#tempting

I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently. ↗

— Richard King

#been #fact #films #horror #horror films

The worst thing about falling in love with her so early in life was that he’d been an absolute snot at fourteen, at once arrogant and self-pitying. Almost as bad was the fact that he’d been nearly half a foot shorter than she at their first meeting —she’d been five foot nine, and he barely five foot four. Though she was only a few weeks older than he was, she’d looked upon him as a child—while he broiled with the heat and anguish of first love. When nothing else garnered him her attention, he turned horrid. She was disgusted by this midget who tried to trick her into broom closets to steal kisses, and he was at once miserable and thrilled. Disgust was better than indifference; anything was better than indifference. ↗

— Sherry Thomas

#sherry-thomas #tempting-the-bride #life

Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity. ↗

— M. Scott Peck

#avoid #away #behavior #entity #give

She fluttered her fan. “And do you know what they say of women of a certain age, what they want above all?” Desire simmered in him at her not quite smile. “Do tell.” “To be rid of you, Hastings. So that they don’t have to waste what remains of their precious few years suffering your lecherous looks.” “If I stopped looking at you lecherously, you’d miss it.” “Why don’t we test that hypothesis? You stop and I’ll tell you after ten years or so whether I miss it.” .... He rose and bowed slightly. “You wouldn’t last two weeks, Miss Fitzhugh. ↗

— Sherry Thomas

#helena #sherry-thomas #tempting-the-bride #age

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere. ↗

— Xun Zi

#get #nowhere #once #person #roads

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#far #leave #moment #more #only

It may be a mistake to say this, but I know my limitations as an actor and I know what I can and can not do. Robert De Niro can do everything. I can't. A 'Highlander' movie is basically my thing. What I'm attempting to do is develop my ability as an actor and try to be the best I can be in the fantasy/action genre. ↗

— Christopher Lambert

#action #actor #attempting #basically #best

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. ↗

— Horace Mann

#attempting #cold #cold iron #desire #hammering

A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth. ↗

— Walter Martin

#away #devil #false #lead #people

Attempting to write vocal oriented songs to me felt like going through the motions and if you are going to go through the motions you might as well just do any gig that caused you to do repetitive motions like banging a hammer or serving fries. ↗

— Ronnie Montrose

#attempting #banging #caused #felt #fries