Bothered Quotes

• To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.

  Colin Firth

  Want, Rational

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• We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while.

  Ray Bradbury

  Needs, Not Bothered

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.25, Hamilton Books

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• Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.

  William Feather

  Details, Persons

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• We are bothered a good deal by people who assume the responsibility of the world when God is neglectful.

  Anne Sullivan Macy

  Responsibility, People, World

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• The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

  Edward de Bono

  Powerful, Taken, Creativity

  Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

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• The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.

  Will Durant

  Knowing, Interesting, Suffering

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• It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

  Henri Matisse

  Cute, Art, Paint

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• Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant.

  River Phoenix

  Children, Kids, Names

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't get bothered by people saying what they say. I'm a happy person and I'm happy with my looks. I'm not an insecure person. I believe if somebody chooses plastic surgery it should be for themselves, not for anyone else.

  Ashlee Simpson

  Believe, Insecure, People

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• I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

  Joseph Barbera

  Kids, More Time, Alone Time

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

  Edward de Bono

  Motivational, Powerful, Taken

  Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

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• I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.

  Reba McEntire

  Firsts, I Have Learned, Deals

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. December 25, 2005.

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• I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow.

  Robbie Williams

  Clothes, House, Treasure

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

  Billy Joel

  Honor, Criticism, Sometimes

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• God is not bothered by your persistence. Keep asking.

  LeCrae

  Persistence, Asking, Not Bothered

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• When you devote yourself to achieving your goal, you will not be bothered by shallow criticism. Nothing important can be accomplished if you allow yourself to be swayed by some trifling matter, always looking over your shoulder and wondering what others are saying or thinking. The key to achievement is to move forward along your chosen path with firm determination.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Determination, Moving, Thinking

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• Always have sunglasses with you. They're great for when you can't be bothered to put make-up on.

  Alison Goldfrapp

  Sunglasses

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• I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.

  Barbra Streisand

  Home, Worry, Important

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• I feel closer to my country than ever. There is no longer a feeling of lonesome isolation. Instead-peace. I return without fearing prejudice that once bothered me . . . for I know that people practice cruel bigotry in their ignorance, not maliciously

  Paul Robeson

  Country, Ignorance, Practice

  Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). “Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974”, Brunner-Routledge

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• I'm terrible as I never take my make-up off at night, which I know is really dreadful. Whenever I'm out partying I just can't be bothered and now I am on 'Loose Women' that tends to be all the time. I hope next year holds even more parties for me.

  Carol Vorderman

  Party, Night, Years

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• The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife - a depressing thought, particularly for those who bothered to shave. Also, there is the fear that there is an afterlife but no one will know where it's being held. On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily laying down.

  Woody Allen

  Depressing, Afterlife, Done

  Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

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• I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.

  Steve Martin

  Laughter, Real, Laughing

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• To combat social awkwardness, I would just act like I couldn't be bothered - that kind of aloof persona or aloof demeanor. It's so off-putting.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Kind, Social, Combat

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. June 25, 2010.

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• With the benefit of hindsight, the content of that letter has bothered me since her death.

  Paul Burrell

  Letters, Benefits, Hindsight

  Paul Burrell (2003). “A royal duty”

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• I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.

  William Hague

  People, Reactions, Found

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