#irritates

Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life. ↗

— Louis Auchincloss

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One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me. ↗

— Anatole France

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Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too. ↗

— Dave Matthews

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There's nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true - too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#congress #entitled #fact #irritates #live

What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has changed. We don't dislike these people any more.' But by the strangest coincidence, they haven't taken away the injustice; the laws are still on the books. ↗

— Christopher Isherwood

#around #attitude #away #bland #books

It's a very strange thing for a designer to say, but one of the things that really irritates me in products is when I'm aware of designers wagging their tails in my face. ↗

— Jonathan Ive

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Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface. ↗

— James Bryant Conant

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When something irritates me, I don't go home and write; I just don't do that. ↗

— Kerry King

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As you begin your tour of the United States, you may as well know that one American national trait which irritates many Americans and must be convenient for our critics is that we relentlessly advertise our imperfections. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

#american #begin #convenient #critics #imperfections

The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert. ↗

— Pasquier Quesnel

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