Unfortunate Things Quotes

• An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Giving Up, World, Habit

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• The unfortunate thing about money is that it always raises suspicion even amongst brothers.

  Babatunde Fashola

  Brother, Suspicion, Raises

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• Consequently, pictures are aimed at certain audiences, whether it be a teen comedy or an action movie or whatever. It's unfortunate, because while it may lead to big opening grosses, a lot of pictures that are a little different and don't fit so neatly into either a niche market or a high-concept marketing approach can get lost in the shuffle. That's one unfortunate thing.

  Curtis Hanson

  Marketing, Different, May

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The unfortunate thing is, for the contents of the building I could not get any insurance anywhere in Canada.

  Ernst Zundel

  Canada, Building, Unfortunate

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• the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.

  Phyllis Bottome

  Rewards, Appetite, Sophistication

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• I had a ludicrous childhood, but I feel that I was able to profit from a lot of the idiotic and unfortunate things that happened to me by turning them into fiction.

  Heather O'Neill

  Childhood, Fiction, Able

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• It is an unfortunate thing for the Christian to be melancholy. If there is any man in the world that has a right to have a bright, clear face and a flashing eye, it is the man whose sins are forgiven him, who is saved with God's salvation.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Eye, Men

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• One of the unfortunate things about creative writing courses is that they make people impatient. People feel that they have prepared themselves and that they must now do it. In fact there are positive incentives for doing so - universities are offering degrees for writing novels.

  Robert Dessaix

  Writing, Offering, People

  Source: www.compulsivereader.com

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• There's really educated women out there who are feminists and they have read up on their stuff. They can talk to me right now, and school me on some things I've never known, and that's amazing, you are a scholar, you are wise, you are educated. But the unfortunate thing is also the reality, and the fact is, millions of people might not even know who these educated feminists are - hundreds will, thousands maybe.

  Lizzo

  Wise, School, Reality

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The unfortunate thing, and the tragedy of this show [Revenge], is in exploring the theme of revenge. Absolutely everyone can find peace, at some point or another, but the interesting thing is how you find it, the collateral damage along the way and all the trauma that she indirectly causes all these other people in her circle.

  Emily VanCamp

  Revenge, Circles, People

  Source: collider.com

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• Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am responsible for. I am responsible for being the son of two people who got murdered. I didn't cause their murder. But if I'm suffering because of it, it's my karma that I have manifested in this lifetime in this particular set of circumstances.

  Patrick Duffy

  Karma, Son, Two

  "Goodbye Texas, hello Woking!" by William Leith, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2006.

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• The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things.

  G. Gordon Liddy

  Uncles, Peculiar, Attics

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• Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of Assassins by means of drugs, beautiful women, lush gardens, and religious promises. The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Beautiful, Religious, Giving Up

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• I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of momentum. And I don't mean this in a derogatory way. I'm always wanting it to pick up momentum, and I'm wondering if that's even possible.

  Guy Pearce

  Mean, Thinking, Momentum

  "Q+A: Guy Pearce, Man with a Gun". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. May 21, 2012.

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• The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Trying, Limits, Becoming

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• One of the most unfortunate things I see when identifying youth players is the girl who is told over the years how great she is. By the time she's a high school freshman, she starts to believe it. By her senior year, she's fizzled out. Then there's her counterpart: the girl waiting in the wings who quietly and with determination decides she's going to make something of herself. Invariably, this humble, hardworking girl is the one who becomes the real player.

  Anson Dorrance

  Girl, Senior, Sports

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• Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up to regret publicly that such hindrances to the progress of science should exist. I cannot help thinking it a most unfortunate thing that men who as experimentalists & philosophers are the most fitted to advance the general cause of science & knowledge should by promulgation of their own theoretical views under the form of nomenclature, notation, or scale, actually retard its progress.

  Michael Faraday

  Regret, Science, Men

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• That's the unfortunate thing about death. It's so terribly final.

  Marie Dressler

  Finals, Unfortunate

  "Fictional character: Carlotta Vance". "Dinner at Eight", www.imdb.com. 1933.

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• One of the unfortunate things about our education system is that we do not teach students how to avail themselves of their subconscious capabilities.

  Bill Lear

  Motivational, Learning, Students

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• People who don't have a concept of the whole can do very unfortunate things.

  Joseph Campbell

  People, Whole, Can Do

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• The unfortunate thing is that I live next door to the pub they all drink in. So if I leave my light on and they know I'm in, they all descend on me. I know it's nice, but it's a bit of a bummer if you're trying to watch EastEnders.

  Sean Pertwee

  Nice, Light, Doors

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• The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.

  David Eddings

  Christmas, Years, Boss

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