I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting.
I think if people are passionate about something, it could be real estate or biochemistry, and that spark gets turned on in them, everyone's beautiful in that zone.
Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye.
I'm not politically motivated. I used to be - passionately. I used to be very Left wing. Then I went very Right wing, and now I rest somewhere in the middle.
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.
I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent.
My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.
Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.
You can get a bit world-weary in this job, and 'The Passion' reminded me of what a fantastic job acting is and how lucky I am to be doing it.
Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.
Growing up, I started to realize I was surrounded by people who were passionately alive. Seventh Street felt raw, but I found it incredibly theatrical.
I count myself a a rationalist and a skeptic with a very conscious awareness of my indebtedness to Western Christian civilization, and I am a fairly passionate defender of it.
A woman's love for a man is half animal passion and half hate. The more a woman loves a man, the more she hates him.
When I believe in something, I'm very passionate. I don't take 'no' for an answer.
I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate.
I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.
Writing is so much more productive when it is set on fire, for then and only then can you feel the passion spewing forth from the writer’s heart.
I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason.
