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Feelings Quotes

"Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors."

"Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors."

Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch Scientist

Feelings, Feeling, Mathematicians, Self, Thinking

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"I have always had strong maternal instincts. Even when I was still a child I cut out pictures of prams from newspapers and imagined the feeling of pushing my own pram through fresh winter snow and seeing the wheels' tracks behind me in the snow."

"I have always had strong maternal instincts. Even when I was still a child I cut out pictures of prams from newspapers and imagined the feeling of pushing my own pram through fresh winter snow and seeing the wheels' tracks behind me in the snow."

Agnetha Faltskog, Swedish Musician

Feelings, Feeling, Newspapers, Snow, Winter

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"The story line was done in a way that's organic and was doled out very slowly in little bites. We think that's authentic for this character, that her feelings are very deeply buried or she never felt them."

"The story line was done in a way that's organic and was doled out very slowly in little bites. We think that's authentic for this character, that her feelings are very deeply buried or she never felt them."

Laura Innes, American Actress

Feelings, Character

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"It's fabulous when you do that, when you discover somebody who you like, when you kind of feel those feelings, even though he articulates them better."

"It's fabulous when you do that, when you discover somebody who you like, when you kind of feel those feelings, even though he articulates them better."

Bryan Ferry, English Musician

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"The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted to have an Oregon feeling to it, so he planted pine trees all over the place!"

"The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted to have an Oregon feeling to it, so he planted pine trees all over the place!"

Christopher Atkins, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling, Trees

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"I had to seal off my feelings about Stevie while seeing her every day and having to help her, too. But you get on with it. What was happening to the band was much bigger than any of that."

"I had to seal off my feelings about Stevie while seeing her every day and having to help her, too. But you get on with it. What was happening to the band was much bigger than any of that."

Lindsey Buckingham, American Musician

Feelings, Day, Help

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"Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly."

"Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly."

Lawrence G. Lovasik, American Clergyman

Feelings, Character, Strength, Ability

30

"One of the hardest aspects of this protracted public persona is not knowing others as well as they feel they know me. It's a rather clumsy feeling actually; to not know someone who acts as though you're old friends."

"One of the hardest aspects of this protracted public persona is not knowing others as well as they feel they know me. It's a rather clumsy feeling actually; to not know someone who acts as though you're old friends."

Christopher Knight, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling, Friends, Old, Public

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"But as a woman, I really started feeling vulnerable on the set, and I really felt that it was important that I should not be open for invitation or making myself look as though I was waiting for something."

"But as a woman, I really started feeling vulnerable on the set, and I really felt that it was important that I should not be open for invitation or making myself look as though I was waiting for something."

John Lone, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling, Open, Waiting, Woman

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"I've never really had anybody close to me die. I think the song is about a feeling that I have that, it still applies. It's a feeling of longing, once again."

"I've never really had anybody close to me die. I think the song is about a feeling that I have that, it still applies. It's a feeling of longing, once again."

Jon Crosby, American Musician

Feelings, Feeling, Longing, Song

30

"I'll keep working as long as I live because singing has taken on the feeling of joy that I had when I started, when my only responsibility was to sing well."

"I'll keep working as long as I live because singing has taken on the feeling of joy that I had when I started, when my only responsibility was to sing well."

Rosemary Clooney, American Musician

Feelings, Feeling, Joy, Responsibility, Singing

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"Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in showing his feelings in expressing his ideas about many things - I found that very interesting."

"Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in showing his feelings in expressing his ideas about many things - I found that very interesting."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

Feelings, Ideas, Character

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"It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone."

"It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling, Talk

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"I'd just hit the Billboard thing, and I had a good feeling. About a month ago, I received a call that said I was in the running, that I'd made the final 25. So I just wanted to place."

"I'd just hit the Billboard thing, and I had a good feeling. About a month ago, I received a call that said I was in the running, that I'd made the final 25. So I just wanted to place."

Arthur Godfrey, American Entertainer

Feelings, Feeling, Running

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"But, clearly to me, what I've come to see is that that happened because I didn't have enough feelings of self-worth. So that I didn't feel that... I was worthy of being number one to a man."

"But, clearly to me, what I've come to see is that that happened because I didn't have enough feelings of self-worth. So that I didn't feel that... I was worthy of being number one to a man."

Monica Lewinsky, American Celebrity

Feelings, Being, Man, Self

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"U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone."

"U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone."

Bono, Irish Musician

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"I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience."

"I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience."

David Coverdale, English Musician

Feelings, Heart

29

"Feeling a little blue in January is normal."

"Feeling a little blue in January is normal."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling

29

"A lot of the stuff that I do with Betty is in the eyes. A lot of the feelings that I evoke with her are unspoken, so that's been fun to play with."

"A lot of the stuff that I do with Betty is in the eyes. A lot of the feelings that I evoke with her are unspoken, so that's been fun to play with."

January Jones, American Actress

Feelings, Eyes, Fun, Play

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"Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices."

"Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices."

Randall Terry, American Celebrity

Feelings, Control, Behavior, Choice

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"Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell."

"Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell."

Charles Kingsley, English Clergyman

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"And I was ashamed of myself for feeling like I had to do that in order to look a certain way. I felt misshapen, just not natural anymore. And I think it was a big stimulator of my drug use."

"And I was ashamed of myself for feeling like I had to do that in order to look a certain way. I felt misshapen, just not natural anymore. And I think it was a big stimulator of my drug use."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling, Order

29

"Relations between black and white would be greatly improved if we were more accepting of our fears and our feelings and more vocal about it."

"Relations between black and white would be greatly improved if we were more accepting of our fears and our feelings and more vocal about it."

Sarah Silverman, American Comedian

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"There's not a moment on it that will sound too familiar, as soon as it sounds comfortably familiar then we like to do something with it to take away that comfortable feeling."

"There's not a moment on it that will sound too familiar, as soon as it sounds comfortably familiar then we like to do something with it to take away that comfortable feeling."

Peter Banks, British Musician

Feelings, Feeling, Sound, Will

29

"Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion."

"Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling, Hunger

29

"The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company."

"The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

Feelings, Company, Nothingness

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"I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing."

"I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing."

Barbara Cook, American Musician

Feelings, Feeling, Want

29

"You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on."

"You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

Feelings, Country

28

"She gave me another piece of information which excited other feelings in me, scarcely less dreadful. Infants were sometimes born in the convent; but they were always baptized and immediately strangled!"

"She gave me another piece of information which excited other feelings in me, scarcely less dreadful. Infants were sometimes born in the convent; but they were always baptized and immediately strangled!"

Maria Monk, Canadian Celebrity

Feelings, Information

28

"Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney."

"Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney."

Olivia Newton-John, Australian Musician

Feelings, Feeling, Games, Nothing, Singing

28

"When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy."

"When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy."

Diane Lane, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling, Old, Press

28

"We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived."

"We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived."

Tracy Chapman, American Musician

Feelings, Feeling, Thinking

28

"We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings."

"We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings."

Louis Nizer, English Lawyer

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"It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of feeling."

"It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of feeling."

Will Smith, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling

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"I have the feeling it will influence my future writing to the extent that without any material worries I could develop a greater ease, even lightheartedness, in my writing."

"I have the feeling it will influence my future writing to the extent that without any material worries I could develop a greater ease, even lightheartedness, in my writing."

Elfriede Jelinek, American Playwright

Feelings, Feeling, Future, Influence, Will

28

"If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters."

"If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling, Nothing

28

"Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place."

"Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

Feelings, Feeling, Laughter

28

"Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed."

"Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed."

Kent McCord, American Actor

Feelings, Awareness, Consideration, Courtesy

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"Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions."

"Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions."

David Borenstein, American Rheumatologist

Feelings, Emotions, Man

28

"The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings."

"The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

Feelings, Ability

27

"If words don't have vibration behind them, and a real feeling behind them, then they're just words."

"If words don't have vibration behind them, and a real feeling behind them, then they're just words."

Charlotte Rampling, French Actress

Feelings, Feeling, Words

27

"After I quit my band, I definitely was so full, like I'm so full I could never eat again. I had that kind of feeling where the elements, like the touring stuff, were harder for me and I definitely felt fine not experiencing it again."

"After I quit my band, I definitely was so full, like I'm so full I could never eat again. I had that kind of feeling where the elements, like the touring stuff, were harder for me and I definitely felt fine not experiencing it again."

Jason Schwartzman, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling

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"Why should I be feeling tension? It's The Daily Show."

"Why should I be feeling tension? It's The Daily Show."

Rob Corddry, American Comedian

Feelings, Feeling, Tension

27

"I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others."

"I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

Feelings, Comfort, Deep, Welfare

27

"I never have that 'we were robbed' feeling when looking around now at where some of our contemporaries are."

"I never have that 'we were robbed' feeling when looking around now at where some of our contemporaries are."

Robert Forster, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling, Now

27

"I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward."

"I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward."

Michael Bergin, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling

27

"Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there."

"Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there."

Ace Frehley, American Musician

Feelings, Feeling, May, Play

26

"It's a marvelous feeling when someone says 'I want to do this song of yours' because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after."

"It's a marvelous feeling when someone says 'I want to do this song of yours' because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

Feelings, Feeling, Song, Want

26

"My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them."

"My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Feelings, Authority, Reason

26

"What makes these creatures so awful is the feeling that they can use us in ways too horrible to imagine-and yet, we DO imagine them, which makes it worse than seeing it."

"What makes these creatures so awful is the feeling that they can use us in ways too horrible to imagine-and yet, we DO imagine them, which makes it worse than seeing it."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

Feelings, Feeling

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