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• Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail.

  Matthew Arnold

  Light, Culture, Sweetness

  1873 Literature and Dogma, preface.

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• Passions change, politics are immutable.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Politics

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• . . . first in myth, later in reality, passion and violence watered my root soil.

  Roy Wilkins

  Reality, Roots, Firsts

  Roy Wilkins, Tom Mathews (1982). “Standing Fast: The Autobiography of Roy Wilkins”, Viking Adult

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• There is no power like oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears, Cicero by . . . swaying their passions. The influence of the one perished; that of the other continues to this day.

  Henry Clay

  Fear, Men, Oratory

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• Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be.

  Ruth Park

  Writing, Firefighter, Wanted

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• The actor must be full of passion. If he's too cool he's better off as the manager of a company, not someone who appears on the stage.

  Stella Adler

  Actors, Stage, Company

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• Examine from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained this, mold your life, so that in thought, word, and deed you may as far as possible counteract them.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Soul, Mold, Saint

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  The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.

  Pythagoras

  Animal, Men, Soul

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• My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products. Everything else was secondary. Sure, it was great to make a profit, because that was what allowed you to make great products. But the products, not the profits were the motivation.

  Steve Jobs

  Motivation, People, Motivated

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• Let this sad tale of death never be told without a tear: let every parent tell the shameful story to his listening children, till tears of pity glisten in their eyes, or boiling passion shakes their tender frames.

  John Hancock

  Children, Eye, Parent

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• We believe people with passion can change the world for the better. That's what we believe. And we believe that those people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that actually do.

  Steve Jobs

  Crazy, Believe, Thinking

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• Patience, passion and perseverance equals success.

  Pitbull

  Perseverance

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• Collaboration operates through a process in which the successful intellectual achievements of one person arouse the intellectual passions and enthusiasms of others.

  Alexander von Humboldt

  Successful, Achievement, Intellectual

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• Proud of my broken heart since thou didst break it,
  Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee,
  Proud of my night since thou with moons dost slake it,
  Not to partake thy passion, my humility.

  Emily Dickinson

  Pain, Heart, Humility

  Emily Dickinson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)”, p.2018, Delphi Classics

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• Mere communion with nature, mere contact with the free air, exercise a soothing yet comforting and strengthening influence on the wearied mind, calm the storm of passion, and soften the heart when shaken by sorrow to its inmost depths.

  Alexander von Humboldt

  Nature, Heart, Exercise

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• The Gaelic League is founded not upon hatred of England, but upon love of Ireland. Hatred is a negative passion; it is powerful - a very powerful destroyer; but it is useless for building up. Love, on the other hand, is like faith; it can move mountains, and faith, we have mountains to move.

  Douglas Hyde

  Powerful, Moving, Hands

  Douglas Hyde (1986). “Language, lore, and lyrics: essays and lectures”, Irish Academic Pr

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• If you can create a career built on passion, your chances for success, fulfillment, and longevity are far greater than if you take any old job simply for the paycheck.

  Katherine Schwarzenegger

  Motivational, Jobs, Old Job

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• And hence one master-passion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest.

  Alexander Pope

  Masters, Breasts, Serpent

  Alexander Pope (1748). “An essay on man. Enlarged and improved by the author. With the commentary and notes of mr. Warburton”, p.59

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• I never yelled at my players much. That would have been artificial stimulation, which doesn't last very long. I think it's like love and passion. Passion won't last as long as love. When you are dependent on passion, you need more and more of it to make it work. It's the same with yelling.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Player, Thinking

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• Well, what is a relationship? It's about two people having tremendous weaknesses and vulnerabilities, like we all do, and one person being able to strengthen the other in their areas of vulnerability, and vice versa. You need each other. You complete each other, passion and romance aside.

  Jane Fonda

  Marriage, Two, People

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• I have a big belief that whatever your passion is in life, pursue it to the fullest and try to be the best at it.

  Myles Jury

  Ufc, Mma, Trying

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• Living the dream is simply a form of living your passion.

  Urijah Faber

  Dream, Mma, Form

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• Follow your passion and you'll be successful.

  Duane Ludwig

  Successful, Mma, Being Successful

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• The more motivation, the more passion you have behind it... There's nothing that can stop you.

  Jake Ellenberger

  Motivation, Mma, Behinds

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• The journey has to be based on passion. Put yourself in something you love to do. If you love what you do you're able to dedicate yourself, overcome obstacles.

  Rickson Gracie

  Journey, Mma, Overcoming

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