#temper

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 was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

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I lost my temper on stage. ↗

— Michael Richards

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I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way. ↗

— Julia Roberts

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

— Artur Rodzinski

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Early on in my career I had a lot of bad press about my temperament, but I was only a young lad then. ↗

— Wayne Rooney

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Music inflames temperament. ↗

— Jim Morrison

#temperament

You walk off the plane in Rio, and your blood temperature goes up. The feel of the wind on your face, the water on your skin, the taste of the food, the music, the sexuality; Brazilians are very comfortable in their sexuality. ↗

— Amy Irving

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