#distressing

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself. ↗

— Heath Ledger

#little #yourself

The day on which I received confirmation was a distressing one to me. ↗

— Maria Monk

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The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

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In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out. ↗

— Paul von Hindenburg

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The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder. ↗

— Geoffrey Fisher

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Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

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I think experience has shown that privateers have done more toward distressing the trade of our enemies, and furnishing these States with necessaries, than Continental Ships of the same force. ↗

— William Whipple

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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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