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

— William Cowper

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I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one. ↗

— Uma Thurman

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There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together. ↗

— C. Everett Koop

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When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace. ↗

— Edward Lear

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Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in mind of the debt, and that we owe it to ourselves as well as to the distressed. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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I am never angry, although sometimes distressed. ↗

— David Rockefeller

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Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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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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