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That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realized how good Brahms is, and how bad you are. Elliott Carter | top
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For there is a price ticket on everything that puts a whizz into life, and adventure follows the rule. It's distressing, but there you are. Leslie Charteris | top
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Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist. Morris Raphael Cohen | top
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Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist. Morris Raphael Cohen | top
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It is distressing to me that we live in an age in which we still must fight to protect our civil rights as Americans, in which a hate crime perpetrated against someone based their sexual orientation can go unpunished, and in which discrimination is being written into our laws. John Conyers | top
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The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder. Geoffrey Fisher | top
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What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult. Sigmund Freud | top
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There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work. William Gaddis | top
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I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind. Daniel Goleman | top
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If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far. Daniel Goleman | top
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When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions is what makes life rich. You need your passions. Daniel Goleman | top
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In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out. Paul von Hindenburg | top
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The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right. Aldous Huxley | top
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The day on which I received confirmation was a distressing one to me. Maria Monk | top
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The writer's shortness of breath became more and more distressing as he rose. Hudson Stuck | top
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It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations. Mac Thornberry | top
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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. Barbara Tuchman | top
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I think experience has shown that privateers have done more toward distressing the trade of our enemies, and furnishing these States with necessaries, than Continental Ships of the same force. William Whipple | top
