“I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.” – Orson Scott Card
"I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration." – Orson Scott Card
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"The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed." – Jean Cocteau
“The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.” – Jean Cocteau
"Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical or biological necessity I see in them, whatever metaphorical truth, I cannot accept them as credible explanations of reality; and they are incredible to me in proportion to the degree that they require my belief in positive human attributes and intervenient powers in their divinities." – John Fowles
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"She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not care to be herself." – Anais Nin
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"To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind" – Theophile Gautier
“To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind” – Theophile …
"When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it" – Joseph Joubert
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"Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object." – Joseph Addison
“Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.” – Joseph Addison
"A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment" – Jane Austen
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"Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases" – Samuel Johnson
“Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases” – Samuel Johnson
"Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire" – Dale Carnegie
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"Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." – Ann Landers
“Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.” – Ann Landers