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• Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of.

  Paul Arden

  Responsibility, People, Appreciate

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• That’s exactly what I’m talking about. That’s the evil that’s seducing you. The malevolent power that is crawling through your blood tempting you onto a treacherous path that will cost you everything you love and hold dear. You have to let that anger go before it’s too late. Vengeance always turns inward and it will consume you until nothing’s left but an empty hole that nothing can fill. (Ambrose)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Blood, Talking, Evil

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• Neither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck.

  Margaret Atwood

  Fate, Romance, Luck

  Margaret Atwood (1986). “The Handmaid's Tale”, p.270, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I'm tempting you with fine gifts until your girlish ideals are quite worn away and you are at my mercy.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Mercy, Worn, Fine

  Margaret Mitchell (2016). “Gone with the Wind”, p.155, Hamilton Books

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• But Rhett, you mustn't bring me anything else so expensive. It's awfully kind of you, but I really couldn't accept anything else." "Indeed? Well, I shall bring you presents so long as it pleases me and so long as I see things that will enhance your charms. I shall bring you dark-green watered silk for a frock to match the bonnet. And I warn you that I am not kind. I am tempting you with bonnets and bangles and leading you into a pit. Always remember I never do anything without reason and I never give anything without expecting something in return. I always get paid.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Dark, Expecting Something In Return, Please Me

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• What’s your name, lad?” “Newton. Newton Pulsifer.” “LUCIFER? What’s that you say? Are ye of the Spawn of Darkness, a tempting beguiling creature from the pit, wanton limbs steaming from the fleshpots of Hades, in tortured and lubricious thrall to your Stygian and hellish masters?” “That’s Pulsifer,” explained Newton. “With a P. I don’t know about the other stuff, but we come from Surrey.” The voice on the phone sounded vaguely disappointed.

  Neil Gaiman

  Phones, Names, Voice

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• We weren't allowing our hopes to become expectations. Expectations are tempting, pleasant, maybe necessary. They are scary too, once you have had some experience. They are not necessarily and not always a bucket of smoke, but they can be and are even likely to be.

  Wendell Berry

  Expectations, Scary, Buckets

  Wendell Berry (2005). “Hannah Coulter: A Novel”, p.139, Counterpoint Press

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• I hate a mystery. I would have let the identity of the Commander’s successor remain a secret, as I have for fifteen years, but tonight’s opportunity was too tempting. With eight drunken Generals sleeping it off, I could have danced on their beds without waking them." - Valek

  Maria V. Snyder

  Hate, Sleep, Opportunity

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Poison Study”, p.192, Harlequin

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• It's tempting to remember that the Tea Party had a peak and then the Republican Party establishment sort of beat it back down. And so these things are won in a day.

  Mark Shields

  Party, Tea, Down And

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Once the Eastern Bloc collapsed, what I call 'historical spontaneity' prevailed and the countries that were subject to Soviet control naturally gravitated to the West. That's where they sought their security; I don't think there was a way to avoid that. If we tried to exclude them, we would have today not one Europe, we would have three Europes: one in the West, one in the middle and one in the East, and the middle would be insecure and a tempting target. The insecurity felt [today] by Eastern Europe would be replicated on a much larger and more consequential scale.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Country, Insecure, Thinking

  Source: www.realclearworld.com

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• Often when someone comes to you and wants to vent, it's so tempting to start giving advice. But if you allow the person just to let the feelings out, and then at another time come back with advice or comments, that person would experience a deeper healing.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Healing, Giving, Advice

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

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• Shane was silent a moment, then let out a long breath. "I bet I could convince you if I could get through these bars. . . ." "You'd get arrested all over again." "Well, you're just that tempting. Jailbait." He kissed her fingers, which made her shiver all over; his lips lingered warm on her skin, reminding her of what it felt like to be alone with him, in that timeless.

  Rachel Caine

  Long, Skins, Bars

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• He grinned when I didn't protest, and lowered his mouth toward mine. The first touch was just that - a touch. A teasing, tempting softness. I licked my lips and Patch's grin deepened. "More?" he asked. I curled my hands into his hair, pulling him closer. "More.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Hair, Hands, Mouths

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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• Under the old system - which is now so archaic that a lot of people can't remember it - if you wanted money you had to go to the bank and take the money out in cash form, and you couldn't take out money that you didn't have. But with the credit card you can spend money you don't have, and that is just so tempting.

  Margaret Atwood

  People, Cards, Credit

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• When you see a fantastic colour or cut in a magazine, perched up on some famous so-and-so's head, it's tempting to ask your stylist for the same, but DO NOT BE FOOLED. The hair in those fancy photos can be very high maintenance.

  Beth Ditto

  Cutting, Hair, Maintenance

  "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2008.

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• I've never had WiFi at home. I'm too easily distracted, and YouTube is too tempting.

  Dave Eggers

  Home, Youtube, Distracted

  "Dave Eggers: 'We tend to look everywhere but the mirror' - interview". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2013.

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• Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent. Mug a janitor and you will be lucky to get away with bus fare to flee the crime scene.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Bankers, Thieves, Lucky

  "Preying on the Poor". www.tomdispatch.com. May 17, 2012.

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• The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems.

  Samuel Lover

  Winter, Biting, Icicles

  Samuel Lover (1843). “Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life”, p.356

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• Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.

  Yoko Ono

  Art, Age, Desire

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• It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.

  Kate Winslet

  Children, People, Community

  "Kate Best at 30". Cosmopolitain Interview, www.cosmopolitan.com. June 08, 2009.

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• My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.

  Rick Riordan

  Family, Cousin, Giving Up

  "The Sea of Monsters". Book by Rick Riordan, April 1, 2006.

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• Old books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us daily with tempting titles and tantalizing covers.

  Alberto Manguel

  Book, Trying, Path

  Alberto Manguel (2011). “The Library at Night”, p.67, Vintage Canada

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• If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him for tempting ye to it.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Devil, Sin, Bless

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood”, p.1002, Dell

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• I have found my star. She is beauty and grace. Elegance and goodness. My laughter in winter. She is courageous and strong. Bold and tempting. Unlike any other in all the universe, and I cannot touch her. I dare not even try." [Zarek]

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Love, Strong, Stars

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• It's very tempting when you really want to be with someone to settle for much, much less - even a vague pathetic facsimile of less - than you would have ever imagined. Remember always what you set out to get, and please don't settle for less. These guys exist because there are a lot of women out there who allow them to.

  Greg Behrendt

  Guy, Want, Remember

  "He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys". Book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, November 2004.

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