#tempe

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. ↗

— William James

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

— Arthur Keith

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I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#bad #channel #growing #growing up #had

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

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The successes of the LGBT civil rights movement and the more prominent role openly gay people are playing in the public eye has actually turned up the temperature in middle schools and high schools for queer kids. ↗

— Dan Savage

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An awful lot has been written about my temper. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

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The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Rachel Stevens

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Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#agent #artist #director #estate #him

I wish I hadn't lost it, and for the rest of my life I can never again lose my temper on TV. The BBC could have sacked me and that would have been the end of my career on TV. ↗

— John Sweeney

#bbc #been #career #could #end