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"We actually lead very violent, passionate lives and I think that we're hungry for insights into this condition. That's why we get all that stuff on television. It's really where we are, really what we are."
"Everyone is passionate about something. Usually more than one thing. We are born with it."
"I think the most "passionate" I get about actual humans are the ones I want to kill."
"At least when one speaks of oneself one is passionate, well-informed and specific."
"I see that within each human being there are two extremes: there's the loving, the passionate, altruistic side that has evolved with us, and then there's the violent, brutal side that has evolved with us. The question for each individual is: which side is going to come out on top?"
"I got really passionate about music with early Smiths and Joy Division. And New Order, Sonic Youth, Cramps...kind of right across the board, whatever fell underground. Kraftwerk...it was really mixed. Quite confusing, I suppose, but it just felt good."
"I'm interested in Internet cultures. I'm interested in what the teenagers who drive the Internet culture are passionate about. I follow their lead - they go to tumblr, I go to tumblr."
"Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts."
"We have some of the most passionate, vocal fans in the history of television."
"I change my keyboard between every book. I usually shop around. I'm very passionate about the physical feel of pressing the keys. It's got to have the right springiness. I tend to find the built-in keys very unsatisfying, the keys are low-profile and don't really do anything - I want it to feel like I'm typing."
"You can only accomplish what I really love. Do not take the money as a goal. Instead, pursue the things you passionate about, and do good to others can not take my eyes off you"
"I have the privilege of working on the issues that I choose and the issues that I feel most passionate about. It's been a privilege."
"She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body's surface of its terrible, basic importance."
"I am passionate about what is going on with the oceans, mainly because we are for some idiotic reason, really screwing it up. I mean, we're really killing the ocean. It's like putting out the sun. Without it, there is no us."
