"He said that love was an emotion contra natura that condemned two strangers to a base and unhealthy dependence, and the more intense it was, the more ephemeral."
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"One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense over sensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat disgusting."
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"Sentimentality is unearned emotion."
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"Stop hating on a n*gga that is a weak emotion, the lady of a n*gga."
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"All emotion is involuntary when genuine."
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"Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions."
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"The dominance of conclusions over arguments is most pronounced where emotions are involved."
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"Combine your mental images with the emotion of desire to accelerate their realization."
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"Hope is not an emotion; it's a way of thinking or a cognitive process."
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"You must remember that a woman, by nature, needs much less to feed upon than a man, a few emotions and she is satisfied."
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"Love is a helium-based emotion; Love always takes the high road."
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"I'm very careful with my emotions, and I don't let them run free. If I'm upset, it's usually for a very good, very deep reason."
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"Sentimentality is a failure of feeling."
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"don't just describe an emotion, arouse it, make them experience it, by manipulating the symbol of the emotion, and sometimes we have to come into awareness through the back door."
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"Cultivation of meditative stability alone, will not destroy the discrimination of inherent existence. Afflictive emotions can return, making all sorts of disturbances"
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"My emotions are very simple and always have been about the Hall of Fame. It's something that I had absolutely nothing to do with and had no control over, so I never thought much about it, to be frank."
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"The intellect is always fooled by the heart."
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"Anger's not a good emotion."
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"Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action."
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"Logic will never change emotion or perception."
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