Jake Tapper Quotes
Resist the temptation to subject yourself only to that which re-affirms what you already think.
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The DNA of a true Hindu is liberal. We are, by essence, liberal.
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I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should.
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If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
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Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.
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The Puritans left behind so full a record of what they thought and did that scholars cannot resist the temptation to make the most of it.
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Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.
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They wanted me to do movies and television when I was very young, and it was a big temptation, but I really thought the only way I could learn the profession was on the stage.
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'People will challenge you, question you, try to get you off track. Don't listen to the temptation to act out of character.'
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And rather than make the book unwieldy I have eschewed notes-reluctantly when some obscure passage or allusion seemed to ask for a timely word; with more equanimity when the temptation was to criticize or 'appreciate.' For the function of the anthologist includes criticizing in silence.
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Everyone deals with temptation. It's just there.
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I think anyone in a relationship has to deal with temptation if they're being honest with themselves. People don't talk about it very much, but it's very honest. Guys and girls both have temptation.
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Why would you want to remake a movie that has endured for more than 25 years?
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There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
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I don't back down. Like, I don't know how to flop. That's never been a part of my game. For me to know if a guy likes to turn left shoulder or right shoulder in the post, I have an advantage. Or if he likes to go left all the time, I have an advantage. Or if he can't make open jump shots, I have an advantage.
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The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.
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There is always a temptation to take things for granted, to get lazy, and to presume that the reader knows more than they do.
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There's a difference between an actual insult and a friendly jab. So I don't think I'm offensive onstage.
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It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.
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I am kind of an undecipherable commodity to a lot of people, including myself.
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'Georgie doesn't like babies do you Georgie? Some days, Georgie, I think you behave like a bloke.'
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The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting.
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Resist the temptation to subject yourself only to that which re-affirms what you already think.
