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Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like t

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark. – Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Journal, 17 December 1856

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Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world. – Sheila Graham

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Live the ordinary days with passion and exuberance. – Dr.SunWolf, 2015 tweet, professorsunwolf.com

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