- Four-Year
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- Nov 07, 2020
Disappointment Quotes
Lines on the letdowns that stay with us.
One entry here comes from someone in biotech reflecting on how, despite genuine progress in the field, no single breakthrough has matched earlier hopes. Another looks back at engineering work from decades past, noting how much less reliable the tools once were compared to now. See related lines on the Hope quotes page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
The episodes all blend together for me, so I don't remember. I can't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning. I always feel I must be such a disappointment to them.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Intimidation is an unusual animal: it's a lot about body language and understanding the human psyche. Knowing that usually a direct stare will crush most human souls, and that's just the basic gist of it... The soul-crushing stare, the fatherly disappointment, mixed with a little bit of hate and rage - you're on your way.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe first of all it's always a disappointment to lose the players at an important moment of the season.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was really surprised when I was told that my grandmother did not come to see me till a month after my birth. I was born seven years after my only sister Chandranshu, and my birth was a big disappointment for her.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work.
- Compromise
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
At a certain point, people in Panama thought that everything was going to be solved as soon as Noriega was gone. Of course, the disappointment was huge.
- Madness
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the problem is that there has been a kind of backlash against feminism. I think women just didn't really see themselves winning that fight, and I think that probably led to a lot women feeling trapped in a perpetual cycle of disappointment - trying to be feminists and failing to be.
- Attended
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't really driven to be an actor or anything, but in college I decided to study acting, much to my parents' disappointment. I attended Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers where Bill Esper was, and that is where I really got hooked on the art of acting, and, almost, the chemistry of acting.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection. I see some element of disappointment; I see a sense of humour, but also something that is faintly ridiculous; and I see somebody who is frightened of being found out and thought lightweight.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.
- Strength
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- Nov 07, 2020
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.
- Suspense
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- Nov 07, 2020