#passion

In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry. ↗

— Danielle Steel

#i #late #lot #passion #poetry

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#country #love #music #passion

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#believe #dedication #does #hold #i

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#compassion #desire #difference #filled #going

All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate - passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#bred #competition #desire #doubt #foremost

They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#bothering #declaim #flame #lights #passions

I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire. ↗

— Deion Sanders

#back #dog #fire #got #i

I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where you do what you want to do, pursue your passions. That way, if you meet someone, they'll be joining a life that's already really good. ↗

— Dan Savage

#best #good #i #i think #joining

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison. ↗

— George Savile

#garrison #hath #love #love is #passion

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#bench #bring #except #feel #follow