#impulse

A collection of good books, with a soul to it in the shape of a librarian, becomes a vitalized power among the impulses by which the world goes on to improvement. ↗

— Justin Winsor

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Everyone has the impulse to be elite. ↗

— Alfre Woodard

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I don't think of sex as a self-destructive impulse. ↗

— Thom Gunn

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Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ↗

— James Fenton

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The Christian churches were offered two things: the spirit of Jesus and the idiotic morality of Paul, and they rejected the higher inspiration... Following Paul, we have turned the goodness of love into a fiend and degraded the crowning impulse of our being into a capital sin. ↗

— Frank Harris

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If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction. ↗

— Xun Zi

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There was always a creative impulse in me but I never felt rooted to anything. ↗

— Fred Ward

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I sometimes like the situation that forces you to rely on your instinct and impulses. ↗

— Donna Murphy

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Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for me is if I feel a director hasn't noticed. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

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It is well to be alone. It fertilizes the creative impulse. ↗

— Max Nordau

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