Uncomfortable Quotes - Page 9

• .. becoming attached to a country involves pressing, uncomfortable questions about justice and opportunity for its least powerful citizens.

  Katherine Boo

  Country, Powerful, Opportunity

  Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity”, p.249, Random House

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• He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper and swearing (mostly to himself).

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Heart, Grumbling, Way

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “Tales from the Perilous Realm”, p.285, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Krystal’s slow passage up the school had resembled the passage of a goat through the body of a boa constrictor, being highly visible and uncomfortable for both parties concerned.

  J. K. Rowling

  Witty, Party, School

  J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.45, Hachette UK

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• Vulnerability, like he had the power to hurt her or pleasure her in a way no other man could. For the first time, he was uncomfortable with the idea of having complete power over her

  Maya Banks

  Hurt, Men, Ideas

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• Jared had his back to the wall, which Kami thought was a reflex when he was uncomfortable. She wanted to shield him. “He was doing some—Zen jogging,” she claimed. Jared flicked her an incredulous glance. “Yes,” he said slowly. “Zen jogging. I wasn’t wearing that many clothes because—that’s part of the process. You’re meant to commune with the elements. Normally, I wouldn’t have worn my jeans, but I put them on because I know the English are a modest people.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Wall, Jeans, Clothes

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2012). “Unspoken”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• It's hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don't want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.

  Danielle Steel

  Moving, Different, Want

  Danielle Steel (2010). “Legacy”, p.303, Random House

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• He was uncomfortable with the idea that use might not like him.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Ideas, Use, Might

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• Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings add to the growing evidence that good mood, intuition, creativity, gullibility, and increased reliance on System 1 form a cluster. At the other pole, sadness, vigilance, suspicion, an analytic approach, and increased effort also go together. A happy mood loosens the control of System 2 over performance: when in a good mood, people become more intuitive and more creative but also less vigilant and more prone to logical errors.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Sadness, Creativity, Errors

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.69, Macmillan

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• We are plain quiet folk, and I have no use for adventures. Nasty, disturbing, and uncomfortable things.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Adventure, Use, Nasty

  "The Hobbit". 75th Anniversary Edition,

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• Or maybe you’re merely uncomfortable with uncertainty. Like the rest of the human race.

  Jerry Spinelli

  Race, Humans, Uncertainty

  Jerry Spinelli (2007). “Love, Stargirl”, p.129, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• And so that means..." "We have to rob the Henley," Simon said. Kat sank onto a truly uncomfortable sofa. "Again.

  Ally Carter

  Mean, Sofas, Said

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• It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool.

  L. Frank Baum

  Uncomfortable Feeling, Feelings, Fool

  L. Frank Baum (2016). “THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ – Complete Collection: 16 Novels in One Premium Edition (Fantasy Classics Series): The most Beloved Children’s Books about the Adventures in the Magical Land of Oz”, p.26, e-artnow

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• As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host but the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts stared at me in such an amazed way and denied so vehemently an knowledge of his movements that I slunk off in the direction of the cocktail table--the only place in the garden where a single man could linger without looking purposeless and alone.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Men, Garden, Two

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). “O Grande Gatsby: The Great Gatsby: Edição bilíngue português - inglês”, p.170, Editora Landmark LTDA

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• I get the strange urge to hit my head against the wall. Other people's sobs make me feel uncomfortable.

  Veronica Roth

  Wall, People, Strange

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• I get uncomfortable when people give me presents and watch me open them. I don't have birthday parties, because the idea of a group of people singing and looking at me while I'm blowing out candles gives me hives.

  Brit Marling

  Birthday, Party, Ideas

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• I wake up feverish, sore, uncomfortable. Is it sickness or is it heartbreak? I can't tell. The thermometer says I'm normal, but I'm clearly not.

  David Levithan

  Wake Up, Normal, Sickness

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• I Promise," Shane said. "You'd better, jerkface," Eve said. "How's the head?" "Taped. It's fine, chicks dig scars. Wait, did you just call me jerkface? Are we back in grade school?" "I love you," Eve said. He closed his moth, fast, because obviously that was not what he'd expected. "I, uh, okay, love you too. Can we stop that? It's uncomfortable." "Jerkface." "Much better.

  Rachel Caine

  Love You, School, Waiting

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• What he has in addition is pure empathy and projection,” Dr. Bloom said. “He can assume your point of view, or mine – and maybe some other points of view that scare and sicken him. It’s an uncomfortable gift, Jack. Perception’s a tool that’s pointed on both ends.

  Thomas Harris

  Views, Empathy, Perception

  Thomas Harris (2009). “Red Dragon”, p.189, Penguin

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• Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this requires public speaking or networking or other activities that make you uncomfortable, do them anyway. But accept that they're difficult, get the training you need to make them easier, and reward yourself when you're done.

  Susan Cain

  Training, Networking, Needs

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.264, Broadway Books

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• He's been out for a while," she said. "You ready to take a break?" Hopper could exist in this living form or be transformed into a small statue, which helped avoid uncomfortable questions when people came by. Only she could transform him though. "Yeah. He keeps trying to eat my paints. And I don't want him to watch me kiss you goodbye.

  Richelle Mead

  Goodbye, Kissing, People

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Fiery Heart: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.8, Penguin

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• Lure him out. Send in a 'customer' with a message from me needing to meet him. I'm not the kind of person he can ignore-well, that he used to not-never mind. Once he's out, we can get him to a place we choose." I nodded. "I can do that." "No," said Dimitri. "You can't." "Why not?" I asked, wondering if he thought it was too dangerous for me. "Because they'll know you're a dhampir the instant they see you. They'll probably smell it first. No Strigoi would have a dhampir working for him-only humans." There was an uncomfortable silence in the car. "No!" said Sydney. "I am not doing that!

  Richelle Mead

  Smell, Car, Silence

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• I got knockback after knockback at auditions. Just before ‘Mulholland Dr.’ my agent told me I was so intense I was freaking people out. She told me I was a brilliant actor but the feedback was that I made people feel uncomfortable because I was so nervous and intense. I just sat there and blubbed. My mum was staying in LA at the time and I went to her and said: ‘I just can’t do this. I’m not cut out for it.’ She just said: ‘Don’t believe a word people say about you. Forget them.’

  Naomi Watts

  Believe, Cutting, People

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• Really, Sophronia, it makes me most uncomfortable how you manage to sort everything out every time I faint.

  Gail Carriger

  Manage

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• I don't think there's any kind of preparation for sudden celebrity. I think you almost have this slight nervous breakdown when that kind of media attention happens. I mean, you're doing the same kind of thing that you do all the time, only you have to make these weird adjustments. Like, you're buying a slice of pizza and somebody's outside photographing you which is weird - that's not normal! It's very uncomfortable.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Mean, Thinking, Media

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It was scary to be in that world of politics. I felt uncomfortable to be in that discussion. The weird thing is, when Darrell Hammond or Will Ferrell or Dana Carvey did an impersonation of a president, no one assumed it was personal, but because Sarah Palin and I are both women and people think women are meaner to each other, everyone assumed it was personal.

  Tina Fey

  Thinking, People, Scary

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