Claude McKay Quotes
The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet,A chafing savage, down the decent street;And passion rends my vitals as I pass,Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass.
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Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.
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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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My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there'll be more legislation to follow.
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I'm typically single. I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.
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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.
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I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.
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As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I'd go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion.
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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
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I'm the girl next door, not the sex symbol.
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We are all seduced by charismatic people, whether it's in your office or in the bus or in the train. There are people who just, like, come through the door, and everybody turns around and looks at them and feels drawn to them.
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It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
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He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.
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When I go to Indian reservations in the West, and especially to the Pine Ridge Reservation, I sometimes feel unsure where to put my foot when I open the car door. The very ground is different from where I usually stand. There are fewer curbs, fewer sidewalks, and almost no street signs, mailboxes, or leashed dogs.
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But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation in its true light, for their eyes are blinded by passion. General fear and anxiety create hatred and aggressiveness. The adaptation to warlike aims and activities has corrupted the mentality of man; as a result, intelligent, objective and humane thinking has hardly any effect and is even suspected and persecuted as unpatriotic.
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Nature does not teach. A true philosophy may sometimes validate an experience of nature; an experience of nature cannot validate a philosophy. Nature will not verify any theological or metaphysical proposition (or not in the manner we are now considering); she will help to show what it means.
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I think - I think I've always been kind of - I used to think of myself as a piece of rubber when I was a kid because I was kind of very shy and very - very emotional about things, but I kind of would bounce back.
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I just write what comes along. I don't have a detailed master plan.
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The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet,A chafing savage, down the decent street;And passion rends my vitals as I pass,Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass.
