#passion

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#becomes #begins #between #death #emotion

I've got passion, and for people who don't, I make them see how trite their lives are. ↗

— John Singleton

#how #i #lives #make #passion

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#compassionate #i #i think #imagine #life

You must have to want it so badly, if there is any way you can live without it, get out of it. Being an unsuccessful actor is like having a skin disease. Make sure your passion is not misplaced. ↗

— Tom Sizemore

#any #badly #being #disease #get

I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate. ↗

— Joey Skaggs

#attention #bring #complex #felt #i

I've been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I've come to associate my passion with overexcited poets rather than pampered painters. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#been #british #come #countryside #decades

You need to eat normally and healthfully, and you need to exercise. I'm so passionate about this because I think people spend their lives not happy in their bodies. ↗

— Courtney Thorne Smith

#about #because #bodies #eat #exercise

But quite honestly I can't help being a passionate football supporter. If that's my sin, I'm guilty. ↗

— Delia Smith

#football #guilty #help #honestly #i

Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions. ↗

— Layne Staley

#desires #enough #get #i #lucky

I started making some proper decisions, getting things in order. It's kind of like cleaning up your house. I was looking for direction for what God wanted me to do - and that's when I got a call about The Passion. ↗

— Scott Stapp

#call #cleaning #decisions #direction #getting