Disappointing Quotes - Page 9

• More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Shadow, Would Be, Stories

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• People said, ‘You must be mad, or on drugs,’ which I found a bit disappointing. What about imagination? It reflects our time that people sooner assume you’re on drugs or mad, rather than free.

  Noel Fielding

  People, Mad, Imagination

  "Noel Fielding: 'Oh God, I've got a Peter Pan complex, haven't I?'". Interview With Rhik Samadder, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2014.

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• There is a big difference between a disappointing friend and a deadly enemy. Of course the Democrats are disappointing. That's what makes them Democrats. If they were any more frustrating they'd be your relatives. But in this country they are all that stands between you and darkest night. You know why their symbol is the letter 'D'? Because it's a grade that means good enough, but just barely. You know why the Republican symbol is 'R'? Because it's the noise a pirate makes when he robs you and feeds you to a shark.

  Bill Maher

  Country, Mean, Night

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• The court has had to take a hard look at our resources and make difficult decisions balancing competing demands for resources. While our current allocation of resources to the Twin Peaks Court may not be ideal, it is an appropriate allocation when all factors are considered. While I realize this will be disappointing news to you, I can assure you the matter was given serious thought before a decision was made.

  Larry Allen

  Decision, Serious, Looks

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• But, o, photography! as no art is,Faithful and disappointing! That recordsDull days as dull, and hold-it smiles as frauds,And will not censor blemishes,Like washing-lines, and Hall's-Distemper boards

  Philip Larkin

  Photography, Art, Faithful

  Philip Larkin (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.34, Faber & Faber

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• Did we miss out on a lot of targets? No. Was it disappointing? No.

  David Moyes

  Football, League, Missing

  "David Moyes defends brinkmanship but admits Leighton Baines deal is dead" by Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. September 13, 2013.

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• Invest in the "process" rather than the product. Process living neutralizes the depleting and impoverishing effects of chronically living in anticipation. Even when impossible goals occasionally are reached, satisfactions derived from them are invariably disappointing unless the process has given ample satisfaction along the way.

  Theodore Isaac Rubin

  Goal, Perspective, Way

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• Everything Brecht wrote—plays, dialogues, and poetry—was his attempt to clarify the inner contradictions not only of the capitalism and fascism of his times, but also of the communism that was always disappointing his deepest hopes. In a book that makes Brecht’s struggle to reveal these hidden contradictions its central theme, Glahn issues, by implication, a call to arms to today’s artists—who are faced with a world that seems to defy attempts to treat the global crisis with an art that is rarely more than notes on ‘local’ angst.

  Richard Foreman

  Art, Struggle, Book

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• There are estimated to be fewer that 50 prodigious savants worldwide. If we were brought together, it would be disappointing in the sense of us having different abilities. One thing that would make me feel united with them would be the sense of us having grown up in isolation.

  Daniel Tammet

  Together, Different, Would Be

  "This much I know" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2009.

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• By the end of your incredibly arduous, disappointing, stressful journey, you will be your true self, in a place where you belong, with friends who truly understand you and bring all sorts of opportunities your way.

  Martha Beck

  Friends, Opportunity, Journey

  Martha Beck (2008). “Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live”, p.338, Harmony

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• That's actually one of the most disappointing things about doing user interviews and user feedback, which is why I think... people don't do it. You're going to get negative news about your favorite pet feature most of the time.

  Emmett Shear

  Thinking, People, Pet

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• It's so disappointing, to put it mildly, that people know so much about my life. Because it means that they're always trying to look at my books in terms of my life.

  Salman Rushdie

  Book, Mean, Always Trying

  "'I have the hatred in a trunk in storage'". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. August 29, 2005.

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• I feared disappointing my father more than anything in the world.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Father, World

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• Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had.

  Joyce Meyer

  Long, Sometimes, Habit

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• Google 'broccoli casserole' and make the first recipe you find. I guarantee it will be disappointing.

  Christopher Kimball

  Google, Guarantees, Recipes

  "Who Killed Gourmet Magazine?" by Craig "Meathead” Goldwyn, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 16, 2009.

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• I think we all understand disappointing yourself. Especially in the acting profession, which is probably similar to a political career, even the most stable, head-on-straight person is still going to be confronted with doing something that they shouldn't, that could affect their job or cause them not to be at their best - even if it's something as simple as taking a red eye for an audition at 6 a.m. the next morning and you know you'll be dragging.

  Corey Stoll

  Morning, Jobs, Eye

  Source: deadline.com

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• To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing.

  Epictetus

  Desire

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• The theater is so disappointing, really, that it's hard to go again and again. It's just too heartbreaking. I'd rather watch football or play a game or read.

  John Malkovich

  Football, Games, Play

  "New Again: John Malkovich". Interview with Becky Johnston, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 10, 2015.

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• Tom has a theory that homosexuals and single women in their thirties have natural bonding: both being accustomed to disappointing their parents and being treated as freaks by society.

  Helen Fielding

  Parent, Freak, Single Women

  Helen Fielding (2013). “The Bridget Jones Omnibus: The Singleton Years: Bridget Jones's Diary & The Edge of Reason”, p.22, Pan Macmillan

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• It's disappointing to know that someone can see right through you.

  Jodi Picoult

  Knows

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.361, Simon and Schuster

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• It was crushingly disappointing as a fan of The Simpsons to discover that it's just you in a room speaking into a microphone. I thought I was going to become friends with Homer Simpson, but unfortunately none of them are real.

  Russell Brand

  Real, Fans, Rooms

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• As a consumer, if I heard someone who said, "I've written this song," and then I found out it wasn't by them, it's a bit disappointing. A lot of the guys that do that are really talented and they've made some incredible music, but they get addicted to having success and feel too much pressure, so they get other people to make sure that their next song makes money.

  Howard Lawrence

  Song, People, Guy

  "Brothers Gonna Work It Out: Disclosure Break Down Every Song on Their New LP". Interview with Matthew Schnipper, pitchfork.com. September 1, 2015.

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• I have nice ears. I have no lobes, which was disappointing for a while, but I've gotten over it and learned to love them. Being lobeless isn't the end of the world

  Natalie Portman

  Nice, Ears, World

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• I'm tired of making people sad and I'm tired of disappointing them and I'm tired of seeing them break. I have seen this too many times. He will be the last.

  James Frey

  Tired, People, Lasts

  James Frey (2004). “A Million Little Pieces”, p.135, Anchor

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• A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded.

  Marcus Buckingham

  Happiness, Happy, Disappointment

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