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Blaise Pascal Quote: 'Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. ...'

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In this Epistle, the Apostle seeks, with great earnestness, to confirm the Christian converts in the belief of that Gospel, which he had so faithfully preached.
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I was inspired more by early Bette Midler. I do wear a fancy dress and very high heels - and extra high hair. My goal is to obliterate all earnestness.
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Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.


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Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.


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My own will and desires were now very much broken, and my heart was with much earnestness turned to the Lord, to whom alone I looked for help in the dangers before me.
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If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.


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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.


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I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.


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Enthusiasm glows, radiates, permeates and immediately captures everyone's interest.


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Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.


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A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.


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The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.


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Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
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Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive.


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It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.


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The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.


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