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Admiration is a very real passion in some women, as it is a very real passion in some men; but what, in women, is often mistaken for it is ambition, a desire to get on and achieve success in life in the only way in which it is open to a woman to achieve it – through the favour of man.
Marriage as a Trade 1909
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Reverence and Admiration, which is due to great Virtue and Intelligence.
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"Admiration" for a particular trait of a minority group is rarely a simple matter of respect and clap-on-the-back congratulations.
Lauren Weber: Ulmer to Jews: I Meant It as a Compliment! 2009
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Admiration which is the soul's "nonplus," its doing it knows not what, the winding of it up until it stands still, ready to break -- is all that we can arrive unto in the consideration hereof.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Plus you know, when shooting with her, you have to put up with all her SELF-ASS Admiration which is VERY distracting
Fashion World of SL 2010
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"Admiration" was expressed by 3% of respondents, while 11% felt either "fear" or
RIA Novosti 2009
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Lady (pseudonym, don't you think?) lies the Country of Eligibleness, and within it, the cliffside Land of Love of Admiration ( & Vanity) as well as the "High grounds of Matrimonial," camouflaged by the sheer drop into Land of Coquetry where one encounters "Male Traps: Province of Deception," "Affectation," and "Valley of Mother's Artifice."
Suzanne O'Malley: Day 14 of 29: Secrets to the Map of a Women's Heart Suzanne O'Malley 2012
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Admiration is stronger than power, charisma more intense than intimidation.
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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Admiration is stronger than power, charisma more intense than intimidation.
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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Lady (pseudonym, don't you think?) lies the Country of Eligibleness, and within it, the cliffside Land of Love of Admiration ( & Vanity) as well as the "High grounds of Matrimonial," camouflaged by the sheer drop into Land of Coquetry where one encounters "Male Traps: Province of Deception," "Affectation," and "Valley of Mother's Artifice."
Suzanne O'Malley: Day 14 of 29: Secrets to the Map of a Women's Heart Suzanne O'Malley 2012
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