#temperament

The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves. ↗

— Alice Miller

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Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

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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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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

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

— William James

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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

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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

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It was an amazing performer. Very temperamental, it spent a lot of time in its trailer. ↗

— Tilda Swinton

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