Quotes with temptations

  • My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage.

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  • Oscar Wilde Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde Do you really think, Arthur, that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Walter Bagehot It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Bruno Mars My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Eva Le Gallienne People who are born even-tempered, placid and untroubled - secure from violent passions or temptations to evil - those who have never needed to struggle all night with the Angel to emerge lame but victorious at dawn, never become great saints.
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  • Thomas à Kempis Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • A.J. Cronin Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them.
    A.J. Cronin
    Scottish novelist and physician (1896 - 1981)
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  • Margaret Oliphant Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
    Margaret Oliphant
    British writer, historian (1828 - 1897)
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  • John Bunyan Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
    John Bunyan
    British writer (1628 - 1688)
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  • Boris Yeltsin There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.
    Boris Yeltsin
    Russian politician (1931 - 2007)
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  • Calvin Coolidge What we need in appointive positions are men of knowledge and experience with sufficient character to resist temptations.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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