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Substituting one behavior for another can work because you’re tricking your brain, that can absolutely help you avoid temptation. – Sanam Hafeez	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There could not be a more stark contrast on the matter of competence and the matter of character, and he fails on both accounts, i am running against someone who is not a serious person. But here is the danger: Because he's not a serious person, there may be a temptation among some not to take the race seriously. Herschel Walker is not to be taken seriously, but this race is to be taken seriously. – Raphael Warnock	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The achievement gaps that have been a stain on our education system are even worse today than they were three years ago, going back to the systems of before the pandemic isn’t good enough. We must resist the temptation to return to systems that were not serving all students well. – Miguel Cardona	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Women and girls should cover up and dress loosely to stop the temptation... if you feel like your life is precious, leave the house completely covered up to stop those wanting you from slaughtering you. – Mabrouk Atteya	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The temptation is always to stop the antibiotic as soon as you feel better. – New York.Larry Summers	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There’s so much Gulf money flowing through Washington D.C., the amount of temptation there is immense, and it invariably entangles Americans in stuff we should not be entangled. – Tom Malinowski	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Everybody loves getting more money, you hear numbers thrown at you, there is a temptation to go elsewhere. – Daniel Walton	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Wisdom is the sacrifice of denying temptation – Dianne Marie Teresa Cole	added by 331king 3 years ago
There is no evil in a man's mind, only temptation. – CLIFFORD VILLALON	added by anonymous 3 years ago
Before rushing to comment on such matters, we would urge that the facts be ascertained, and a proper understanding of the issues at hand be undertaken, the temptation of the sensationalist social media hashtags and comments, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is neither accurate nor responsible. – Anurag Srivastava	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Senate GOP leadership's really not material, the articles of impeachment are like an indictment in a criminal case, so that would be the issue before Senate GOP. As much as there might be a temptation to bring in other matters, I think it would be a disservice to the President's own defense to get bogged down in things that really aren't before Senate GOP. – John Cornyn	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We should not be afraid of temptation, the Christian takes problems with gratitude and sees God's hand in everything ... and at the same time tries to find the right solution in the current situation. – The Catholicos-Patriarch	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
For the average investor we are advising them to tune out the noise and resist the temptation to make rash moves. Keep calm and stay the course, the majority of our clients are taking the long-term perspective. – Carolyn Wegemann	Found on CNN 4 years ago
An army needs enemies, in peacetime, when a country has financial difficulties, the temptation to reduce the army's budget is huge. With this discourse, the army doesn't only justify its budget, but it also gives it a mission. – Xavier Arnauld	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Volatility is still pretty low but financial conditions suggest you need to tighten your seat belts and stay put, there is a temptation to take money off the table and sit tight for the rest of the year. – Jack Ablin	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We have resisted the temptation to position the (EU) Commission in terms of sentiments, we dont do that. – European Union	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
There's a temptation, I suspect, to take the money and run, i can certainly empathize with the temptation to not play ball. ... I just think that's a ludicrous burden to put on the individual. – Arthur Caplan	Found on CNN 5 years ago
In modern parenting culture, it is hard to resist the temptation to moralize everything and have everything fit to brain enhancement, but TV is a fun part of growing up and a treat. Especially if you don't have it all the time. – Anya Kamenetz	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We need to avoid any temptation to compromise important principles and seek a short-term benefit at the expense of long-term values. The Department of Justice, in which I serve, must never be Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. – Rod Rosenstein	Found on CNN 5 years ago
There's a temptation, given the American public's frustration with the political system,... to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and' let's discard all these institutions that have served us incredibly well for 200 + years,'. – Mark Sanford	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I see the temptation of a' blame game' by which the European Union is responsible for the negative consequences of Brexit, but that will not sway us. That will not sway me. – Michel Barnier	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The struggle is still there, the temptation is still there. – Rebecca Jones	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
To see that be the pinnacle of this season was really cool, we’ve all come such a long way. ‘ THE BIG BANG THEORY ’ FINALE RECAP : SHELDON AND AMY STRUGGLE WITH LONG DISTANCE AND TEMPTATION That was n’t the only behind-the-scenes moment that the cast shared with the Comic Con crowd. According to Entertainment Weekly, Kaley Cuoco and Galecki revealed the circumstances surrounding an on-set injury from a prank gone awry. In an effort to shock the cast and crew during a scene in which the two characters were fighting, Galecki jokingly pretended to punch his co-star in the face. However, the actress' head accidentally caught a chair while she was falling and the end result was stitches in her eye brow. ‘ THE BIG BANG THEORY ’ ACTRESS MAYIM BIALIK RECEIVES ‘ DOOGIE HOWSER ’ ROYALTY CHECK FOR TWO CENTS. – Kaley Cuoco	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Joselyn came to a grisly end because she made herself famous over social media, gloating over her achievements, these girls know that they have to keep a low profile for their work, but for many the temptation to post on Instagram and Twitter is too great and they end up making themselves targets. – Andrew Chesnut	Found on FOX News 7 years ago

Substituting one behavior for another can work because you’re tricking your brain, that can absolutely help you avoid temptation.

– Sanam Hafeez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There could not be a more stark contrast on the matter of competence and the matter of character, and he fails on both accounts, i am running against someone who is not a serious person. But here is the danger: Because he's not a serious person, there may be a temptation among some not to take the race seriously. Herschel Walker is not to be taken seriously, but this race is to be taken seriously.

– Raphael Warnock

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The achievement gaps that have been a stain on our education system are even worse today than they were three years ago, going back to the systems of before the pandemic isn’t good enough. We must resist the temptation to return to systems that were not serving all students well.

– Miguel Cardona

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Women and girls should cover up and dress loosely to stop the temptation... if you feel like your life is precious, leave the house completely covered up to stop those wanting you from slaughtering you.

– Mabrouk Atteya

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The temptation is always to stop the antibiotic as soon as you feel better.

– New York.Larry Summers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There’s so much Gulf money flowing through Washington D.C., the amount of temptation there is immense, and it invariably entangles Americans in stuff we should not be entangled.

– Tom Malinowski

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Everybody loves getting more money, you hear numbers thrown at you, there is a temptation to go elsewhere.

– Daniel Walton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Wisdom is the sacrifice of denying temptation

– Dianne Marie Teresa Cole

added by 331king
3 years ago

There is no evil in a man's mind, only temptation.

– CLIFFORD VILLALON

added by anonymous
3 years ago

Before rushing to comment on such matters, we would urge that the facts be ascertained, and a proper understanding of the issues at hand be undertaken, the temptation of the sensationalist social media hashtags and comments, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is neither accurate nor responsible.

– Anurag Srivastava

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Senate GOP leadership's really not material, the articles of impeachment are like an indictment in a criminal case, so that would be the issue before Senate GOP. As much as there might be a temptation to bring in other matters, I think it would be a disservice to the President's own defense to get bogged down in things that really aren't before Senate GOP.

– John Cornyn

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We should not be afraid of temptation, the Christian takes problems with gratitude and sees God's hand in everything ... and at the same time tries to find the right solution in the current situation.

– The Catholicos-Patriarch

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

For the average investor we are advising them to tune out the noise and resist the temptation to make rash moves. Keep calm and stay the course, the majority of our clients are taking the long-term perspective.

– Carolyn Wegemann

Found on CNN
4 years ago

An army needs enemies, in peacetime, when a country has financial difficulties, the temptation to reduce the army's budget is huge. With this discourse, the army doesn't only justify its budget, but it also gives it a mission.

– Xavier Arnauld

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Volatility is still pretty low but financial conditions suggest you need to tighten your seat belts and stay put, there is a temptation to take money off the table and sit tight for the rest of the year.

– Jack Ablin

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We have resisted the temptation to position the (EU) Commission in terms of sentiments, we dont do that.

– European Union

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

There's a temptation, I suspect, to take the money and run, i can certainly empathize with the temptation to not play ball. ... I just think that's a ludicrous burden to put on the individual.

– Arthur Caplan

Found on CNN
5 years ago

In modern parenting culture, it is hard to resist the temptation to moralize everything and have everything fit to brain enhancement, but TV is a fun part of growing up and a treat. Especially if you don't have it all the time.

– Anya Kamenetz

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We need to avoid any temptation to compromise important principles and seek a short-term benefit at the expense of long-term values. The Department of Justice, in which I serve, must never be Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

– Rod Rosenstein

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There's a temptation, given the American public's frustration with the political system,... to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and' let's discard all these institutions that have served us incredibly well for 200 + years,'.

– Mark Sanford

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I see the temptation of a' blame game' by which the European Union is responsible for the negative consequences of Brexit, but that will not sway us. That will not sway me.

– Michel Barnier

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The struggle is still there, the temptation is still there.

– Rebecca Jones

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

To see that be the pinnacle of this season was really cool, we’ve all come such a long way. ‘ THE BIG BANG THEORY ’ FINALE RECAP : SHELDON AND AMY STRUGGLE WITH LONG DISTANCE AND TEMPTATION That was n’t the only behind-the-scenes moment that the cast shared with the Comic Con crowd. According to Entertainment Weekly, Kaley Cuoco and Galecki revealed the circumstances surrounding an on-set injury from a prank gone awry. In an effort to shock the cast and crew during a scene in which the two characters were fighting, Galecki jokingly pretended to punch his co-star in the face. However, the actress' head accidentally caught a chair while she was falling and the end result was stitches in her eye brow. ‘ THE BIG BANG THEORY ’ ACTRESS MAYIM BIALIK RECEIVES ‘ DOOGIE HOWSER ’ ROYALTY CHECK FOR TWO CENTS.

– Kaley Cuoco

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Joselyn came to a grisly end because she made herself famous over social media, gloating over her achievements, these girls know that they have to keep a low profile for their work, but for many the temptation to post on Instagram and Twitter is too great and they end up making themselves targets.

– Andrew Chesnut

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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