Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Zeal, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.Ambrose Bierce
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I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.
Victoria Justice -
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
Iris Murdoch -
In 2016, makeup has become an incredible passion and hobby for men and women, but it hasn't become mainstream.
Halsey -
It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it. I absolutely loved to compete and to step out onto that football field with my teammates.
Warren Moon -
Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
G. M. Trevelyan
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The rivalry between the Montague and the Capulet kids seems very modern to me. Juliet is a free spirit, full of untapped love and passion. I think a lot of girls can relate to her. And it's very relevant in terms of kids defying their parents.
Hailee Steinfeld -
My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.
Faye Dunaway -
I was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.
Valentino Rossi -
Without this tremendous passion for power, influence, and advantage which money gives, how could nature develop the highest type of man? Without this infinite longing, whence would come the discipline which industry, perseverance, tact, sagacity, and frugality give?
Orison Swett Marden -
I think my printing to this day looks like the printing right out of a comic book. Actually, I always wanted to be in a comic book. I watched cartoons when I was a kid, too, and both comics and cartoons lit fire in my imagination. This realm holds a lot of interest for me, a lot of passion for me. So to be comic-ized, yeah, that's cool.
Nathan Fillion -
The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached.
Kate Chopin
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Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.
Walter Benjamin -
I almost always have a strong passion about the things I do. I wouldn't say aggressive, but I am always trying very hard to make sure that things will succeed.
Pansy Ho -
I think a culture can really be elevated through the arts, and it's always a dream come true when I come across roles that enable me to fuse my love of storytelling with my passion for activism and raising social awareness.
Nazanin Boniadi -
I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things.
Larry Wilmore -
I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.
Jack Nicklaus -
On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.
Joanne Rowling
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The people who have sufficient passion for the truth to give the truth a chance to prevail, if it runs counter to their bias, are in a minority. How important is this 'minority?' It is difficult to say at this point, for, at the present time their influence on governmental decisions is not perceptible.
Leo Szilard -
Your energy is a barometer for your passion.
Caroline Ghosn -
Music was my passion, and I started out as a singer. It's just natural to me to keep pursuing my music career.
Jessica Jung -
I learned about the psychology behind Elektra and that excited me. And then I read the 'Daredevil' comics, especially when they met because I wanted to get an understanding of the relationship between Elektra and Matthew.
Elodie Yung -
The whole idea of making 'James' was to make an action film in the style of the 1970s and '80s.
Ram Gopal Varma -
Zeal, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.
Ambrose Bierce