#seductive

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions. ↗

— John Morley

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It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions. ↗

— Campbell Newman

#around #conditions #days #distributed #example

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

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Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit. ↗

— Judith Wright

#addictions #alluring #aspect #attain #cases

Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#melancholy #seductive

The basic problem is that web 2.0 tools are not supportive of democracy by design. They are tools designed to gather spy-agency-like data in a seductive way, first and foremost, but as a side effect they tend to provide software support for mob-like phenomena. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#data #democracy #design #designed #effect

Nostalgia is a seductive liar. ↗

— George Ball

#nostalgia #seductive

Once you are successful, there's a very seductive rhythm at work that keeps you wanting to outdo yourself. By the end of 'Spirit' I felt like I didn't want to get into that trap. It almost makes you cartoon-like. ↗

— Jewel

#end #felt #get #i #into

I don't know what sex appeal is. I don't think you can have sex appeal knowingly. The people who seduce me personally are the people who seem not to know they're seductive, and not to know they have sex appeal. ↗

— Omar Sharif

#i #know #knowingly #me #people

I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way. ↗

— Omar Sharif

#appeal #attracted #being #certainly #having