#tempted

People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it. ↗

— Andy Partridge

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I think if you go beyond a year - if this continues into the system in the out years, I think there is a risk and that - that we could have a negative reaction in the bond market and that will offset the good that was attempted to be done. ↗

— Franklin Raines

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What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

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The character and fight against fascism moved centre stage when, in 1936, Franco attempted to overthrow by force the Popular Front Government of Republican Spain. ↗

— Bill Alexander

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The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them. ↗

— Thomas Kuhn

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'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

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I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I wanted that, and it demolished this vision of myself. That's when I found the piano, when music saved me; that's when I first attempted to write my own songs. ↗

— Paula Cole

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I like the idea of bringing cartoon characters to life... and although the Americans have already attempted this, their culture is not sufficiently humane to make it work. ↗

— Gerard Depardieu

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Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book. ↗

— Geoffrey Fisher

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