#temper

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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.


Washington Irving


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A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.


Arthur Keith


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You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made flesh I suppose, which again I suppose came from my temperament as well as my upbringing.


Thomas Keneally


#being #believe #came #did #eccentric

I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and commitment to other more constant values as to which there is general consensus.


Anthony Kennedy


#commitment #consensus #constant #general #i

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.


John F. Kennedy


#been #bitter #born #century #disciplined

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.


John Ruskin


#best #condition #easily #effort #our

I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.


Aarti Sequeira


#because #being #cooking #eat #fact

There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the other side, into which Mr. James Harthouse had a very strong inclination to pitch Mr. Thomas Gradgrind Junior.


Charles Dickens


#humour #temper #funny

I can be very passionate but I also have a bit of a hot temper - when pushed.


Rachel Stevens


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We were all so different, temperamentally from one another, it's impossible to believe that we were together for so long. The cast and crew. How could we be more different from one another? It's difficult to imagine. But something lovely came of it.


Madeleine Stowe


#believe #came #cast #could #crew