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- Nov 07, 2020
Emotions Quotes
Feeling everything, on purpose or not.
This emotions quotes collection starts with an actor's task of embracing feelings most people spend their lives avoiding, and a warning about how fear obscures reason and fuels demagoguery. See Feel quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Great
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In the beginning of the Great War, the emotions of Europe ran riot in a most horrible manner, first among the so-called 'living,' and then among the killed when they awoke.
- Man
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I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood and was raised by a man who did not emote, ever... I always cry at movies, and when I was a kid, I would try to hide it. It wasn't something a kid in Oaklyn, N.J., did. So I have these weird hang-ups about emotions.
- Control
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The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.
- Positive
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If we just wanted positive emotions, our species would have died out a long time ago.
- Hero
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When we have emotions of fear and pity toward the hero of a tragedy, we explore aspects of our own vulnerability in a safe and pleasing setting.
- Focus
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What all emotions have in common, and what distinguishes them from bodily appetites, is a focus on an object and a view of that object as salient for one's life.
- Compounds
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Disgust is often more deeply buried than envy and anger, but it compounds and intensifies the other negative emotions.
- More
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There were several men who had blazed the trail for talking about emotions in philosophy; otherwise my work would have had even more opposition than it did.
- Good
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Style and entertainment tastes change, but the core emotions of being a kid - which, not coincidentally, are the core foundations of any good story - are constant.
- Endure
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We're naturally programmed to endure a muddle of emotions as we leave childhood behind.
- Patience
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I've been accused of riding roughshod over others' emotions, and I admit, when I feel a friend is being over-indulgent, my patience is in short supply.
- Good
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If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.
- Love
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I love horror movies because they're really fun. They tap into those wonderful primal emotions.
- Leave
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I leave my emotions at home.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020