A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers.
A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples.
Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just have a special affection for Dumbo.
Fuel prices are at the center of our lives. They affect our ability to travel, stay warm, and feed ourselves.
Cervical cancer doesn't discriminate by how much money you have. The disease affects so many - it's frightening.
I was born with this heart condition, but it's never affected me - I've been able to play every sport I wanted to, and the doctors were amazed.
Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.
Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.
People were very passionate and over the top about showing me their love and affection, and they memorized my songs in Spanish.
The fact that I wasn't expected to read music at all and was absorbing everything by ear... it had a huge affect on the kind of musician that I became.
I feel it's important to talk about the complex issues affecting us.
I've always been a very passionate, sometimes overly emotional person. Sometimes things affect me more than they should.
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
Most people would rather give than get affection.
I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.
Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions of moral behaviour and the larger questions of right and wrong affecting the entire society.
Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.
The higher our consciousness the less we are affected by our environment, including race consciousness.
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.