“ It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life. ”
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“ My Turn is the distilled bathwater of Mrs. Reagan's life. It is for the most part sweetish, with a tart edge of rebuke, but disappointingly free of dirt or particulate matter of any kind. ”
- Barbara Ehrenreich- Copy
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“ Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. ”
- George Orwell- Copy
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“ There cannot be a personal God without a pessimistic religion. As soon as there is a personal God, he is a disappointing God. ”
- Cyril Connolly- Copy
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“ Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. ”
- Bernard Baruch- Copy
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“ One's work usually occupies more than half of one's waking life. Choosing work that does not bring happiness will lead to a life that is mostly disappointing. ”
- Bo Bennett- Copy
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“ Most ordinary situations can be experienced as deliciously pleasurable, or as bitterly disappointing. It depends on how you evaluate them. The more you are enslaved by your desires, the more likely you are to find any given situation disappointing. ”
- Timothy Ray Miller- Copy
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“ Behind the complicated details of the world stand the simplicities: God is good, the grown-up man or woman knows the answer to every question, there is such a thing as truth, and justice is as measured and faultless as a clock. Our heroes are simple: they are brave, they tell the truth, they are good swordsmen and they are never in the long run really defeated… ”
- Graham Greene- Copy
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“ When you work hard to do everything you can to win, it's disappointing when you lose. It eats at you a little… It's hard to put into words what being back in the playoffs means. Anybody who's competitive all year long wants the opportunity to have a chance to get in the Super Bowl. ”
- Dan Marino- Copy
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