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Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. ↗

— Aneurin Bevan

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Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

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Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes. ↗

— Tom Robbins

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That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man. ↗

— George Berkeley

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Whenever anything disagreeable is happening in the country, Vera Cruz is sure to get its full share. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

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I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk any of the disagreeable results that should follow. ↗

— Nellie Bly

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Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities. ↗

— Criss Jami

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To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

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We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

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