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Frustration

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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
Frustration

"But neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims. Just as man is free to attempt to survive in any random manner, but will perish unless he lives as his nature requires, so he is free to seek his happiness in any mindless fraud, but the torture of frustration is all he will find, unless he seeks the happiness proper to man. The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live."

Men Life Frustration
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Arthur Miller Playwright, Essayist
Frustration

"There is a kind of perverse unity forming among us, born, I think, of the discontent of all classes of people with the endless frustration of life."

Thinking Class Frustration
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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
Frustration

"Big tears of frustration and exhaustion were streaming down his cheeks. But because of all the wrinkles, they weren't dripping off. They spread out and ran together again, leaving a watery film over his ruined face."

Frustration Wrinkles Together Again
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Yoko Ono Artist, Musician, Activist
Frustration

"This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people."

Men Reality Frustration
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Radhanath Swami Spiritual Leader
Frustration

"I we are looking for God or an opportunity to learn and enrich our lives in every situation, we will find that, but if we are looking for how am I enjoying or suffering, we are subject to endless frustration"

Opportunity Suffering Frustration
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Vikram Seth Poet, Novelist
Frustration

"Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don't have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing."

Character Frustration Peculiar
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Rebecca Miller Filmmaker, Writer
Frustration

"One of the things that's good for me is that I can go from one art form to another. Because I think if I had to write another novel now I would really not be good in my head anymore. It's too much. The frustration is so intense of knowing that this structure is right around the corner. Writing is a particular kind of frustration."

Writing Art Frustration
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Rebecca Miller Filmmaker, Writer
Frustration

"Writing is a particular kind of frustration, which is why when I was making the structure for the novel I visualized it for myself with a color-coded board so I could see it."

Writing Color Frustration
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Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist
Frustration

"People don't become inured to what they are shown - if that's the right way to describe what happens - because of the quantity of images dumped on them. It is passivity that dulls feeling. The states described as apathy, moral or emotional anesthesia, are full of feelings; the feelings are rage and frustration."

People Emotional Frustration
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Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist
Frustration

"To read was precisely to enter another world, which was not the reader's own, and come back refreshed, ready to bear with equanimity the injustices and frustrations of this one. Reading was balm, amusement not incitement."

World Reading Frustration
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Sylvester Stallone Actor, Filmmaker
Frustration

"I think people of all occupations, whether it's the camera - puller or the man who's doing the catering, they can identify with Rambo's frustrations, with the veteran's frustrations."

Thinking Men Frustration
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Ruth Wilson Actress
Frustration

"For me, there is a stigma attached to playing beautiful parts. They are often empty characters whom the action happens around. I'm more drawn to characters with a complex internal life, who have a burning frustration underneath that keeps them going."

Character Beautiful Frustration
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H. Burke Peterson Religious Leader
Frustration

"It may be relatively mild when expressed as criticism, anger, or feelings of severe frustration. Criticism has a negative influence on the feelings of love for and interest in one's spouse."

Feelings Criticism Frustration
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Frustration

"There was always this sort of weird process in the development and pre-production, thinking, 'How do we get the studio tracks that Joy Division recorded that are so clean and pristine but sound rough and live and how do we get the live versions to actually sound clear enough so you can make out what they're saying?' That was sort of the frustration with Anton Corbijn and myself, figuring out how we make that work."

Thinking Track Frustration
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Larry Howes Artist
Frustration

"I worked as a title searcher for almost 25 years. It took awhile for it to become fulfilling because it doesn't pay a whole lot, takes a long time to learn, and in the years of learning there are endless frustrations. And then it creeps up on you that you're able to solve problems, answer questions and rebut any challenges to your work."

Years Long Frustration
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