Sawnhey talks of feeling a visceral thrill whenever he watches his music take on an independent physical life.
You go from feeling a tiny thrill as you approach the Vanity Fair party, surrounded by paparazzi who take your picture even if they have no idea who you are and hearing a Vanity Fair staffer speak into his headset, "Christoph Waltz is approaching with his Oscar," to standing at the bar a half-hour later and realizing that the person next to you is Mr. Waltz, still holding that Oscar.
I'll admit to feeling a certain thrill last week when, tucked in to a back table at a grimy pizza place--a table so secluded, in fact, that the kitchen guy would eventually kick me out so he could scarf down a slice--I pulled a friend's loaner iPad from its box a few days ahead of the launch date and pressed the ON button.
It was a strange feeling, on Thursday, to do laps around a bookstore without feeling a single unexpected thrill.
Now that the town halls have blazed with vituperation, and fantastical patriots are girding themselves for fascist/socialist lockdown, Americans of a certain vintage must be feeling a familiar circumambient thrill.
It is an exciting activity which gives pupils the thrill of feeling a little like a secret agent.
It made me sick to think that there are men out there who prey on opportunities like vulnerable women on crowded trains just to get the cheap thrill of feeling a woman's body without her consent.
The sight of Mr. Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, 83 and ailing, confined to a hospital gurney inside a defendant's cage reserved for common thugs evoked a range of reactions, with some people feeling the thrill of a vengeful comeuppance and others expressing pity for a proud man who once embodied the archtypical Arab autocrat.
Unbridled enthusiasm for your life and work, accompanied by a bold vision you fully commit to without fearing failure, and feeling the thrill of improvement is a part of what makes an organization great".
