#disturbed

Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization which are being solved now under all the difficulties imposed by the spirit of the Middle Ages. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts. ↗

— Finley Peter Dunne

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When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed. ↗

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

#eyebrows #first #had #i #pretty

I work more now because at this time of my life I am not disturbed from my aim by outside pressures such as family, passionate relationships, dealing with 'who am I?' - those complications when one is searching for one's self. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

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It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way. ↗

— James Taylor

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For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm. ↗

— Edwin Way Teale

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I have often said that there is no cause for feeling disturbed at being misrepresented by the press. It would be only when they began to say things detrimental to me which were true that I should feel alarm. ↗

— John Coolidge

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Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed. ↗

— Alberta Hunter

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Nothing is so threatening to conventional values as a man who does not want to work or does not want to work at a challenging job, and most people are disturbed if a man in a well- paying job indicates ambivalence or dislike toward it. ↗

— Alice S. Rossi

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Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. ↗

— Epictetus

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