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• If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Hunting, Archery, Cameras

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• I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.

  George Burns

  Funny, Humor, Age

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• Most restaurants fail. The sad ones are stillborn. The mad ones flourish within the bustle and excitement of fame, notoriety, the thrill of the new. But they rarely sustain the glow. They are balloons kept aloft by a restless crowd. Only the strange, the freaks of restaurant perfection, can sustain life beyond a few years.

  Sam Sifton

  Years, Mad, Perfection

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• Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Lying, Dark, Destiny

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (2009). “Looking Forward”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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• The only thrill worthwhile is the one that comes from making something out of yourself.

  William Feather

  Worthwhile

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• At the moment you are no longer an observing, reflecting being; you have ceased to be aware of yourself; you exist only in that quiet, steady thrill that is so unlike any excitement that you have ever known.

  May Sinclair

  Quiet, Excitement, Moments

  May Sinclair (1915). “A Journal of Impressions in Belgium”

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• The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.

  Henry Moore

  Change, Creativity, Creative

  "Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions". Book by Eric Maisel, ‎Ann Maisel, p. 95, 2010.

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• The thrill of coming home has never changed.

  Guy Pearce

  Home, Coming Home, Changed

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• There's no thrill like throwing a touchdown pass.

  Joe Montana

  Football, Nfl, Throwing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.

  Todd Phillips

  Vicarious, Escapism

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.

  Steve Irwin

  Important, Yeah, Seekers

  Interview at Scientific American online, March 26, 2001.

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• Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.

  Alice Walker

  Inspirational, Creativity, Godly

  Alice Walker (1990). “The Temple of My Familiar”

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• I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So, tell me why should it be true, that I get a kick out of you?

  Cole Porter

  Wine, Alcohol, Champagne

  "I Get a Kick Out of You" (song) (1934)

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• I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.

  Conrad Hall

  Shooting, Firsts, Film

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• Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Intellectual, Curiosity, Hacking

  "Kevin Mitnick, Former Fugitive Hacker, Laments How The Game Has Changed". Interview with Gerry Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2011.

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• My mother and I will continue on some level that I havent determined yet. I think my mothers a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career.

  James Ellroy

  Mother, Writing, Character

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• The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same.

  Julie Andrews

  Cameras, Remains, Fronts

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• My motivation comes from playing the game I love.

  Lionel Messi

  Motivation, Games, Footballer

  "Lionel Messi: The world’s most expensive football player who’d play for nothing" by Chris Carter, moneyweek.com. July 01, 2015.

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• There's a thrill in going someplace you aren't supposed to go. The place should come down.

  John Wagner

  Should

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• There's a thrill in the midst of the hardship in knowing that I'm making the invisible real. And I'm doing what I want.

  Errollyn Wallen

  Real, Knowing, Hardship

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• Part of the thrill of guiding children into adulthood is the release. But it's also a parent's greatest act of surrender. Still, you have to let them go. Start now.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Children, Parent, Surrender

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There”, p.68, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You can experience the thrill of discovery, the incredible, visceral feeling of doing something no one has ever done before, see things no one has ever seen before, know something no one has ever known before. ... Welcome to science, you're gonna like it here.

  Phil Plait

  Discovery, Feelings, Done

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• When you imagine the reality of the fulfilled desire and feel the thrill of accomplishment, your subconscious brings about the realisation of desire.

  Joseph Murphy

  Reality, Accomplishment, Desire

  Joseph Murphy (2015). “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind”, p.89, Om Books International

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• Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you.

  Taylor Swift

  Feminist, Challenges, Inspire

  "Taylor Swift Says ‘Women Who Are Killing It’ Should ‘Motivate You,’ Not Threaten You" By Alanna Vagianos, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 13, 2014.

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• The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.

  Ty Cobb

  Motivational, Baseball, Money

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