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Messed Up Quotes
Calling something messed up is often the first honest step toward fixing it. These quotes describe a childhood dream interrupted by braces, unfair public judgments about looks and inner struggle, and a flawed voting-district system shaped by unfair political maneuvering, discussed here in general terms rather than naming any side. The set closes with a simple resolve: when something looks messed up, challenge it.
Recognizing a problem is the first step, much like naming what's Back when things go wrong.
- Last Updated on Jul 31, 2026
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
American voting districts are, across a lot of the country, deeply messed up by having been gerrymandered by right-wing politicians.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason for my age being messed up in the records is that when I first appeared for the under-14 trials, I myself really did not know my exact age.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It's like, 'She's pretty and thin and she's got to have problems. She's messed up.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything in Delhi is messed up. People are forced to buy bottled water as clean drinking water is not available.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in Cuba in the winter of 1937. I was playing in Cuba, and I'm in the shower, and I slipped and caught myself with my right arm. I felt something pull right then. Then, in '38, when I came back, my arm was messed up.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I firmly believe Americans are far better off under tax reform than they ever were sticking with this old, messed up, outdated tax code.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing on the beach is not what it's cracked up to be. The sand blows, and you perspire, and the page gets all blotty and messed up, so I don't do that anymore.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know why actors are just attracted to really messed up people, but it almost makes it more fun, in a perverse way.
- Nov 07, 2020