#tempted

The police called it choking, but I called it a two-handed neck hug. That’s how I knew she really loved me. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#attempted-murder #authorities #choke #choking #crime

The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted to do it. I've got itchy lips. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#around #been #fabulous #got #had

The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and what's it all about. ↗

— David Attenborough

#any #between #come #fit #here

The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#because #being #benefit #big #big movie

I've never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#furniture #hideous #i #never #shoes

I attempted to fish in Scotland and I managed to hook a dog. It was a horrible moment but the dog turned out to be fine. ↗

— Emily Blunt

#dog #fine #fish #hook #horrible

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder. ↗

— George Eliot

#easily #glory #killing #life #mortals

By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout. ↗

— Jo Brand

#bit #crying #drinking #feeling #honest

My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#admirers #ago #been #buried #cemetery

'The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative. ↗

— Jane Campion

#adult #attempted #big #complex #easily