1. "A mosquito sings in my ear, and I almost feel grateful for the company. I’m even tempted to sing along. It"
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Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger
2. "his total refusal to be tempted by the prostitute"
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Peter Kreeft, Practical Theology: Spiritual Direction from St. Thomas Aquinas
3. "We can choose partner, make friends, hire people who make us feel faultless. But think about it – do you never want to grow? Next time you’re tempted to surround yourself with worshippers, go to church."
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Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
4. "Was tempted to quote Walden—Why should I feel lonely? Is not our planet in the Milky Way?—but refrained. How can I get lonely, I asked, when there’s still so much to read?"
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H.P. Lovecraft, The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Stories
5. "For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted. – Hebrews 2:18"
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Robert J. Morgan, Near To The heart Of God
6. "The general tendency to be censorious of the vices to which one has not been tempted."
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Rebecca West, The Thinking Reed
7. "For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied."
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Robert K. Massie, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
8. "When you’re full, you are not as strongly tempted to eat foods outside the program. A stomach full of well-prepared high-carbohydrate, low-fat foods effectively curbs your tendency to cheat yourself out of great looks and great health. Meanwhile, you’ll appear to be a tower of strength and discipline to those around you—and you’ll feel like one."
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John A. McDougall, The Mcdougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss
9. "Each time it happens we’re tempted to infer the direct intervention of a Maker."
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Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
10. "When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner."
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Quote by Joyce Meyer