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There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a bloated military. Fear… — Chris Hedges
The modern mind dislikes gold because it blurts out unpleasant truths. — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Today a racist is synonymous with race hatred. Hating someone is a pretty unpleasant thing and few people are capable of hating others. Long-term hatred… — Steve Blake
I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me. — Sam Raimi
The Jews could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered they lack any of the qualities… — H. L. Mencken
We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and… — Sarah Bernhardt
I believe that the mindset that allows you to spend your working life thanking and congratulating people rather than being unpleasant to them is the… — Tim Waterstone
Waking up is unpleasant, you know. You are nice and comfortable in bed. It is irritating to be woken up. That's the reason the wise… — Anthony de Mello
I sometimes think I should like to give up business entirely. The care and worriment attending large business interests are very great, but besides that… — Jay Gould
Everything we experience-no matter how unpleasant-comes into our lives to teach us something. — Iyanla Vanzant
Thinking is difficult and sometimes unpleasant. — Dan Ariely
Much of American wealth is an illusion which is being secretly gnawed away and much of it will be completely wiped out in the near… — Howard Ruff
To act honestly- even at the risk of saying the unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others- if done with intelligence… — Piero Ferrucci
Any attempt to capture the direct experience of the nature of mind in words is impossible. The best that can be said is that it… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Life isn't supposed to be an all or nothing battle between misery and bliss. Life isn't supposed to be a battle at all. And when… — Barbara Sher
One's self-satisfaction is an untaxed kind of property which it is very unpleasant to find deprecated. — George Eliot
I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact, it is much less fatiguing… — William John Wills
We are presented with an unpleasant choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling,… — Alain de Botton
The mind spends most of the time lost in fantasies and illusions, reliving pleasant or unpleasant experiences and anticipating the future with eagerness or fear.… — S. N. Goenka
The most efficient action, the most significant testimony to nonviolence, is living a life in which there is no violence-showing that such a life is… — Lanza del Vasto
Every serious-minded person knows that a large part of the effort required in moral discipline consists in the courage needed to acknowledge the unpleasant consequences… — John Dewey
I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience. — Robert Quine
Many things happen in life. There are joyous days and times of suffering. Sometimes unpleasant things occur. But that's what makes life so interesting. The… — Daisaku Ikeda
I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his… — Magnus Carlsen

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