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"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."
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"Like enthusiasts in general, he made no inquiries into details of procedure."

"What a man knows only through feeling can be explained only through enthusiasm."

"Everything interested him and everything excited him."

"And mostly all I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don't like them as much as I do."

"I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget."

"Its appearance was greeted with cries of rapture, and following a brief struggle over possesion of the volume, William rescued it before it should be torn to pieces, but allowed himself to be induced to read some of the passages aloud, his dramatic rendering being greeted by wolflike howls of enthusiasim and hails of live pits."

"Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment."

"There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment."

"Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down."

"You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it."
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"You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly."


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