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• Is there a word more passionate than passion? Obsession, total immersion, the feeling that everything else doesn't matter.

  Cynthia Ozick

  Passion, Feelings, Matter

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• Success in life is about obsession

  Massimo Bottura

  Life Is, Success In Life

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• Thought changes structure... I saw people rewire their brains with their thoughts, to cure previously incurable obsessions and trauma.

  Norman Doidge

  People, Brain, Saws

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• It's extraordinary these obsessions. You conquer one but then you move onto another.

  Marco Pierre White

  Moving, Conquer, Extraordinary

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• I am Armenian, so of course I am obsessed with laser hair removal! Arms, bikini, legs, underarms...my entire body is hairless.

  Kim Kardashian

  Life, Success, Hair

  "https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/khloe-kardashian-i-feel-massive-next-to-kim-kourtney-2011274/". Allure Magazine, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 17, 2010.

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• The bad thing about small-town life is that everybody knows your business...I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  "Among the wild things" by Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2000.

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• I have actually found myself buying up more and more old analogue gear. I have this strange obsession with old drum machines.

  Moby

  Gears, Machines, Buying

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• Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.

  Eugene O'Neill

  Spiritual, Discovery, Doors

  Eugene O'Neill (1988). “More Stately Mansions: The Unexpurgated Edition”, p.281, Oxford University Press

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• Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Zero, Thinking, Economics

  Interview with Colin Powell, www.theatlantic.com. September, 2004.

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• We are obsessed with image. I don't think we should take it that seriously.

  Geri Halliwell

  Thinking, Obsessed, Should

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• I say Democrats should not be afraid to talk about the morality of life, of caring for children who are born. It seems the Republican obsession with being pro-life lasts about nine months. After that, it’s each baby for herself.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Baby, Children, Caring

  "Republicans: What About Children Outside the Womb?" by Jennifer M. Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 27, 2012.

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• I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing has always come from that feeling of infatuation.

  Ellie Goulding

  Writing, School, Boys

  "Love Lessons From Ellie Goulding". Interview with Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. October 9, 2012.

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• I make movies about people in spiritual crisis because it's a way for me to spend the time, the energy, the focus and the obsession to come to terms with my own spiritual crisis.

  Jodie Foster

  Spiritual, People, Focus

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• I'm obsessed with shopping. I'll get these urges to buy, like to shop for stuff on the Internet. I search for all kinds of weird gizmos I could get.

  Tom Felton

  Shopping, Stuff, Kind

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• The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.

  Arthur Erickson

  Spiritual, Impact, Space

  Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

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• Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it.

  Beth Ditto

  Growing Up, Kids, Rejection

  "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. August 2, 2007.

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• If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making.

  e. e. cummings

  Littles, Matter, Poet

  1926 is 5, foreword.

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• One of the problems we have is that we cannot just be content to admire and enjoy, we have to possess and feel we own what we see. That can become for many of us an addiction which adds a complication to our life and takes away our peace of mind. Craving things becomes after a while a serious distraction and an obsession.

  Joseph Girzone

  Addiction, Mind, Serious

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• I like to talk about my obsession with french fries because I don't want people to think that 'Let's Move' is about complete, utter deprivation. It's about moderation and real-life changes and ideas that really work for families.

  Michelle Obama

  Real, Life Changing, Moving

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• One thing is certain: the riddle of mind, long a topic for philosophers, has taken on new urgency. Under pressure from the computer, the question of mind in relation to machine is becoming a central cultural preoccupation. It is becoming for us what sex was to the Victorians--threat and obsession, taboo and fascination.

  Sherry Turkle

  Sex, Taken, Long

  Sherry Turkle (2005). “The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit”, p.285, MIT Press

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• My New Obsession... is YOUR DESTRUCTION!!

  Mickie James

  Wrestling, Destruction

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• You know, there's such a very thin dividing line between inspiration and obsession that sometimes it's very hard to decide which side we're really on.

  Barnes Wallis

  Inspiration, Science, Lines

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• Sometimes, if we are faced with obstacles, be they tangible or not, such as jealousy, worldly sentiment, greed, hatred or obsession, etc., there is no other way to overcome them except by practicing more diligently. You need to read Master's books and to listen to Master's tapes more often, meditate more, do Quan Yin more, put more effort into your practice and concentrate more on the path of practice. It is safe only when you are sheltered by the supreme power, no other way.

  Ching Hai

  Spiritual, Book, Inspiration

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• On who the flies landed without being chased away by that person, was on her way to death - this was one of the unmistakeable signs. From that time on, I think, dates my obsession with flies. In times of peace, when we all lied still, I made sure to sneak close up to my mother, watching very carefully that no fly would land on her, - I waved my hat over her body, flies don't like wind and movement.

  Jeroen Brouwers

  Love, Dream, Mother

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• Don't start a company unless it's an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession.

  Mark Cuban

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Business

  Mark Cuban (2011). “How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It”, p.83, Diversion Books

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