Innovation and its allure can be dangerous. It can draw you away from the user, from the intended outcome, and may be the ultimate demise of otherwise great intentions.
Death is the one predator we can't escape. But vampires have found the loophole so many of us crave. I think that's the allure of vampirism.
The myriad of ways that a song can be interpreted is astounding to me, and it's part of the allure of writing.
Firth - all dodgy 'tache and frantic eyebrows - has got the sexual allure of a man who runs a swingers' club in Surbiton.
I wish my 15-year-old self had known about my allure to the opposite sex!
If you're an open book, there's no allure.
The enticing allure of Nashville is that there is always something new coming down the pike. Put this record on and you’ll hear footsteps.
Knowing very little about a band only adds to the allure.
I realized early I can manipulate the ceiling in the middle class. The allure becomes how far I can make the ceiling rise.
The allure of immodesty is not in what is seen but what is not seen. Modesty issues a challenge for one man to romantically earn your virtue.
Hopefully celebrities will resist the allure of advertising e-cigarettes in magazines, and also in movies, knowing that their endorsement have a powerful effect on teenagers.
If I can muster up any allure in my life, at this stage, I wouldn't mind doing that.
Death holds no allure for me, Elena.” The power of him cut against his skin, a cold white fire. “Not when I have yet to sate my hunger for you.
Thus did my siblings and I learn one of the hard lessons of life: the best way to strip the allure and dreaminess from a lifelong dream is, very often, simply to have it come true.
Most people forget that you have to create relationships. The allure of the first years settles down, and at that moment, you better start creating it; otherwise, you're going to lose out.
Down with politics and the art of the possible; up with pronouncements and the allure of the prophetic: It's the way of demagogues everywhere.
The allure of Hollywood is huge when you don't know anything. You don't know the knives behind the smiles.
THE ALLURE OF Montana is like a commitment to a narcotic; you can never use it up or get enough of it. Its wilderness areas probably resemble the earth on the first day of creation.
When I was young, communism, which had a certain allure to me, was clearly a failed experiment in the Soviet Union and in China. And yet, anti-communism was as bad.
Someone who does not run toward the allure of love walks a road where nothing lives.
He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.
Much of reality TV has been like the worst nightmares of Theodor Adorno and Jean Baudrillard come true, its seductive allure turning us into gossips in the global village.
Most distracting of all, though, was not the threat of danger but the allure of beauty.
I’m addicted to your allure and I’m fiending for a cure.
On the elusive gift of blending austerity of craft with elasticity of allure.
The allure becomes, "Can I make these rooms bigger?" Can I fill these 1,500-seat rooms? Then the allure is, how much, if we're being honest, how much can I squeeze out of it financially?
I'm in great company and some may say that the underexposure has added to my allure and the staying power of me as a MC and The Roots as a band.
I shared this idea that fashion starts with a movement, an allure: elusive, defined through perfect proportions.
I've never understood the allure of putting your name on a building that was built with taxpayers' money.
When the going gets tough, the prospect of delegating half your responsibilities to a willing volunteer, either to play a supporting role or take over the breadwinning, certainly holds allure.
What I wanted most of all was to use sex as a weapon to allure, subjugate, and, if possible, destroy the personality of others.
Throughout a lot of my 20s, my sexual allure and power was one of the most important things about me, my currency.
I think that's really the allure of acting for me. I really want to connect with people.
L.A is a huge place, literally and metaphorically. Its beauty and horror. Its unconventional history. Its draw and allure. Its diversity and segregation.
Nothing under heaven so strongly doth allure the sense of man, and all his mind possess, as beauty's love.
The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.
By regulating marijuana, we can put black market drug dealers out of business and eliminate the rebellious allure that attracts young people.
There are some really interesting celebrities and people who are fun to interview, but when you have to do it every day because you have to fill a slot, the allure wears off.
The children of politicians learn the allure and tricks of politics along with their alphabet. They inherit a network of useful contacts, and - if they're lucky - a name that confers instant voter recognition.
I had never felt the allure of another human being this strongly, warmth and curiosity mixing to form an unspoken question in the air.
For most of us, when our 'dreams' - I use the word with reservations - came true, and marriage and motherhood became a reality, the romcoms, like horoscopes, swiftly lost their allure.
American Women: How they mortify the flesh in order to make it appetizing! Their beauty is a vast industry, their enduring allure a discipline which nuns or athletes might find excessive.
Beyond the grave they will find nothing but death. But we shall keep the secret, and for their happiness we shall allure them with the reward of heaven and eternity.
Communism can't survive the captivating allure of capitalism.
The road which can be quite an allure when you are young.
My declining allure is a source of great sadness to me.
That is the one single word that the food industry hates: 'addiction.' They much prefer words like 'crave-ability' and 'allure.'
The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more must you allure the senses to it.
Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance.
Femininity is a lot of power. It's allure. And the moment you start competing directly with a man, it's not that fun.
I wanted to show that 'I'm sexy'. I wanted to do things that other male solo artists hadn't done before, such as choreography that has a tempting allure.
I like hearing the sort of harmonies people get into in different parts of the world. I love music that has a sense of allure to it, and exotic tunes. That's what I'm drawn to.
Worship your body, beauty, and sexual allure and you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you.
... the best way to strip the allure and dreaminess from a lifelong dream is, very often, simply to have it come true.
The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world.
Allure is a word very few people use nowadays, but it's something that exists. Allure holds you, doesn't it? Whether it's a gaze or a glance in the street or a face in the crowd or someone sitting opposite you at lunch... you are held
I've never seen the allure of being famous, because I know what that's like. It's part of work.
Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.
I liked to go to court. I became a lawyer because of the allure of the courtroom, not necessarily to be chained to an office desk.
When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.
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