Upset Quotes - Page 31

• There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  People, Political, President

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• All discussion, all debate, all dissidence tends to question and in consequence, to upset existing convictions; that is precisely its purpose and its justification.

  Learned Hand

  Atheism, Purpose, Debate

  Learned Hand (1955). “A fanfare for Prometheus”

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• If you lead a sloppy life, if you indulge in your emotions, if you're always upset, freaked out, stressful, and not happy, you are wasting power and your power level will get very low.

  Frederick Lenz

  Indulge In, Levels, Losing

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• Congratulations to Mexico. They upset Brazil to win a gold medal in men's soccer. And after the Olympics ended, the Mexican soccer team, of course, returned home to their houses here in Los Angeles.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Soccer, Team

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• I'm upset at myself. I should have had 50. I missed 13 free throws. That's unacceptable. If I want to be accepted by Wilt and Kareem and Russell I've got to start playing better than that. Right now I'm still in the class of Hakeem and David Robinson and that's not good enough for me. I want to be out there with the immortals.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Should Have, Class

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• I take it personal when people don't double me. It's against my religion not to double me. It upsets me. It makes me think they're saying to themselves I don't have it anymore.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Thinking, People

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• I was really upset. I felt like they tried to limit me, whoever 'they' may be. So I just said to myself third quarter I'm going to come out and do what I do.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Nba, May, Limits

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• What I'm always afraid of is going "off-book,I always get upset when the director leaves the classic comic that was so very popular. I argued, and I won't say with who about what, but when we go way away from the original source material... that material is popular for a reason and I like to stick with it.

  Lauren Shuler Donner

  Book, Way, Sticks

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• I'm not going to let fear rule my life. I'd rather be able to know that I've made a choice that's right for me, than saying yes because I don't want my agents to be upset with me.

  Heather Matarazzo

  Choices, Agents, Want

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• I'm fascinated by the new iPhone. I bought it and kept trying to use it in France. "Siri, what is a good restaurant?" (In a robotic voice.) "I'm sorry, Robin. I can't give locations in France." "Why, Siri?" "I don't know." It's like she was upset with the French or something. "They seem to have an attitude I can't understand. Should I look for Germans, Robin?"

  Robin Williams

  Sorry, Attitude, Iphone

  Source: www.today.com

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• Take your job seriously, BUT don't take their complaints personally. If you take it personally you'll get upset and lose your edge. If you take it too personally, you'll lose your edge and your job. If you take it seriously -- it's you with them. If you take it personally, it's you against them. What steps can you take to ensure keeping your cool?

  Jeffrey Gitomer

  Jobs, Steps, You Again

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• We aren't upset when Paramount makes a $200 million movie that flops, but if a charity experiments with a $5 million fundraising event that fails, we call in the attorneys. So charities are petrified of trying bold new revenue-generating endeavors and can't develop the powerful learning curves the for-profit sector can.

  Dan Pallotta

  Powerful, Curves, Fundraising

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• Many persons sigh for death when it seems far off, but the inclination vanishes when the boat upsets, or the locomotive runs off the track, or the measles set it.

  Thomas Wentworth Higginson

  Death, Running, Track

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• A miracle is when we respond with compassion where a moment ago we may have believed there was something to be upset, blaming, or angry about.

  Lee L Jampolsky

  Compassion, Miracle, May

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• Though few would admit it, most of the time, when people are upset they don't actually want to feel differently, they want agreement and ways to make a situation, condition, or person change.

  Lee L Jampolsky

  Agreement, People, Want

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• Most likely, when you are upset for any reason, it is rare that you will want to quickly see the real cause of your upset or the solution, but with practice you can begin to ask yourself honestly, is it the person/situation or is it my unforgiving thoughts about this person and the past that are upsetting me?

  Lee L Jampolsky

  Real, Past, Practice

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• I couldn't stop to be upset or depressed about anything when I was at Tiger Stadium with Billy Crystal shooting for three weeks. I was going to enjoy every second - even though apparently I didn't.

  Peter Jacobson

  Three, Shooting, Crystals

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Prioritizing listening to their child or adolescent is extremely important. It can be very hard to listen to someone who is upset or troubled without offering advice or suggestions or otherwise telling him or her what to do.

  Timothy Carey

  Children, Offering, Advice

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• Music should always be polarizing. What one person likes, somebody else hates. And I hate that kind of snobbery in pop music. The fact that so many people are getting upset over this one song is hysterical. And if people like it, that's great.

  Simon Cowell

  Song, Hate, People

  "Simon Cowell Thinks Rebecca Black Has The X Factor!". Interview with Cosmo Girl, www.seventeen.com. April 11, 2011.

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• I said to my parents that I don't even know if there should be an Israel. And they were just so upset and hurt.

  Jill Soloway

  Hurt, Israel, Parent

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Swallowing your pride isn't lethal. It might upset your stomach for a few minutes, but the ultimate result may be the life of your dreams. And that's a result that's worth every rejection you encounter.

  Georgette Mosbacher

  Dream, Pride, Rejection

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• I always have red nail polish on my nails, so if they ever discontinue the red polish I wear from OPI, I'd be really upset.

  Emma Roberts

  Nails, Red, Polish

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• I can cook, but I also want everything to look beautiful on the plate - then I get upset when people eat it. Everyone just tears through it, and that makes me sad. It's not a rewarding experience for me to cook.

  Megan Fox

  Beautiful, People, Tears

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• When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren't expressing their true feelings. When adults are too complicated, and cover their emotions with layers of well-intentioned subterfuge, the child isn't seeing reality clearly enough and gets upset.

  Wallace Shawn

  Children, Reality, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes, reading my own media, the negativity can upset me, but I just deal with things on a positive basis. I mean, I have up to 20,000 people singing my words back to me on a nightly basis - they share my hopes and fears, and they relate to my own life experiences. Life can be pretty isolating, but that connection is always amazing.

  James Blunt

  Reading, Mean, Media

  "My body and soul". www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2008.

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