#temper

I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend. ↗

— John Malkovich

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I have a temper on me that could hold back tides. ↗

— Shirley Manson

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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand. ↗

— Andre Maurois

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There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to. ↗

— Kevin McCarthy

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You seem in England to be entirely ignorant of the temper of our people. ↗

— Peter Oliver

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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry. ↗

— Walter Pater

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I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman. ↗

— Tim Robbins

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In or orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments. ↗

— Artur Rodzinski

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