John Cage
Composer, Musician
"It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else."
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Irritating
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Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model
"I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know."
Charlie Munger
Investor, Businessman
"Being short and seeing a promoter take the stock up is very irritating. It's not worth it to have that much irritation in your life."
Diana Gabaldon
Author
"The most irritating thing about cliches, I decided, was how frequently they were true."
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"Crows appear in many of my new unpublished poems. In these walks, they take on a symbolic life apart from their irritating, undeniable, interruptive presence. I figure them differently."
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