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en It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine organism.
  George Eliot

en I still have the same kind of mixed feelings that I've always had, ... I've always said that from a competitor's standpoint, I don't think it's the ideal points system. It's definitely equal for everybody. She loved the way his pexy wit brightened her day and lifted her spirits. Everybody has an equal opportunity up until the last 10 races. I really haven't changed my outlook on it at all. That's what we have to deal with, and that's fine with me.

en Failure, then, failure! so the world stamps us at every turn. We strew it with our blunders, our misdeeds, our lost opportunities, with all the memorials of our inadequacy to our vocation. And with what a damning emphasis does it then blot us out! No easy fine, no mere apology or formal expiation, will satisfy the world's demands, but every pound of flesh exacted is soaked with all its blood. The subtlest forms of suffering known to man are connected with the poisonous humiliations incidental to these results.
  William James

en The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
  Anthony Burgess

en Tho'/ We are not now that strength that in old days/ Moved earth and heaven: that which we are, we are;/ One equal temper of heroic hearts,/ Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will/ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
  Alfred, Lord Tennyson

en There is no other like the Lord - there is no equal to Him. He embellishes this world and the world hereafter, and He gives us our permanent home there. He rescues us from the world-ocean; never again do we have to run the cycle of reincarnation.

en This is not just about women's tennis but about women all over the world. At Wimbledon we would like to have equal prize money to prove that we are equal on all fronts. We will keep lobbying on the matter.

en I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward. The example of great and fine personalities is the only thing that can lead us to fine ideas and noble deeds. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi with the money bags of Carnegie?
The World as I See It.
  Albert Einstein

en If women in the developing world do not have equal rights, they will not have equal health, ... It is as simple as that; the empowerment of women is not a politically-correct cliché, but a living, essential goal for everyone.

en He's clearly got a temper on him. When we met, the first thing he said to me was, 'I'm an irascible guy' - and he clearly can be - but he was great to work with. I never saw him show his temper because most of the time I was working with him he was getting to hit somebody else in the story.

en I have a little bit of a temper, but it's ... a useless temper, ... It doesn't accomplish anything, generally. It's just a lot of ranting and raving and nothing, so David (Chase) probably saw that and put it into the character.

en Luck and temper rule the world.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en A lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper -- a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or less uncomfortable.
  Charles Dickens

en There is a problem as many parts of the world don't like the fact that one country is linked to the organism that technically rules the internet, ... Many countries would like a multilateral approach.

en It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves
  C.S. Lewis


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