#distress

It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. ↗

— William Cowper

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They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race. ↗

— Denis Kearney

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In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress. ↗

— Gene Tierney

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If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed. ↗

— Paracelsus

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A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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I am never angry, although sometimes distressed. ↗

— David Rockefeller

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A 'For Sale' sign in your yard during the holidays is like a 'kick me' sign. You are telling buyers you are a distressed seller. ↗

— Ray Brown

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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. ↗