#tempt

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History? ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#events #friend #history #men #my friend

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#contempt #familiarity #familiarity breeds #mystery #prestige

Hezbollah's contempt for human suffering is total, as it showed once again this morning when its rockets murdered two Israeli Arab children in Nazareth. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#arab #children #contempt #human #human suffering

The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#arrangement #attempt #delusion #grows #keep

It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#american #attempt #capitalism #family #industry

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#blood #deep #description #experience #explanation

My first attempt at a kiss was in fifth grade, but it didn't go so well. Later, I used Boyz II Men and Jodeci songs to come on to girls. I had more success. ↗

— John Legend

#come #fifth #first #go #grade

Militant feminists are pro-choice because it's their ultimate avenue of power over men. And believe me, to them it is a question of power. It is their attempt to impose their will on the rest of society, particularly on men. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#avenue #because #believe #feminists #impose

The polls are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. The polls are an attempt to not reflect public opinion, but to shape it. Yours. They want to depress the heck out of you. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#attempt #being #being used #depress #heck

There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now. To try to micromanage and dictate every little aspect. But that's not how I want to do things anymore. I'm thinking about how can I trust God more. How can I surrender more? How can I bring him more glory? It's a fight. But it's one I'm going to keep fighting. ↗

— Jeremy Lin

#anymore #aspect #bring #career #dictate