Discomfort begets discomfort in others.
Lionel Shriver
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He wasn't mad, he was sad.
LIONEL SHRIVER Romantic retrospect aside, the night spent in the truck is distinctly unpleasant. We are cramped and...
VIKRAM SETH They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are eas...
LIONEL SHRIVER Discomfort awakens the consciousness.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were un...
SETH GODIN I'm uncomfortable with verbs; they expect too much.
CAITRIONA LALLY Healing is an uncomfortable and lonesome process. It’s why we pick our scabs, it’s why we drunk ...
DONTE COLLINS Life demands discomfort and pain.
SUNDAY ADELAJA People need to rediscover the ability to find comfort amidst discomfort. It is only while enduring d...
HANNO LANGENHOVEN He has had this general discomfort and that is why we are at the hospital to determine what is causi...
EMMANUEL MWAMBA Life demands something else, discomfort and pain.
SUNDAY ADELAJA Unless I really feel discomfort, I pitch,
PEDRO MART Discomfort it temporary. A photo is forever.
KIPLING SWEHLA Let your discomfort lead you into inventions
SUNDAY ADELAJA I have a high tolerance for discomfort.
ANDREA CORR Discomfort is the harbinger of your growth.
SRAVANI SAHA NAKHRO The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.
GLORIA STEINEM All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity.
BRYANT H. MCGILL Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort.
PETER MCWILLIAMS Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.
MORGAN FREEMAN Discomfort is often a door opening to growth.
S.P. SIPAL All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity.
BRYANT MCGILL He described the experience as being 'a little bit less fun, perhaps, than chain-smoking for ninety ...
ADAM LEVIN I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And...
CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE When people confide their deep hurt to you these days, you are at a loss for what to say. A long tim...
ADDIE ZIERMAN Discomfort is very much part of my master plan.
JONATHAN LETHEM Motivation begins with discomfort- with needs that are unfulfilled.
SUSAN MAUSHART I pick up on other people's discomfort.
CARICE VAN HOUTEN It's probably something we're going to have to monitor all year. He's going to have discomfort. But ...
OMAR MINAYA Maintaining a comfort zone can, paradoxically, lead to discomfort in the long
run.
ERIC ALLENBAUGH Remaining in your comfort zone will produce more discomfort than you can imagine.
RODNEY LOVELL You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same roo...
HANNAH KENT Let your discomfort and pain push you into something new.
SUNDAY ADELAJA We're just trying to manage the discomfort that he's having.
HERM SCHNEIDER Without hurting anybody, we all tend to laugh at others' discomfort. When someone slips on a ban...
SHAH RUKH KHAN So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Be comfortable, but don't be the cause of someone else's discomfort.
DIAN HUFF KISER It's nothing to worry about, it's not even pain, just discomfort.
CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA I can tolerate without discomfort being waited on hand and foot.
OSBERT LANCASTER I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience ...
JOAQUIN PHOENIX There wasn't any discomfort. I think I'm getting close to getting back.
BEN SHEETS I occasionally experience the discomfort of people assuming my work is autobiographical.
JONATHAN TROPPER a weird combination of isolation and connection and disconnection; discomfort and awkwardness.
ROBIN WILLIAMS Discomfort guides my tongue
And bids me speak of nothing but despair.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Think of joy! Think of realities! Realities bring real joy and inner peace even in discomfort!
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We knew right away from his exam and where his discomfort was that it wasn't his shoulder. The MRI w...
WILLIAM RAASCH She'd slept terribly the night before. The room, the bed, were both comfortable enough, but she'd be...
KATE MORTON Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
JOHN F. KENNEDY Only being positive to situation will help to handle the situation of discomfort.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.
WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN We will do that to help alleviate the discomfort because of the terrible delays.
CLIFF BLACK Courage may cause short lived discomfort but it opens gate for long term peace.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA It went well. I felt great -- no pain, no tightness, no discomfort whatsoever. As far as pitching is...
BRANDON BACKE A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort and remembered with...
RONALD REAGAN Discomfort: the valley between the body and the soul. Comfort: the bridge between the body and the s...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Judgment of others are mostly to avoid uncomfortable feelings and is an ego strategy, discomfort can...
MOWGLI When someone else's safety and acceptance in society is on the line, your personal discomfort comes ...
COURTNEY MILAN At first, it was just discomfort. Then as a few minutes passed, it became more than discomfort. It b...
STEVEN SCHROEDER This is how we reveal ourselves: these tiny flashes of discomfort, the reactions we can’t hide.
CHRISTINA LAUREN A diamond does not complain about the discomfort of being polished; for in the end it knows it will ...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO It was a cold morning, and he shivered a little; but he had been taught by his uncle that his prayer...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Katsa kicked off her shoes, hitched up her skirt, and climbed into the fountain, sighing as the cold...
KRISTIN CASHORE The sudden silence is horrifying, and it seems to catch my mother off guard. A tiny whimper escapes ...
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX He certainly was in discomfort and he ... was certainly in fear of choking. It all happened, gosh, i...
BOB BECCIA I like playing with that space between laughter and discomfort where your discomfort can also make y...
HARI KONDABOLU Pain or discomfort caused by upper limb disorders can lead to more sick days and low motivation.
JACQUI SMITH EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a ...
AMBROSE BIERCE It is better to experience moment of discomfort in the achievement of your dreams than to be comfort...
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA After every single take, I laugh. It's my own awkwardness and discomfort about being an actor.
SETH ROGEN Habits are familiar and comfortable, putting our reactions on autopilot and often leading us, instea...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN Goals are achieved through discomfort and hard work. They aren’t achieved when you hide out in a p...
COLLEEN HOOVER I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy...
STEVE COOGAN Do not to let your feelings (very natural and usual ones) of momentary irritation and discomfort be ...
QUEEN VICTORIA It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to wo...
KATE MULGREW I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with...
YANN MARTEL It is very difficult to convince a person to come out of his conservative shell, unless he feels dis...
TARIF NAAZ Silence is golden but if silence is wrapped under guilt it will be culminate into dissatisfaction,fe...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Happiness isn't something she spends much time thinking about. Survival, discomfort, hunger...these ...
DAVID MAINE One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such exp...
E. M. FORSTER You must be uncomfortable when those around you are unhappy; when you ease their discomfort, you are...
ATHARVA VEDA There is an aura of tension and discomfort about him, as though he would rather be listening — mor...
WASHINGTON POST It is very difficult to convince a person to come out of his conversative shell, unless he doesn't f...
TARIF NAAZ We put him in the nets to do some straight-line hitting but he was aware of some discomfort, so I'll...
ERROL ALCOTT You never like to see a guy bothered by any discomfort, but on the other hand, we recognize that whe...
BILL STONEMAN If you're never able to tolerate a little bit of pain and discomfort, you'll never get bette...
ANGELA DUCKWORTH We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're ...
LZ GRANDERSON You fearful little creatures might be able to avoid the discomfort of being truthful, but you’ll n...
BOBBY W. MILLER Our values and behaviors are incongruent, and this incongruence causes us a certain degree of moral ...
MELANIE JOY From my experience with God, and what I read from his Holy Book. I sometimes think that he is more i...
SUNDAY ADELAJA When a person feels powerless in regard to controlling his life, he can defend against the discomfor...
A. NICHOLAS GROTH The horror of wedlock, the most appalling, the most loathsome of all the bonds humankind has devised...
MARQUIS DE SADE Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the av...
PATRICK LENCIONI If we don't control access, we could have an unpleasant situation in the waiting area. Everybody wou...
BRIAN DOLAN I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while...
LISA BONET I'm very comfortable with uncomfortable situations, and I think that can seem odd to people, tha...
STEPHEN COLBERT Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity a...
TARIQ RAMADAN If it gives me a lot of discomfort, a lot of pain for everyday activities -- whether it's sleeping, ...
CHRIS BURKE There's still a little discomfort, but it's football. You're not going to go into every game feeling...
CARNELL WILLIAMS In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretche...
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or when ultraviolet
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Though
they crawled on her
clothes
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LIONEL MESSI Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
LIONEL HAMPTON Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift.
LIONEL MESSI Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm...
LIONEL MESSI The post-war American newsroom resembled a vast factory churning out multiple editions through the n...
LIONEL BARBER Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond...
LIONEL HAMPTON I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it...
LIONEL RICHIE Our U.S. audience is composed of globally-minded Americans, an elite category, the ones who do have ...
LIONEL BARBER I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies.
LIONEL JOSPIN It's not so easy for us when we play teams who have a different mindset, like Chelsea or Inter M...
LIONEL MESSI You cannot beat the feeling of sitting on top of the charts. I had almost forgotten what it feels li...
LIONEL RICHIE I had the pleasure of seeing a real goddess today. She was her own definition of beauty. She was mag...
LIONEL SUGGS My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of t...
LIONEL BLUE A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture ...
LIONEL TRILLING There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way ...
LIONEL MESSI I repeat what I always say: I want the best for Argentina in every way. I never try to make trouble ...
LIONEL MESSI I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to ...
LIONEL MESSI My guess is the great majority of teachers would welcome a system where innovation is embraced, wher...
LIONEL SOSA Be proud of your Latino culture and do the best work you can do, and you will always succeed.
LIONEL SOSA The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.
LIONEL TRILLING I want to concentrate on winning things with Barcelona and Argentina. Then if people want to say nic...
LIONEL MESSI The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. Li...
LIONEL MESSI I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Arg...
LIONEL MESSI It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reitera...
LIONEL TRILLING