Frustrating Quotes - Page 8

• In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing, while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized.

  Rick Perry

  Responsibility, Government, Sight

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• People sometimes think of 'queen' as a title that's shrouded with protocol and formality, and for that reason sometimes people are not easily saying what they want to say. They're reluctant to express their opinions, and I kind of find that frustrating because I want to know what people really, really think.

  Queen Rania of Jordan

  Queens, Thinking, People

  "Queen Rania discusses her new book "The Sandwich Swap" with Oprah". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.queenrania.jo. April 23, 2010.

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• One of the most frustrating words in the human language, as far as I could tell, was love. So much meaning attached to this one little word. People bandied it about freely, using it to describe their attachments to possessions, pets, vacation destinations, and favorite foods. In the same breath they then applied this word to the person they considered most important in their lives. Wasn’t that insulting? Shouldn’t there be some other term to describe deeper emotion?

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Vacation, Attachment, People

  Alexandra Adornetto (2010). “Halo”, p.12, Macmillan

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• Para mí, emplear todo el tiempo y la energía y afrontar todos esos retos creativos que se emplearían para una película de dos horas, es inventar un mundo, inventar personajes. Si son lo bastante interesantes, deberían ser lo bastante convincentes como para seguir cinco episodios más. ¿Sería increíblemente frustrante hacer sólo una película?

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Carácter, Dos, Interesante

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• Rara vez ocurre que un hombre cambie su vida mediante su razonamiento habitual. Por muy plenamente que perciba los nuevos planes y objetivos que le revela la razón, sigue avanzando por los viejos caminos hasta que su vida se vuelve frustrante e insoportable; finalmente, sólo hace el cambio cuando su vida habitual ya no puede tolerarse.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Change, Men, Usual

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• We had enough years in front of us to be serious and grown-up and respectable. Why rush it? But on the other hand we always complained when teachers and other adults treated us as kids. In fact there was nothing that annoyed me more. So it was a frustrating situation. What we needed was a two-sided badge that said 'Mature' on one side and 'Childish' on the other. Then at any moment we could turn it to whatever side we felt like being and the adults could treat us accordingly.

  John Marsden

  Teacher, Kids, Hands

  John Marsden (1999). “Darkness Be My Friend”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for.

  Salman Rushdie

  People, Looks, Trouble

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• It can be frustrating and even frightening to observe the success which sometimes comes to outlaws and rogues who seem to refute notions of universal justice. Every time we see a villain enjoying the fruits of dishonorable acts we find ourselves doubting the value of character and the validity of the virtues we have been taught. Thus, it takes character to believe in character, but that belief is always rewarded, often by material success, but always by the esteem it earns from those who matter.

  Michael Josephson

  Believe, Character, Justice

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• If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points recede just when you think you are mastering them - it is nonetheless perpetually fascinating, frequently surprising, occasionally rewarding, and it comes already assembled. [...] Alas! the brain is a toy that plays games of its own. Its very most favorite game is the one-thing-leads-to-another game.

  Tom Robbins

  Philosophy, Educational, Thinking

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• Esto de la política exterior es un poco frustrante.

  George W. Bush

  Estúpidos, Tontos, Pequeños

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• ¿Cómo se gana la inocencia? - Aprendiendo de la frustración, profundizando en las frustraciones y dándose cuenta de que cada frustración es el resultado de un determinado sueño. Si no quieres frustraciones, deja de soñar. La vida no es frustrante, soñar es frustrante.

  Rajneesh

  Dream, Frustration, Doe

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• It was a very strange, disappointing race in that no one wanted to take it out. That's why I took the lead. I wanted some people to run the real distance and that was frustrating. So I took the pace around the second lap, which in some ways is suicidal...but I wanted the pace to be honest.

  Marla Runyan

  Running, Real, Distance

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• Dios sólo ha tenido que trabajar con personas imperfectas. Eso debe ser terriblemente frustrante para él, pero lidia con ello. Nosotros también deberíamos.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Spiritual, People, Imperfect

  “Lord, I Believe” By Jeffrey R. Holland, www.lds.org. April 2013.

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• Don't be angry at life. It is not life that is frustrating you, it is you who are not listening to life.

  Rajneesh

  Life, Listening, Angry

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• When I had dyslexia, they didn't diagnose it as that. It was frustrating and embarrassing. I could tell you a lot of horror stories about what you feel like on the inside.

  Nolan Ryan

  Horror Stories, Embarrassing, Dyslexia

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• It's frustrating when you want to play but can't. I didn't touch a racket for three weeks and when I started playing again last week, I still felt some pain in my wrist.

  Marat Safin

  Pain, Play, Three

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• What really helps me is being able to record my albums at home - I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating.

  John Frusciante

  Fun, Home, Albums

  "John Frusciante: Dear Guitar Hero". Interview with Joe Bosso, www.guitarworld.com. May 11, 2009.

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• I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years.

  Steve Blake

  Years, Nba, Two

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• I tried to make meat loaf out of the girl but it becomes too frustrating a task and instead I spend the afternoon smearing her meat all over the walls, chewing on strips of skin I ripped from her body

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Girl, Wall, Skins

  Bret Easton Ellis (2014). “American Psycho: Picador Classic”, p.276, Pan Macmillan

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• Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler." Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact, I'm far more than just a 'mild' annoyance--people tell me I can be downright frustrating. Might as well use this talent for the cause of good, eh?

  Brandon Sanderson

  Best Effort, People, Use

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• Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda.

  Andrew Cuomo

  Political, Confusing, Agendas

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• During a frustrating argument with a Roman Catholic cardinal, Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly burst out: “Your eminence, are you not aware that I have the power to destroy the Catholic Church?” The cardinal, the anecdote goes, responded ruefully: “Your majesty, we, the Catholic clergy, have done our best to destroy the church for the last 1,800 years. We have not succeeded, and neither will you.”

  Ross Douthat

  Years, Catholic, Church

  "A Time for Contrition". www.nytimes.com. March 28, 2010.

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• I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person.

  Tim Burton

  Sports, Persons, Bits

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• He estado en casi todos los países del mundo, y lo más frustrante para mí ha sido que mi agenda siempre ha estado tan apretada que hay muy poco tiempo antes y después de las actuaciones para explorar el lugar que estoy visitando.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Country, Schedules, World

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• A revolution without a prior reformation would collapse or become a totalitarian tyranny. A reformation means that masses of our people have reached the point of disillusionment with past ways and values. They don't know what will work but they do know that the prevailing system is self-defeating, frustrating, and hopeless. They won't act for change but won't strongly oppose those who do. The time is then ripe for revolution

  Saul Alinsky

  Medio, Pasado, Yo

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