Disappointment Quotes - Page 34

• America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls.

  Bill Bryson

  Book, Shopping, America

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• You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.

  Candace Bushnell

  Self, Work Ethic, Doubt

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• On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I think I could have kept our country at peace. I think I could have consolidated what we achieved at Camp David with a treaty between Israel and the Palestinians.

  Jimmy Carter

  Country, Blessing, Thinking

  "Jimmy Carter: 'We never dropped a bomb. We never fired a bullet. We never went to war'". Interview with Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.

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• My parents were disappointed I didn't finish college, and they were really upset when I went to Hollywood to become an actor. I was a big disappointment to them.

  George Clooney

  College, Parent, Upset

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• Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.

  Mason Cooley

  Reality, Names, Giving

  "City Aphorisms: Ninth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1992.

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• Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.

  Mason Cooley

  Literature, Cynicism, Naive

  "City Aphorisms". Book by Mason Cooley, 1984.

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• I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

  Gail Devers

  Country, Blessed, Careers

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• There's something depressing about a young couple helplessly in love. Their state is so perfect, it must be doomed. They project such qualities on their lover that only disappointment can follow.

  Roger Ebert

  Depressing, Couple, Perfect

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• It is always a disappointment to turn from forthright consideration of some subject - whether from the Left or the Right, a poet or a plumber - to the Beltway version, in which the only aspects of the issue that matter are the effects it will have on the fortunes of the two parties and the various men in power.

  Thomas Frank

  Party, Two, Issues

  "Bipartisanship Is a Silly Beltway Obsession" by Thomas Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2009.

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• Life is life, and one has experiences that are painful and some that are very pleasant, and one has reward and sacrifice and more reward and disappointment and joy and happiness, and it's always going to be the same.

  Mel Gibson

  Sacrifice, Joy, Rewards

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• When I left Van Halen, I went in the studio and made a CD called Marching to Mars with all studio musicians. I did it immediately. With the disappointment riding on my shoulders of the breakup of the band.

  Sammy Hagar

  Breakup, Cds, Musician

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• A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate.

  Christopher Hampton

  Art, Numbers, Energy

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• Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Birthday, Success, Important

  "Audrey Hepburn : A Life in Pictures". Book by Yann-Brice Dherbier, Pierre-Henri Verlhac, 2007.

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• I don't really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection.

  Nicholas Hoult

  Rejection

  The Q & A with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 09, 2010.

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• Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Heartache, Giving, Expectations

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• Even though everybody's lives are different, in general we're all human beings, and we go through the same things: disappointments, the pleasures of life, life and death. That's always been a really big part of the show to me, making sure the audience feels connected, and that carries through to the album.

  Joan Jett

  Life And Death, Different, Albums

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• I know that in life there will be sickness, devastation, disappointments, heartache - it's a given. What's not a given is the way you choose to get through it all. If you look hard enough, you can always find the bright side.

  Rashida Jones

  Heartache, Looks, Devastation

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• The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Winning, Expectations, Joy

  "The joys of losing". Column, jewishworldreview.com. April 23, 2010.

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• I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

  Michael Landon

  Expectations, Giants

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• When you take a year off from football, you come back for all the enjoyable moments. When you're not playing, you miss out on all the highs, but you also miss these disappointments. But I would rather be in the arena to be excited or be disappointed than not have a chance at all. That's football. That's why everybody plays it.

  Peyton Manning

  Football, Years, Play

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• In my 10 years that I spent out in TV and film, I had my shares of frustrations and annoyances and disappointments, but also I think it was, in the long run, it was very good for me in a whole bunch of ways.

  George R. R. Martin

  Running, Frustration, Thinking

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

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• I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare.

  John Mayer

  Punishment, Dating, Guilt

  "John Mayer Just Has to Please the Girls". Interview with Jon Caramanica, www.nytimes.com. November 20, 2009.

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• No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary.

  Josh McDowell

  Struggle, Matter, Resurrection

  Josh McDowell, Sean McDowell (2010). “Evidence for the Resurrection: What It Means for Your Relationship with God”, p.41, Baker Books

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• Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.

  Joyce Meyer

  Soul, Discouragement

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• Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

  George Jean Nathan

  Love, Anniversary, Romance

  George Jean Nathan, Charles Angoff (1998). “The World of George Jean Nathan: Essays, Reviews, & Commentary”, Hal Leonard Corporation

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