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May Sinclair Novelist, Playwright
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"At the moment you are no longer an observing, reflecting being; you have ceased to be aware of yourself; you exist only in that quiet, steady thrill that is so unlike any excitement that you have ever known."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"What is there in Rome for me to see that others have not seen before me? What is there for me to touch that others have not touched? What is there for me to feel, to learn, to hear, to know, that shall thrill me before it pass to others? What can I discover?--Nothing. Nothing whatsoever. One charm of travel dies here."

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D. H. Lawrence Novelist, Poet
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"You don't want to be an animal, you want to observe your own animal functions, so as to get a mental thrill out of them. It is allpurely secondary--and more decadent than the most hide-bound intellectualism."

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Amy Grant Singer, Songwriter
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"To me, the real thrill is in making the music, and then I just trust it to find its own audience, and at times it's big and at times it's small, but that's beyond my control."

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Alicia Keys Singer, Songwriter, Actress
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"For me, doing a show, the excitement of singing live, and the possibility that you're not gonna be perfect - that's the thrill of it."

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Vanessa Mae Violinist, Singer
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"But I don't mind, I'm a bit of a touring animal. When I'm on tour that is the greatest thrill for me, playing to a live audience."

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Tom Robbins Novelist, Essayist
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"There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence."

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Tom Waits Singer-songwriter, Actor
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"Popular music is like a big party, and it’s a thrill sneaking in rather than being invited. Every once in a while, a guy with his shirt on inside out, wearing lipstick and a pillbox hat gets a chance to speak."

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"I'm a skydiver, I race motorcycles and I enjoy the thrill of life and for me in this walk of faith there really is no greater thrill than the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in your life."

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Stephen Hawking Theoretical Physicist
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"Working with my father [Stephen Hawking ] is a great thrill - he has the amazing ability to hold enormous amounts of information in his head."

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Steven Wright Comedian
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"My favorite book is anything by Kurt Vonnegut - he's my literary hero. I got to meet him several times, which was a great thrill for me. I don't really remember what we talked about."

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Zell Miller Politician
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"I can remember that little thrill - that little shiver of excitement - when the Opry audience would encore a person because that person had touched them so."

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J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar
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"I felt a curious thrill, as if something had stirred in me, half wakened from sleep. There was something very remote and strange and beautiful behind those words, if I could grasp it, far beyond ancient English."

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Irving Stone Author
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"There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before."

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George Carlin Comedian, Actor
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"I loved the angiogram. They stick a thing in your thigh and it goes all the way up to your heart. Isn't that a thrill? Well, at least the nurse scored thigh."

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