"The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail."

-- Dan Ariely

#Temptation Quotes #Failing Quotes #Shows Quotes

“Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.”

Source : "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 21, 2012.
“Augustine said that we were all born into the world of "common grace" [i.e., available to all]. Before one is baptized, or even if one never is, such grace meets one in God's creation. There is grace in the pear tree that blooms and blushes. There is common grace in the sea (that massive cleanliness which we are proceeding to corrupt), in the fact that there was, before we laid hands on it, clean air. Our task is to appreciate that grace.”
“Anything lower than mid-six figures is not going to get me interested in that. And honestly, I just don't want to.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I didn't paint my paintings to hang in some rich guy's living room.”
“Love is like a roller coaster. When it's good, you don't want to stop and when it's not... you want to throw up.”
“I think Roosevelt proves himself to be the ultimate political force in this book. He really wasn't for primaries until he realized it was the only way in which he could challenge a sitting president then it becomes his crusade, is to create the primaries and to call for the people to rule.”

Source : "The American Political Invention That 'Let The People Rule'". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. December 26, 2015.
“Its often difficult for conservatives to separate overall government intervention from a question as simple as the census.”
“Success comes from doing what you enjoy. If you don't enjoy it, how can it be called success?”

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