Intense Quotes

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I love this word decadence, all shimmering in purple and gold. It suggests the subtle thoughts of ultimate civilization, a high literary culture, a soul… — Paul Verlaine
I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity, the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that is our heritage,… — Kwame Nkrumah
There is something about Sundiata [Acoli] that exudes calm. From every part of his being you can sense the presence of revolutionary spirit and fervor.… — Assata Shakur
The orthodox school has witnessed for centuries that nature itself has never once cured any existing disease with another dissimilar one, however intense. What must… — Samuel Hahnemann
I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out the old way of writing and I cannot acquire the… — Sergei Rachmaninoff
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. Sure, thereâ€™s the talent, but there also has to be the will. Give me human will and… — Larry Ellison
When I go into my living room and turn on the TV, I feel like I have gone backwards in time by 20 to 30… — Tim Cook
Anyone who is observant, who discovers the person they have always dreamed of, knows that sexual energy comes into play before sex even takes place.… — Paulo Coelho
Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge. — Robert Greene
If our government won't spend the money to protect New Orleans sufficiently today, what are the chances we will spend the money to protect dozens… — Joseph J. Romm
In 2005... Mumbai, India, saw that country's most intense recorded instance of rainfall - 3 feet of rain in twenty-four hours. — Joseph J. Romm
Music for a long time has been telling what the world is like. What music has to say now, in a manner that has both… — Eli Siegel
But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be… — Nikola Tesla
Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create. Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable. Act impeccably. Breathe. Be you. Be different. — Brian Johnson
Duane Allman was bursting with energy ... he was a force to be reckoned with. His drive and focus, as well as his intense belief… — Richard Betts
If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it… — Frank Moore Colby
Every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty to say something courageous and true; to rise above the mediocre and conventional; to… — Joseph Pulitzer
The practice of celibacy alone was opening me up to a deeper sense of the way the mind-body connection works. I saw over and over… — Noah Levine
Color is an intense experience on its own. — Jim Hodges
All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit… — Penelope Lively

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