Bothered Quotes - Page 15

• Government wars aren't my wars; they've got nowt to do with me, because my own war's all that I'll ever be bothered about.

  Alan Sillitoe

  War, Government, My Own

  Alan Sillitoe (2016). “New and Collected Stories”, p.12, Open Road Media

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• If the government can set aside some spot for a elk to be a elk without being bothered, or a buffalo to be a buffalo without being shot down, there ought to be some place where a Negro can be a Negro without being Jim Crowed.

  Langston Hughes

  Rights, Government, Buffalo

  Langston Hughes (2015). “The Best of Simple”, p.63, Hill and Wang

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• I am not well qualified to criticize the theory of rational expectations and the efficient market hypothesis because as a market participant I considered them so unrealistic that I never bothered to study them.

  George Soros

  Expectations, Study, Theory

  George Soros' Remarks at the Festival of Economics, www.georgesoros.com. June 2, 2012.

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• I'll never be bothered if I don't have a hit because you look at the songs that are hits and they're none of my favourites. Just the fact that we do have fans waiting here, that's exciting enough.

  Bert McCracken

  Song, Waiting, Fans

  "Second coming" by Stephen Downie, The Courier-Mail, May 20, 2005.

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• Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.

  Julia Sawalha

  Strong, Children, Needs

  "'Being a mum has never bothered me too much but I love being an auntie': Julia Sawalha on kids, family and Ab Fab". Interview with Christine Smith, www.mirror.co.uk. July 18, 2012.

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• That was a weird thought. My straight-up mother being bothered by faeries? Delia was even weirder. I could picture the scene. Faerie: Come away, human. Delia: Why? Faerie: Untold delights and youth forever. Delia: I'm holding out for a better offer. Ta.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Mother, Forever, Delight

  Maggie Stiefvater (2010). “Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception”, p.129, North Star Editions, Inc.

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• The Cheers writers were the finest in television. But I felt like I was repeating myself; it bothered me a little bit. And I was getting movie offers, which made people think, "Oh, she's so snooty. She thinks she's going to do movies."

  Shelley Long

  Cheer, Thinking, People

  Source: www.gq.com

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• I like to be honest, and after all these years I can't be bothered being politically correct.

  Sharon Osbourne

  Years, Honest, Politically Correct

  "Eminem sings about killing his wife. My husband actually tried to do it". www.theguardian.com. May 25, 2001.

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• If I'm alone at home, I get increasingly restless, bothered by the idea that I'm missing some crucial encounter out there somewhere. But if I'm left by myself in someone else's place, I often find myself a nice sense of peace engulfing me. I love sinking into an unfamiliar sofa with whatever book happens to be lying nearby.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Nice, Lying, Book

  Kazuo Ishiguro (2009). “Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall”, p.54, Faber & Faber

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• My own feeling is that the only possible reason for engaging in the hard labor of writing a novel, is that one is bothered by something one needs to understand, and can come to understand only through the characters in the imagined situation.

  May Sarton

  Writing, Character, Feelings

  May Sarton (2015). “Writings on Writing”, p.18, Open Road Media

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• You can say whatever you want about me, I'm not really bothered. But when it starts to upset people I care about or I hear about it from my mum, then that's a problem.

  Zayn Malik

  People, Upset, Care

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

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• It was very relaxing to be away from civilization, and this bothered me. I should not have found the loneliness so welcoming.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Loneliness, Civilization, Welcome

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “The Host”, p.64, Hachette UK

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• I admire that about the Republicans: The evidence does not faze them. They are not bothered at all by the facts.

  William J. Clinton

  Funny, Humorous, Party

  "Statement on Congressional Action on the Foreign Operations". William J. "Bill" Clinton's remarks at a Reception for Representative Martin T. Meehan in Lowell, Massachusetts, www.govrecords.org. October 20, 2000.

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• It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires; common sense is your guide, veneered over with Christian sentiment. You will be more prosperous and successful, more leisure-hearted, if you never realize the call of God.

  Oswald Chambers

  Christian, Jesus, Memories

  "My Utmost for His Highest".

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• Speakers find joy in public speaking when they realize that a speech is all about the audience, not the speaker. Most speakers are so caught up in their own concerns and so driven to cover certain points or get a certain message across that they can't be bothered to think in more than a perfunctory way about the audience. And the irony is, of course, that there is no hope of getting your message across if that's all the energy you put into the audience. So let go, and give the moment to the audience.

  Nick Morgan

  Letting Go, Thinking, Giving

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• Cinderella and the prince
  lived, they say, happily ever after,
  like two dolls in a museum case
  never bothered by diapers or dust,
  never arguing over the timing of an egg,
  never telling the same story twice.

  Anne Sexton

  Happiness, Marriage, Museums

  Anne Sexton (2001). “Transformations”, p.56, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I'm not on a health kick. I know I should take vitamins, for example, but I forget half the time. I just can't be bothered carrying around a lot of little bottles.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Example, Bottles, Half

  Source: daggy.name

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• I was once being interviewed by Barbara Walters. In between two of the segments she asked me: "But what would you do if the doctor gave you only six months to live?" I said, "Type faster." This was widely quoted, but the "six months" was changed to "six minutes," which bothered me. It's "six months."

  Isaac Asimov

  Doctors, Two, Six Months

  "Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Favorite Jokes, Limericks and Anecdotes". Book by Isaac Asimov, 1992.

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• I really do want to just be able to sit in the corner of the pub with my friends... to just be an actor and still go to the supermarket and not get bothered.

  James Purefoy

  Actors, Want, Able

  "When in Rome". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2007.

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• It would be possible to optimize some forms of goto, but I haven't bothered.

  Larry Wall

  Would Be, Form, Havens

  Usenet article <199709041935.MAA27136@wall.org>, 1997.

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• I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that it's generally about one or two people, but there's not much about society. I want to get away from that particular pattern: a lead, a supporting role and backdrop characters.

  Steig Larsson

  Character, Two, People

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• I never bothered about keeping track.Every now and then someone records one of my songs, and I get credit for it.

  Mose Allison

  Song, Track, Credit

  Interview with Jason Heller, www.avclub.com. April 2, 2010.

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• Deconstruction glorifies the critic, humiliates the author, and makes the reader wonder why he bothered.

  Mason Cooley

  Wonder, Deconstruction, Critics

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• They climb the mountain like beasts, stupid and sweating; it seems that no one bothered to tell them that there are beautiful vistas along the way.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Beautiful, Stupid, Climbing

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• Criticism can bother you, but you should be more bothered if there’s no criticism. That means you’re too safe

  Kanye West

  Mean, Criticism, Safe

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