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• Sarah Cornwell has a brilliant eye for the telling detail, and a wonderfully original way of embodying family history. I was captivated by her memorable characters and the perfectly paced revelations of their surprising relationships.

  Andrea Barrett

  Memorable, Character, Eye

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• But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He's just the real deal. I'm captivated by him because there's so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it.

  Lara Flynn Boyle

  Real, Hollywood, Littles

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• How many of us would be able to overcome our desires and resist the temptation of sin? How many of us even lower our gaze when we look upon something that we are not supposed to? The real prisoner is the one whose heart has been kept away from remembering his Lord, and the real captive is the one who has been captivated by his whims and desires.

  Ibn Taymiyyah

  God, Religious, Real

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• Beauty kindles love, and only the one who remains captivated by it, only the one who is intoxicated by it, only the one who remains a lover while he is investigating its essence, can hope to penetrate its essence.

  Dietrich von Hildebrand

  Love, Beauty, Hope

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• When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Children, Games, Play

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• Knowing that God is faithful, it really helps me to not be captivated by worry. But knowing that He will do what He has said, He will cause it to happen, whatever He has promised, and then it causes me to be less involved in worrying about a situation.

  Josh McDowell

  Knowing, Worry, Faithful

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• As naturally as the ruled always took the morality imposed upon them more seriously than did the rulers themselves, the deceived masses are today captivated by the myth of success even more than the successful are. Immovably, they insist on the very ideology which enslaves them. The misplaced love of the common people for the wrong which is done to them is a greater force than the cunning of the authorities.

  Theodor Adorno

  Successful, People, Done

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• It was ironic; he held her captive, yet she’d captivated him.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Ironic, Captives, Mencheres

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• I was captivated by Sherrie Flick's meticulous and intelligent study of Margaret and Vivette, and the men they share. Reconsidering Happiness is a courageously intimate novel about the young women of modern America, their friendships, their betrayals, and their anxious cravings for everything from sex to pastry.

  Jim Crace

  Sex, Betrayal, Men

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• I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the years. That's what the ancient Greeks first saw and that's what caught my interest.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Athlete, Past, Years

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• We won't be distracted by comparison if we're captivated with purpose.

  Bob Goff

  Purpose, Distracted, Ifs

  Twitter post from Dec 29, 2015

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• For a moment, I was captivated as I studied them side by side. My mother: the perfect picture of guardian excellence and decorum. My father: always capable of achieving his goals, no matter how twisted the means. Uneasily, I began to understand how I’d inherited my bizarre personality.

  Richelle Mead

  Mother, Father, Mean

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.123, Penguin

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• This extraordinary group has absolutely captivated my imagination, knocked my socks off - what more can I say?

  Michael Tilson Thomas

  Imagination, Groups, Sock

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• It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows - these are the things that really captivated me as a kid. I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win.

  Billy Eichner

  Kids, Winning, Awards

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The challenge was the opportunity. When I read the first draft of Steve Kloves' fabulous adaptation - I hadn't read [Michael] Chabon's book at that time - what I was immediately captivated by was this group of characters that were at once so engaging and so messed up.

  Curtis Hanson

  Book, Character, Opportunity

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• As the technology matures, it becomes less and less relevant. The technology is taken for granted. Now, new customers enter the marketplace, customers who are not captivated by technology, but who instead want reliability, convenience, no fuss or bother, and low cost.

  Donald A. Norman

  Taken, Technology, Cost

  "The Invisible Computer". Book by Don Norman, ch. 10, 1998.

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• I'm pretty captivated by reality TV and I know that as an actor I probably shouldn't be saying that, but it's what I like to watch.

  Nikki Cox

  Reality, Actors, Tvs

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• Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture.

  Susie Orbach

  Boys, Men, Age

  "Body uniformity? Don't do it, guys" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2010.

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• John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant first lady, and two adorable young children.

  Kitty Kelley

  Country, Witty, Children

  "Capturing Camelot" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 27, 2012.

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• As a kid growing up in a small town in Washington State, my only exposure to New York City was through movies. The town with its towering skyscrapers, fascinating people and teeming energy absolutely captivated me.

  Robert Osborne

  New York, Growing Up, Kids

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• I think theres escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If its done right, you can craft an incredible film. There have been superhero films that I think are brilliant pieces of art.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Art, Taken, Thinking

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• I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture.

  Tim Gunn

  Architecture, Combat Boots, Knows

  "Project Runway’s Top Gunn". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. January/February, 2012.

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• We're living in a world where everything moves very quickly. We've become a very visual society, so I think it's a very natural thing that people are captivated with the illustrations in a story.

  Stan Lee

  Moving, Thinking, Illustration

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 20, 2001.

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• Don't sit around waiting for the two corrupted established parties to restore the Constitution or the Republic. The founding generation was birthed by the rabble of all walks of life that got fed up and did risky things because they were captivated by the breath of liberty. There is a looming oligarchy and it is up to the people to organize a grassroots movement and push back.

  Naomi Wolf

  Party, Two, People

  "Naomi Wolf Thinks the Tea Parties Help Fight Fascism -- Is She Onto Something or in Fantasy Land?". Interview with Justine Sharrock, www.alternet.org. March 29, 2010.

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