"Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits."
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"Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits."
"Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness."
"There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism."
"Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred."
"Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity."
"My message to anyone who's afraid that they can't write music when they're happy is 'Just trust the passion.' The passion can write a lot of things."
"Real entrepreneurs have what I call the three Ps (and, trust me, none of them stands for 'permission'). Real entrepreneurs have a 'passion' for what they're doing, a 'problem' that needs to be solved, and a 'purpose' that drives them forward."
"After doing some research with my agent, we found out Klipsch was an official Colts partner, and they were based in Indianapolis, which only added to my esteem for the company. I also have a passion for design and technology that developed while I was at Stanford and appreciate the quality of Klipsch's speakers and headphones."
"Even before I was discovered in 1966, I used to make my own clothes. I learned how to sew early on, and it's still my passion now. I constantly have ideas in my head about clothes so jumped at the chance to do my own collection and am very hands-on. Everything I design, I wear and I love."
"Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ."
"I realized that my truest passion was for helping people change through faith in a higher power. That meant, for me, belonging to the church. Using my abilities to bring Christian doctrine to a postmodern world."
"Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further."
"My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian."
"Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that."
"The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart."
"My passion is capturing what it feels like to love, be it romantic or otherwise. I love to watch two people realize what they meant for each other - and that goes across all media, books, TV, movies, personal essays; everything."
"You still get the movies made. A filmmaker can always scrape up money to do a movie. The passion drives it. And you'll get the money. Money's the easiest thing. But the hardest thing is finding a way for people to see your movie."
"I hate horror movies, with a passion."
"I'm definitely interested in doing movies. I've always focused more on acting than singing because that's where my true passion lies."
"My father loved 'Godard and Truffaut.' He was more artsy. My mom loved the 'Bourne' trilogy she likes big blockbusters. She loved that I did 'I Am Legend.' My passion for acting came with my passion for movies."
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