Cecilia Dart-Thornton Quotes
she was aware of his love - how could she not? She perceived it every time he looked at her. He was not demonstrative, but his ardour was all the more evident for the reins with which he restrained it, the mask of steel behind which he imprisoned it, his detached demeanour and deliberate gestures that, far from parading a lack of interest, displayed the strength of his self-discipline, that he could so tightly curb the intensity of his passion.
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
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Orson Pratt
I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
Dana Perino
We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
Umberto Eco
I beat myself up the whole time because I'm striving for something I'll basically never achieve. I portray this image of confidence, of arrogance, and it's not really me. I'm never satisfied, and I'm never content. It means I'm a bit of a mess some of the time.
Victoria Pendleton
Kmart's as much a part of my history as 'Charlie's Angels.' Twenty-five years! It's not just a celebrity brand.
Jaclyn Smith
I learned American Sign Language in college and seemed to pick it up rather quickly. I really love to sign and wish that I had more friends to sign with.
Candace Kita
The first view of the Earth is magical. It is a very overpowering realization that the Earth is so small. It affected me. I could not get over the notion that in such a small planet, with such a small ribbon of life, so much goes on. It is as if the whole place is sacred.
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Jack Ma
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Cameron Dallas
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B. J. Novak
I worked with people like Edward Snowden. Well, not people who took stuff home.
Wanda Sykes
The emergency funding measure cannot be short-sighted -- it cannot simply replace bullets for bullets and bombs for bombs spent in Kosovo.
Dennis Hastert
Allow me to say that I would long since have committed suicide had desisting made me a professor of Latin.
Ezra Pound
What we ask of him is, that he should find out for us more than we can find out for ourselves.... He must have the passion of a lover.
Arthur Symons
Passion is born of vague hopes.
Charles Handy
The engaged mind, illuminated by truth, awakens awareness; the engaged heart, affected by love, awakens passion. May I say once more - this essential energy of the soul is not an ecstatic trance, high emotion or a sanguine stance toward life: It is a fierce longing for God, an unyielding resolve to live in and out of our belovedness.
Brennan Manning
she was aware of his love - how could she not? She perceived it every time he looked at her. He was not demonstrative, but his ardour was all the more evident for the reins with which he restrained it, the mask of steel behind which he imprisoned it, his detached demeanour and deliberate gestures that, far from parading a lack of interest, displayed the strength of his self-discipline, that he could so tightly curb the intensity of his passion.
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
