William Hazlitt Quotes
An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself.William Hazlitt
Quotes to Explore
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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
Iris Murdoch -
Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my grandparents' passion for music, especially from my grandfather Tommy, who was a great drummer. It's no coincidence that I play the drums best, but I am also good with the guitar and the piano.
Caleb Landry Jones -
In 2016, makeup has become an incredible passion and hobby for men and women, but it hasn't become mainstream.
Halsey -
I've found that musical theater is my passion.
Samantha Barks -
Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
G. M. Trevelyan -
Proactive giving is what you do when you've found your passion. It expresses your values, interests and concerns. It engages not just your dollars, but also your mind, time, skills and networks - the philanthropic equivalent of leaning in, rather than leaning back. Most importantly, proactive giving is something you want to do.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Gary Wolf -
One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most.
Walter Pater -
Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.
Walter Benjamin -
The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
Nadia Boulanger -
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 -
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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Just like I find men who talk sports who don't really know sports annoying, I think men might find women who don't really have a true passion and knowledge of sports maybe not so attractive.
Gabrielle Union -
My mom passed on her obsession of all things antique or vintage. I love to go thrift store shopping or explore any sort of garage sale. Treasure hunting is a family passion.
Zoey Deutch -
Sports is my passion.
Kapil Dev -
'Extract' was kind of a grown up 'Office Space' in the sense of talking about the ennui of being a successful person in America if you don't have some real passion in your life for something to care about.
T. J. Miller -
Hiking is a great passion of mine, and I find myself picking up empty bottles.
Sam Heughan -
All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.
Pat Riley
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My passion is acting, and has always been. It's what brought me to this point of being able to diversify and do other things, and I hope it's something I'll continue to have a passion for.
Zachary Quinto -
If the attitude is there… if the vibe is there… if I put fourth the passion I know this band is about… I might not know much today… but I know the intensity and the passion that surrounds this band… and what’s expected within and outside the band… there’s just an expectation that you go with these things.
Jay Weinberg Against Me! -
I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking.
Damon Lindelof -
A landline is an anchor - busy signals, long distance bills, missed connections and all.
Rainbow Rowell -
I'm a very spoiled writer. I need to be indolent, to waste a lot of paper. I'm inefficient.
Deborah Eisenberg -
An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself.
William Hazlitt