Passionate Quotes - Page 33

• If you're passionate about the world, and if you really look closely at everything around you, each thing can be transformed into a shoe, or into a part of a shoe.

  Christian Louboutin

  Shoes, Looks, World

  "Christian Louboutin tells Cinderella story to Jeanne Beker". Interview with Jeanne Beker, www.thestar.com. July 19, 2012.

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• Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

  Yo-Yo Ma

  Passion, Creativity, Creative

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• I don't want to be too strict, because I think kids can get rebellious, but I want to raise my daughter to be passionate about doing good things and pursuing real things and hobbies instead of frivolous materialistic stuff.

  Holly Madison

  Daughter, Mother, Real

  "Holly Madison: Boyfriend Pasquale Rotella and I Are 'Wackos,' Have Pretend Conversations With Our Baby 'All the Time'". Us Weekly Interview, www.usmagazine.com. January 26, 2013.

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• Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Knowing, Understanding, World

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• What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.

  Ian Mcewan

  Running, Two, Savages

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

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• When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection.

  Debra Messing

  Life, Letting Go, Believe

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• Much of everyday life is filled with opportunities to be distracted. Our possessions... entertainment... cares and anxieties... and even the passionate desire and pursuit of things, some good and not so good, can keep our minds and hearts caught up in a flurry of activity.

  Joyce Meyer

  Heart, Opportunity, Passionate Desire

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• Nothing is quite so emotional and passionate as what goes on inside of a family. People are driven to distraction by a father or a mother or a husband. Or a child.

  Helen Mirren

  Mother, Children, Husband

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• I got so passionate about technology. Hacking to me was like a video game. It was about getting trophies. I just kept going on and on, despite all the trouble I was getting into, because I was hooked.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Technology, Games, Video

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• There are a lot of people in the animal rights movement who can be very passionate and aggressive, and I applaud people's passion, but when people are judgmental and aggressive, all you end up doing is getting other people to turn away in irritation. To change people's minds, you have to respect the people you're talking to.

  Moby

  Passion, Animal, Irritation

  "Moby's more than a musician: New book 'Gristle' explores food safety, factory farms, veganism". Interview with Grant Butler, www.oregonlive.com. March 17, 2010.

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• Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Anniversary, Book

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• Certainly I'm passionate and driven and quite relentless when I want something.

  Demi Moore

  Want Something, Driven, Relentless

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• I love film, but it's bringing me away from music. Singing is what I'm probably most passionate about.

  Mandy Moore

  Singing, Film, Love Films

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• I work more now because at this time of my life I am not disturbed from my aim by outside pressures such as family, passionate relationships, dealing with 'who am I?' - those complications when one is searching for one's self.

  Jeanne Moreau

  Self, Pressure, Disturbed

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• Unless I really loved it and felt really passionate about it, I would just kind of abort the song and start a new one.

  Alanis Morissette

  Song, Kind, Felt

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• The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.

  Olivia Munn

  Sports, Military, Mean

  Olivia Munn, Mac Montandon (2010). “Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek”, p.228, St. Martin's Press

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• I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.

  Rafael Nadal

  Soccer, Morning, Tennis

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• You have to rely on your preparation. You got to really be passionate and try to prepare more than anyone else, and put yourself in a position to succeed, and when the moment comes you got to enjoy, relax, breathe and rely on your preparation so that you can perform and not be anxious or filled with doubt.

  Steve Nash

  Doubt, Preparation, Trying

  "Steve Nash On The Qualities Of A Natural Leader". Interview with Teena Apeles, www.askmen.com.

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• To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.

  Yoko Ono

  Beautiful, Thinking, People

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

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• To me, it's OK to have differences. But we don't have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that's where sometimes we get so passionate that we - you know, it turns into anger.

  Joel Osteen

  Thinking, Differences, Mad

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• It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them - all of the lawmakers - have hearts to do what's right, and they all are passionate about it.

  Joel Osteen

  Growing Up, Heart, Thinking

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• Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules.

  Tom Peters

  Games, People, Support

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• I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God.

  John Piper

  Husband, Father, Names

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• I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

  Amy Poehler

  Strong Women, Badass, Powerful

  "Amy Poehler Tells Katie Couric, "I Just Love Bossy Women!"". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. March 28, 2011.

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• I am passionate. I am political about my country, about what it is, how strong it is, how strong it remains.

  Robert Redford

  Country, Strong, Political

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

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