstacles you believe to be in front of you, then you have no choice but to try. Fail spectacularly, if you will, but try.
Camilla Gibb
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There is in man a specific lust for cruelty which infects even his passion of pity and makes it savage.
George Bernard Shaw