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• [Speaking about same-sex marriage] It's about familiarity, and I think the only reason they're uncomfortable with the notion of same-sex marriages is because they haven't come into contact with gay and lesbian couples enough to understand that it's about love - and that it is a civil right.

  Jennifer Beals

  Sex, Couple, Gay

  "Goodbye to Romance" by Rachel Shatto, www.curvemag.com. December 29, 2009.

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• If you're a professional, you'll make it work. You can be like, 'I'm not going to do that, I'm going to do it where I'm satisfied.' But I'm very comfortable being uncomfortable so I just go for it.

  Mike Tyson

  Satisfied, Ifs, Comfortable

  Source: collider.com

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• Americans love to talk about the Constitution and how it protects the rights of every citizen and promises freedom to every citizen, but it's also a country based on racism and they don't talk about that too much and every time there's a film which deals with it there's certain parts of the country that feel uncomfortable.

  Denzel Washington

  Country, Rights, Racism

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• What makes me uncomfortable about [Barack] Obama is what makes me uncomfortable about any young politician who has not yet been bloodied inside the Beltway.

  Henry Rollins

  Politician, Young, Barack

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Love scenes are always weird, though. They're always uncomfortable. It's all the people around who make it uncomfortable. It's not usually the actor you're working with, because they usually feel just as weird as you do!

  Jennifer Lopez

  Feels Just, People, Actors

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• I was uncomfortable with smoking too much because a lot of young kids watch and I didn't want to make that cool.

  James Marsters

  Kids, Smoking, Watches

  "James Marsters on Life After Buffy". Speech at Moonlight Rising "Buffy" Convention, www.upi.com. June 11, 2003.

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• I actually am fairly uncomfortable about it, even if our firm stipulation was that they cannot tell us what to do. We are simply doing what we do anyways - securing software - and they have no say in the matter. I try to convince myself that our grant means a half of a cruise missile doesn't get built.

  Theo de Raadt

  Mean, Trying, Half

  "U.S. Military Helps Fund Calgary Hacker". Interview with David Akin, www.theglobeandmail.com. April 06, 2003.

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• Fifty three per cent children in India face sexual abuse - both boys and girls - but we still feel uncomfortable talking about it. We are still hypocrites when it comes to issues like child abuse, sex or for that matter homosexuality. It is high time that we brought the issue from under the carpet.

  Rahul Bose

  Girl, Sex, Children

  "Rahul Bose: We are all hypocrites". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. September 26, 2009.

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• The sweet spot: that productive, uncomfortable terrain located just beyond our current abilities, where our reach exceeds our grasp. Deep practice is not simply about struggling; it's about seeking a particular struggle, which involves a cycle of distinct actions.

  Daniel Coyle

  Sweet, Struggle, Practice

  Daniel Coyle (2010). “The Talent Code: Greatness isn't born. It's grown”, p.92, Random House

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• When we find ourselves devoid of passion and purpose, the first thing we need to do is stop. But that's not easy. The rest of the world is zooming by at full speed. Left alone with ourselves, without a project to occupy us, we can become nervous and self-critical about what we should be doing and feeling. This can be so uncomfortable that we look for any distraction rather than allowing ourselves the space to be as we are.

  Dawna Markova

  Passion, Self, Space

  Dawna Markova (2000). “I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Passion and Purpose”, p.15, Conari Press

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• Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.

  Beau Garrett

  Acting, Vulnerable

  "Beau Garrett Is a Woman We Love". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. November 16, 2010.

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• No sane person wants hell to exist. No sane person wants evil to exist. But hell is just evil eternalized. If there is evil and if there is eternity, there can be hell. If it is intellectually dishonest to disbelieve in evil just because it is shocking and uncomfortable, it is the same with hell. Reality has hard corners, surprises, and terrible dangers in it. We desperately need a true road map, not nice feelings, if we are to get home. It is true, as people often say, that "hell just feels unreal, impossible." Yes. So does Auschwitz. So does Calvary.

  Peter Kreeft

  Nice, Home, Reality

  Peter Kreeft (2016). “Fundamentals of the Faith: Essays in Christian Appologetics”, p.44, Ignatius Press

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• I think being on a set where people arent being treated as equals, and with just a common level of decency and respect, is really uncomfortable.

  Gaby Hoffmann

  Thinking, People, Levels

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• The thing that is uncomfortable is when people kind of stare for a long time and point. That gets weird. Id much prefer someone to come up to me and say something.

  Brandon Jay McLaren

  Long, People, Kind

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• I would never write something that made me uncomfortable. Im not sure its even possible.

  Lori Foster

  Writing, Made, Not Sure

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• A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Men, Ideas, Neighbor

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• Travel is in sad case. It is uncomfortable, it is expensive; it is a source of annoyance to our friends, and of loneliness to ourselves.

  Vita Sackville-West

  Travel, Loneliness, Source

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• I was so uncomfortable at a party recently when the conversation droned on about women who are constantly getting married. I was on the edge of my chair, close to squirming in embarrassment because I myself was guilty of four husbands. I finally leaned forward and squeaked, 'But one died!

  Bette Davis

  Husband, Party, Four

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• I never heard of anybody who admired the character of sheep. Even the gentlest human personalities in contact with them are annoyed by their lack of brains, courage and initiative, by their extraordinary ability to get themselves into uncomfortable or dangerous situations and then wait in inert helplessness for someone to rescue them.

  Dorothy Canfield Fisher

  Character, Dangerous Situations, Sheep

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• Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.

  Teresa of Avila

  Night, Life Is, Inns

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• All dramatic realism is somewhat sadistic; an audience is persuaded to watch something that makes it uncomfortable and from which no relief is offered - no laughter, no tears, no purgation.

  Mary McCarthy

  Laughter, Tears, Relief

  Mary McCarthy (2002). “A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays”, New York Review of Books

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• I think it's easier to play when you do have a balanced home. I think if I did have alcoholism in my personal life, or my mother, or somebody close to me, it might have been much more uncomfortable to get in there.

  Angelina Jolie

  Mother, Home, Thinking

  "Angelina Jolie Gets Conservative in The Good Shepherd". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. December 18, 2006.

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• When I allow myself to feel all my feelings instead of numbing myself to them, they pass more quickly. I spent my entire life telling everyone I was "OK, damn it." But when you surrender to the [uncomfortable] feelings, there are gifts on the other side: Allowing yourself to feel loneliness forces you to reach out. Letting yourself get angry gives you strength, energy and motivation.

  Ashley Judd

  Motivation, Loneliness, Uncomfortable Feeling

  "Ashley's Secret Life". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. July 9, 2006.

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• What percentage should you give? I tell people to start with 10 percent because the Bible writers have a lot to say about the tithe, which means, "tenth." For some people, that's extremely uncomfortable. But so is a colonoscopy, and those save countless lives.

  Andy Stanley

  Mean, People, Giving

  Source: paulsohn.org

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• Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste.

  Sylvia Townsend Warner

  Leisure, Waste, Sin

  Sylvia Townsend Warner, Claire Harman (1994). “The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner”, Virago Pr

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