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• The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no in the endeavor of science. We do not know in advance who will discover fundamental insights.

  Carl Sagan

  Knowledge, Science, Ideas

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• Become very comfortable being uncomfortable.

  Jillian Michaels

  Comfortable

  "Royal Caribbean Cruises CIO: Get comfortable being uncomfortable". Interview with Minda Zetlin, enterprisersproject.com. November 03, 2016.

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• Follow the evidence to where it leads, even if the conclusion is uncomfortable.

  Steven James

  Evidence, Conclusion, Ifs

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• If your friends never make you uncomfortable. You don't have friends. You have fans.

  Darrin Patrick

  Fans, Ifs

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• The wrong kind of guy to fall in love with is the guy who will let go of the steering wheel as a joke. A guy who finds it amusing to make you uncomfortable, which is more common than you'd think, is someone you want to avoid.

  An Na

  Letting Go, Falling In Love, Thinking

  "Who's Anna Kendrick dating? 2015 boyfriend hunt" by NationalLedger.com, January 8, 2015.

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• Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of people - it's just not my natural state of being.

  Susan Cain

  People, Attention, Natural

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• America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Gun, Two, Qualms About

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, Self, Doe

  1974 Gather Together In My Name, ch.6.

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• It is often difficult to watch yourself onscreen, especially 60-feet high. As an actor, it is an uncomfortable experience.

  Chris Hemsworth

  Feet, Watches, Actors

  Interview with William Van Meter, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 18, 2011.

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• Of course, to avoid getting stuck in that convo with someone you dislike or feel uncomfortable around, don't be passive, be proactive. Do not let them direct your interaction on their terms, do it on yours. Ask a Misdirection Question--something too difficult to answer quickly--e.g., 'What's Congress up to?' or 'You ever learn any cool science?' When you ask the question, don't make eye contact, keep moving and get out of there. Do not wait for a response and deny ever asking it. Repeat these actions until you are never again spoken to by that individual (about four times).

  Eugene Mirman

  Moving, Eye, Waiting

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• The one thing I'd always wanted to do in my career is push myself out of my comfort zone - I think I'm really comfortable with being uncomfortable. So that's why I played pro men's hockey, that's why I played softball and hockey at the same time, that's why I'm not afraid to speak up - that's just who I am.

  Hayley Wickenheiser

  Softball, Hockey, Thinking

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.

  Susan Cain

  Degrees, Debate, Shyness

  "The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance". Interview with Gareth Cook, www.scientificamerican.com. January 24, 2012.

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• It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle.

  Seth Godin

  Mediocrity, Settling, Status Quo

  Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.55, Penguin

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• Comfort rules. You want to be able to sit in a good chair comfortably for a few hours and be able to talk and enjoy a glass of wine. There's nothing worse than sitting in an uncomfortable chair.

  Amanda Pays

  Wine, Glasses, Comfort

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• Sometimes it's fun to explore ideas that might make people uncomfortable. If you let it, there's a lot of self-censoring that can go on in the name of remaining likeable, but I don't find that an artistically interesting path to take.

  Ted Alexandro

  Fun, Names, Ideas

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

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• You've been so long in the rain, you feel like a dirty dish rag. But despite the misery of your water soaked body, you look around to see verdant leaves dripping with water. The air entering your lungs smells vibrantly clean. To experience adventure, you must be willing to be uncomfortable at times and enjoy the loneliness by being happy with your own singing. A song pops out of your mouth... "It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was fine..."

  Frosty Wooldridge

  Song, Loneliness, Rain

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• I've never been that uncomfortable talking about it. Things come out [in the media] about me. When it's out, it's someone else's version of what's the matter with me. I want it to be my version of what it is. My recourse is to do my version.

  Carrie Fisher

  Media, Talking, Want

  "The Wit & Wisdom of Carrie Fisher". Interview with Nancy Tobin, www.bphope.com. February 1, 2010.

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• Never settle for that which is easy and comfortable or the necessity of seeking that which is difficult and uncomfortable.

  Frederick Lenz

  Never Settle, Action, Easy

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• My guess is that she is uncomfortable in such an intransigent world but is unable to live accordingly to her own desire.

  Hanif Kureishi

  Desire, World

  Hanif Kureishi (2002). “Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

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• In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens. It would be a great service to tell girls who plan to work in society to expect this subtle, uncomfortable discrimination-tell them not to be quiet, and hope it will go away, but fight it. A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex, but neither should she "adjust" to prejudice and discrimination.

  Betty Friedan

  Girl, Art, Sex

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• I've never been uncomfortable with the host of modern gurus, and gurus of different motivations I should say, or different intentions. You know, we are moving into a time where it's extremely commercial, but then I keep reminding those that I speak to that consciousness has no products, it really has no commerciality.

  Maya Tiwari

  Motivation, Moving, Different

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• I'm comfortable with my body and it was a creative choice. I know that might make some women feel uncomfortable, but we need to stick together instead of getting angry at each other for our choices. I think women are sensual, beautiful beings, and I feel empowered when I express myself sexually.

  Christina Aguilera

  Beautiful, Thinking, Choices

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• If you can say something to people that's maybe a little bit insulting, but they're kind of giggling as they are hearing it, if you say something to their face without them getting mad at you, I think that's the right balance. You don't want to make it uncomfortable, especially for the viewer or the people around either. Sometimes that happens. You're watching and you're like, 'Uh, this is awkward. I don't want to look!' But, if everybody's enjoying it, I think that works.

  Mark Critch

  Thinking, People, Mad

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• We are a people that let the small things just go by because it's a little uncomfortable and nobody wants to ruffle a feather. If you're quiet and you're watching it, you're just as much at fault as the person there. You're watching a victim be berated and you're standing by, knowing that feeling in your gut that it's wrong. Now you have a tool in order to change that.

  Don Iveson

  People, Feelings, Quiet

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• I would want people to know that they don't have to hate their body and don't have to be afraid of it, but that it's also okay to feel uncomfortable with it at times. The body positivity conversation often gets sort of oversimplified and flattened into, "Yay! Everyone has to love everything about their body all the time!" And that's not realistic, that's not how bodies work, that's not how emotions work. It's fine to have these kinds of confusing and conflicting feelings.

  Lindy West

  Hate, Positivity, People

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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