Joanna Lumley

I don't lose my temper. I used to, but I realised I would probably die of a brain hemorrhage. So I've governed myself not to mind about things. I have no road rage or anything like that. Because it's life-shortening. And also, there's no need for it; it uses up energy.

English Actress

Robert Baden-Powell

Football in itself is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and unselfishness, to play in his place and 'play the game,' and these are the best of training for any game of life.

English Soldier

John F. Kennedy

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

American President

Ben Carson

There's no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there's no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.

American Scientist

Josh Holloway

There's definitely an intense anger that I have inside, and I don't know where it came from. I've had it all my life. My mom was always like, 'You're going to end up in jail with that temper!

American Actor

John Sweeney

I wish I hadn't lost it, and for the rest of my life I can never again lose my temper on TV. The BBC could have sacked me and that would have been the end of my career on TV.

American Politician

Isaac Hanson

I'm a bit of a hothead in certain circumstances, but you've got to temper it because your fans are there, and they've paid good money to see a show.

American Musician

Josh McDowell

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

American Writer

Peter Capaldi

I've only lost my temper three times in my whole life.

Scottish Actor

Luke Evans

I think the best directors rarely lose their temper.

Welsh Actor

Refers to someone's emotional stability; keeps focus on general behavior rather than specific incidents.

Emotional State

While 'temper' often implies anger, it can also suggest a generally calm disposition.

Not Always Negative

Used to express the act of softening or making something less intense.

Balancing Effect

Suggests blending opposite qualities to achieve a balanced outcome.

Combine Opposites

Describes a technical process in metallurgy affecting the properties of materials.

Physical Transformation

Can refer to any process that changes material's properties, not just by adding heat.

Not Always Heat

Indicates a person's quickness to anger, often without much provocation.

Prone to Anger

Often manifests during situations of stress or frustration.

Expression of Frustration

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What Is the 'Gray Zone'...

 There's a push to make researchers raw data, experimental procedures, and analytical techniques more openly available in order to ease replication efforts. The peer review process can also be strengthened to more efficiently weed out weak papers prior to publication. And we could temper the pressure to find big results

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 really makes a difference so the next time you hear a classical piano classical music don't just write it off take a second and think about it think if you can hear the loose wrist the flowing body and the tempered pedal hopefully have helped you to appreciate classical music a little more and

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 the artistic and the scientific. A good reader has an artist's passion, a willingness to get caught up in the story, but just as importantly, the readers also needs the coolness of judgment of a scientist, which acts to temper and complicate the reader's intuitive reactions to the story.

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 The body’s endorphins temper pain signals by binding to these receptors, and opioid drugs bind much more strongly, for longer. So opioid drugs can manage much more severe pain than endorphins can. Opioid receptors also influence everything from mood to normal bodily functions.

What causes opioid...

 that the leadership forged in war has a different temper and a different tempo and a different outlook than leadership forged in peace. And so my answer would be the leadership has got to come from below, not from above. I mean, a recurring theme of the conference this week

The refugee crisis is a...

 She said she thought she might like to work in art or entertainment, but she hadn't decided yet, so she'd spent the last few years waiting tables instead. Because it was cheaper, she lived with a boyfriend who displayed his temper more than his ambition.

Why 30 is not the new 20...

 They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense and came to me with pointed questions tempered with kindness and humor. They approached me as a human being, and that was more transformative than two full decades of outrage, disdain and violence.

I grew up in the...

 in Kagoshima for the first time in a decade, it was revealed that the two pairs had fought on opposing sides. Tempers flared and a fight almost broke out until their father stepped in. The brothers managed to make peace

The Akune brothers:...

 Fortunately, the cubs curiosity is tempered by an innate caution

Temper

The way someone usually acts, especially in terms of being angry or calm.

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To make something less severe or extreme, usually by adding something else.

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To strengthen and make less breakable by heating and then cooling.

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A tendency to become angry very quickly.

Often appears as...

Emotional State

Not Always Negative

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