#emotion

My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

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You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration. ↗

— John Morley

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I want to write poems which are very emotional, but I would have some hesitation in saying I want to write poems which are sentimental. ↗

— Andrew Motion

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If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions. ↗

— Nana Mouskouri

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Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

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If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection. ↗

— Marc Newson

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Throughout his presidency, Clinton made a point of getting close - physically and emotionally - to the people whose problems his administration was working to solve. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

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While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain' connection that sustained Clinton. This connection is the shorthand people use to measure their leaders' intentions. If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

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I'm really, really emotional. ↗

— Rafael Nadal

#i #really

Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

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