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Emotion Quotes

"You need to feel that the game is important to you. Lose that feeling and you lose your edge. There's no faking that kind of emotion. You can't invent the feeling. It's got to be natural, real."

"You need to feel that the game is important to you. Lose that feeling and you lose your edge. There's no faking that kind of emotion. You can't invent the feeling. It's got to be natural, real."

Dan Marino, American Athlete

Emotional, Emotion, Feeling

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"Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train."

"Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train."

Charles Barkley, American Athlete

Emotional, End, Light

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"Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water."

"Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water."

Christopher Morley, American Author

Emotional, Clouds, Sky, Water

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"Love is illiterate. Whether we write it big or small, we cannot read it. We might only guess. ['I seek you']"

"Love is illiterate. Whether we write it big or small, we cannot read it. We might only guess. ['I seek you']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Emotion, Love, Mystery, Language

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"To ease the pain, erase the anger."

"To ease the pain, erase the anger."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Emotion, Pain, Anger, Healing, Forgiveness

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"For the kindest of them was as far out of touch, as unreachable, as the crudest."

"For the kindest of them was as far out of touch, as unreachable, as the crudest."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Emotion, Kindness, Isolation, Truth

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"Inner turbulence leads to anger."

"Inner turbulence leads to anger."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Emotional, Turbulence, Anger, Inner, Emotion

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"Pink colors my world red!"

"Pink colors my world red!"

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Emotion, Creativity, Passion, Expression

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"To want and not to have, sent all up her body a hardness, a hollowness, a strain. And then to want and not to have- to want and want- how that wrung the heart, and wrung it again and again!"

"To want and not to have, sent all up her body a hardness, a hollowness, a strain. And then to want and not to have- to want and want- how that wrung the heart, and wrung it again and again!"

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Emotion, Desire, Pain, Longing

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"In the best conversations, you don't even remember what you talked about, only how it felt. It felt like we were in some place your body can't visit, some place with no ceiling and no walls and no floor and no instruments."

"In the best conversations, you don't even remember what you talked about, only how it felt. It felt like we were in some place your body can't visit, some place with no ceiling and no walls and no floor and no instruments."

John Green, American Author

Emotion, Happiness, Memory, Life

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"I looked in the window, wanting to stay - it rained, yet I remained...because you were so lovely..."

"I looked in the window, wanting to stay - it rained, yet I remained...because you were so lovely..."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Emotion, Love, Longing, Memory

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"When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves."

"When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Emotion, Hate, Self, Truth

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"But love...it's only an illusion. A story one makes up in one's mind about another person. And one knows all the time it isn't true. Of course one knows why one's always taking care not to destroy the illusion."

"But love...it's only an illusion. A story one makes up in one's mind about another person. And one knows all the time it isn't true. Of course one knows why one's always taking care not to destroy the illusion."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Emotion, Love, Illusion, Perception, Fantasy

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"Fighting is easier than loving, just as giving in to anger is easier than self-control."

"Fighting is easier than loving, just as giving in to anger is easier than self-control."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Emotion, Anger, Self-Control, Conflict

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"Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced."

"Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced."

Valerie Bertinelli, American Actress

Emotional, Emotions

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"When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions."

"When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions."

John Fahey, American Musician

Emotional, Emotions, Light, Play

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"One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion."

"One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion."

Max Weber, German Economist

Emotional, Feeling, Passion, Responsibility, Sense

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"Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true."

"Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true."

Nigella Lawson, British Journalist

Emotional, Emotion

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"The Flower of My Secret is definitely more based in true emotions. I also wanted to make something more realistic, but not naturalistic or simple."

"The Flower of My Secret is definitely more based in true emotions. I also wanted to make something more realistic, but not naturalistic or simple."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

Emotional, Emotions

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"If anything, the overriding emotion is gonna just be excitement."

"If anything, the overriding emotion is gonna just be excitement."

Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut

Emotional, Emotion, Excitement

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"The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare."

"The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare."

Jack Henry Abbott, American Author

Emotional, Emotions, Mind, World

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"Relief loosens tongues beyond measure."

"Relief loosens tongues beyond measure."

Stephen King, American Author

Emotion, Speech, Truth, Sharing

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"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart."

"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Emotion, Memory, Pain

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"Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts."

"Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Emotional, Emotions, Flowers

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"I wish, he thinks, spoken words could be captured and kept in a locket."

"I wish, he thinks, spoken words could be captured and kept in a locket."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Emotion, Word, Memory, Desire, Hope

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"All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning."

"All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Emotion, Sorrow, Learning, Life, Resilience

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"Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves."

"Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves."

William Davenant, English Poet

Emotional, Calamity

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"I do, not because i think, but I Feel!"

"I do, not because i think, but I Feel!"

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

Emotion, Feeling, Truth, Life

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"Emotions have cycles whereas love endures. Some people confuse emotions, which are ever-changing, with love's durability."

"Emotions have cycles whereas love endures. Some people confuse emotions, which are ever-changing, with love's durability."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Emotion, Love, Endurance, Change

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"Contentment is the joy of the soul."

"Contentment is the joy of the soul."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Emotional, Contentment, Joy, Soul, Peace

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"Not every emotion deserves the same attention."

"Not every emotion deserves the same attention."

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

Emotion, Values, Awareness, Truth

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"Hatred may last a lifetime, but love is ever lasting."

"Hatred may last a lifetime, but love is ever lasting."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Emotion, Hatred, Love, Peace

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"My capacity for happiness' he added, 'you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first'."

"My capacity for happiness' he added, 'you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first'."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Emotion, Happiness, Joy, Self

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"Tears do not signal your weakness. Tears testify that you are alive."

"Tears do not signal your weakness. Tears testify that you are alive."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

Emotion, Tears, Strength, Life

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"When you live as I do, you cannot indulge in jealousy. If you do, it will rip you apart."

"When you live as I do, you cannot indulge in jealousy. If you do, it will rip you apart."

David Levithan, American Author

Emotion, Jealousy, Self-Control, Psychology

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"What makes awe such a powerful call to love is that it's disruptive. It sneaks up on us. It doesn't ask our permission to wow us; it just does. Awe can arise from a single glance, a sound, a gesture."

"What makes awe such a powerful call to love is that it's disruptive. It sneaks up on us. It doesn't ask our permission to wow us; it just does. Awe can arise from a single glance, a sound, a gesture."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

Emotion, Awe, Power, Love, Surprise

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"I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me."

"I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me."

Henri Matisse, French Artist

Emotional, Emotion

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"My soul's a burden to me, I've had enough of it. I'm eager to be in that country, where the sun kills every question. I don't belong here."

"My soul's a burden to me, I've had enough of it. I'm eager to be in that country, where the sun kills every question. I don't belong here."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Emotion, Soul, Burden, Escape, Death

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"An ugly smile. An ugly soul."

"An ugly smile. An ugly soul."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Emotion, Smile, Soul, Beauty

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"People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know."

"People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Emotion, Truth, Isolation, Honesty

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"Pounding that kid, I really wanted to put a bullet between the eyes of every endangered panda that wouldn't screw to save its species and every whale or dolphin that gave up and ran itself aground."

"Pounding that kid, I really wanted to put a bullet between the eyes of every endangered panda that wouldn't screw to save its species and every whale or dolphin that gave up and ran itself aground."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Emotion, Frustration, Conservation, Desperation

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"Many people would have to hang by their teeth from a frayed cord suspended by a paper clip from a leaking hot air balloon over the Grand Canyon in order to feel what I feel standing on the third step of a stepladder trying to put millet in the bird feeder."

"Many people would have to hang by their teeth from a frayed cord suspended by a paper clip from a leaking hot air balloon over the Grand Canyon in order to feel what I feel standing on the third step of a stepladder trying to put millet in the bird feeder."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Emotion, Fear, Anxiety, Life, Struggle

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"He was on her mind but she doesn't let anyone stay for too long."

"He was on her mind but she doesn't let anyone stay for too long."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Emotion, Thought, Detachment, Mindset, Boundaries

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"I am sad for the dead and I am sad for the livingbut not for my 5 cats."

"I am sad for the dead and I am sad for the livingbut not for my 5 cats."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Emotion, Sadness, Death, Life, Animals

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"Too much time is wasted listening to the noise of the mind - and too little is spent living from the love and power of the heart."

"Too much time is wasted listening to the noise of the mind - and too little is spent living from the love and power of the heart."

Rasheed Ogunlaru, British Motivational Speaker

Emotion, Mind, Heart, Love, Power

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"Umbrellas raining upon me, as these cloudy tears give me shelter."

"Umbrellas raining upon me, as these cloudy tears give me shelter."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Emotion, Protection, Symbolism, Weather

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"After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs."

"After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Emotional, Feeling, Nerves, Pain

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"But the heart has its own memory and I have forgotten nothing."

"But the heart has its own memory and I have forgotten nothing."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Emotion, Memory, Heart, Forgetfulness

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"In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child."

"In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Emotion, Loss, Grief, Language

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"Drama don't arrive by surprise, it is subconsciously attracted to fertile grounds."

"Drama don't arrive by surprise, it is subconsciously attracted to fertile grounds."

T. F. Hodge, American Motivational Speaker

Emotion, Drama, Attraction, Subconscious

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