You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against it.
All these people had the get-up-and-go to pull up stakes and come here, a temperament that made them different from their friends and relatives who stayed home.
Opening the innings with skipper Strauss, the Surrey batsman demonstrated a temperament beyond his limited international experience to provide the home side with the perfect platform on which to amass an impressive total in a rain-reduced game at Chester-le-Street.
He had paces then that he couldn't control and he had a fabulous temperament.
It's a surprise that Lisandro has fitted in so quickly, but we knew he had a strong temperament.
Like that old Saab 900 Turbo, the C30 Polestar has a mercurial temperament.
He's a young man with a great temperament for the big occasion and deserving of the plaudits he receives.
Above all, he has a relaxed temperament, not prone to panic.
He's had lots of practice at lower levels, he has shown the wit and self-awareness to remake himself a Test batsman, and he has a wonderful temperament.
It was your columnist's next-door neighbour, a woman of mild temperament, uncharacteristically a-quiver on this occasion with moral indignation.
We tend to view whether kids are good at waiting as a matter of temperament.
Plus he's of a more similar temperament to the German chancellor than Sarkozy ever was.
On these nights of low moon, people of a more unstable temperament began to do weird things.
Unlike his predecessor, Sir Richard is by temperament a driver and a centraliser.
One of tennis' brightest young stars, Marat Safin has it all - talent, power, flair, and a slightly suspect temperament.
The worse the environment, the more likely the seesaw is to become unbalanced, no matter what kind of temperament a person has.
Derek Draper, his former aide, says that his old boss is by temperament a gambler and probably thought he could get away with it.
On the one hand, Levin is by temperament a liberal internationalist.
Certain characteristics of his prose -- hypersensitivity and constant rumination, or persistent contemplation -- reflect a pattern of temperament that some psychology researchers say connects mental illness, especially bipolar disorder and depression, with creativity.
As I have explained in a book on the subject, these traits are all signs of a genetically based, mildly manic temperament, which is not a mental illness, called hypomania.
Oye seems like a playful wanderer, while Boe, who boasts an advanced psychology degree, possesses the reserved temperament of a tired young father.
And back in London, Murdoch, a man known for his pride, sharp manner and prickly temperament, has suffered a personal cost -- the indignity of being put on the stand and asked to account for his actions.
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The company's founding CEO, Hoffman, was more of a venture capitalist by temperament.
But this morning, days away from thirteen, a girl of high temperament and little patience, I was burning with anticipation.
Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, questioned her judicial temperament in a Tuesday floor speech.
Temperament is a very hard thing to discern and to judge.
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One of Senegal's stars in the 2002 World Cup, Diouf no longer scores goals, has a petulant, provocative temperament, and clashes continually - and often needlessly - with officials.
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