Frustrating Quotes - Page 3

• And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.

  George Pataki

  Democracy, Separation, Inherent

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• Tennis can be a very frustrating sport. There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it. You have to put in the hours because there is always something you can improve. [Y]ou have to put in a lot of sacrifice and effort for sometimes little reward but you have to know that, if you put in the right effort, the reward will come.

  Roger Federer

  Inspirational, Sports, Work

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• The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating.

  Andrew Goodman

  Ifs

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• You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days.

  Beth Gibbons

  Trying, Three, Needs

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• I mean, I don't know anything else that I would try to do, but it's a very frustrating thing to do, because you are trying to take what's a fantasy in your head and make it live through the minds of 200 people.

  Sydney Pollack

  Mean, People, Mind

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• That's the other thing about working on movies, the commitment is years. That's one thing that's so frustrating about the process is that it goes on and on and on for years.

  Thomas Lennon

  Commitment, Years, Goes On

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• I understand personally, ... that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.

  James Baker

  Presidential, Election, Margins

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• It's frustrating actually, the time involved in getting something released these days. My new CD has actually been finished for a year. It's only now that it's being released

  Mick Taylor

  Years, Cds, These Days

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• I think golf is a waste of time and a waste of a sunny afternoon. I also stink at it. I have never found anything, including divorce and a sexual harassment suit, more frustrating.

  Jay Mohr

  Divorce, Golf, Thinking

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• For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all in the same few moments in the darkroom.

  John Sexton

  Photography, Magic, Photographer

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• The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first.

  Mira Sorvino

  Love You, Games, Names

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• Making art can be maddening at times and frustrating and not always rewarding, frequently not rewarding. But you do it because you believe in it and you do it as a passion that drives you, and it sustains you during those lean times.

  Michael C. McMillen

  Art, Believe, Passion

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• I'm at a very frustrating point in my career because I'm not a millionaire. Like, people assume because you're in movies or TV, you're rich. I'm not rich, but I'm far from broke. I'm what you call a 'thousandaire.'

  Aries Spears

  Funny, Careers, People

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• Managers who master the hammer and expect all problems to behave like nails find organizational life confusing and frustrating.

  Lee Bolman

  Confusing, Excellence, Nails

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• I think it would be frustrating to be a match maker. "What do you do?" "I'm a match maker" "Aw, that's really romantic" "No, umm... I actually... never mind"

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Humor, Thinking

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• Just because life signifies not bare passive existence (supposing there is such a thing), but a way of acting, environment or medium signifies what enters into this activity as a sustaining or frustrating condition.

  John Dewey

  Acting, Way, Environment

  John Dewey (2012). “Democracy and Education”, p.17, Courier Corporation

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• One of the suckiest and most frustrating facts of life is that sometimes relationship just end, often without reason. I truly believe that sometimes both men and women simply run out of love, even when there was a lot of it in the beginning

  Greg Behrendt

  Running, Believe, Men

  Greg Behrendt, Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt (2005). “It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy”, p.28, Harmony

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• The States has more publishers and a wider range of aesthetics but so much more competition - the amount of writers vying for the same spot as you is staggering. I think they're different challenges, but equally frustrating when you're trying to get your foot in the door.

  Eden Robinson

  Thinking, Feet, Doors

  "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.

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• It's less frustrating if someone recognizes me for it [ Pretty Reckless ]; it's more frustrating that I still get asked about it.

  Taylor Momsen

  Reckless, Stills, Ifs

  Source: people.com

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• That's the really frustrating thing, but also the fixable thing. My theory why no one notices is that that's the [women's roles] ratio thing they grew up with. It's just been that way forever, so they don't see it.

  Geena Davis

  Forever, Roles, Ratios

  Interview with Emma Watson, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2016.

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• If you don't respect each other and let it lie, it can be embarrassing or really frustrating.

  Jenny Slate

  Lying, Embarrassing, Respect Each Other

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• We just always focus on quality, which can be frustrating during the wait, but which pays off when we're done (we hope).

  Gabe Newell

  Focus, Waiting, Quality

  Source: mabec.wordpress.com

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• It's a bit disappointing when board members who don't know a thing about football are making decisions on your career. When you look at it you've got coaches, senior players and CEO's who wanted me but then it gets to a board meeting and you've got fat businessmen who are making the decision on your career. It was frustrating and it made me a bit angry.

  Willie Mason

  Senior, Football, Player

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• I would say the more the better when it is comes to development and marketing. It's actually fun. For some it can be a frustrating thing.

  John Petrucci

  Fun, Marketing, Development

  Source: myglobalmind.com

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• I spent 10 years in professional politics and eight writing comics, and so I look at it from both sides. I don't understand the logic in being frustrated with a system, so you choose to be a part of the reason why the system is so frustrating. If everybody voted, it wouldn't be this way.

  Andrew Aydin

  Writing, Eight, Years

  Source: www.mtv.com

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