Pema Chodron
Buddhist Teacher, Author
"When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it."
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Uncomfortable
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Peter Drucker
Management Consultant, Author
"As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong."
Mike Tyson
Professional Boxer
"You have to feel comfortable being uncomfortable. I'm always comfortable being uncomfortable. And to be comfortable being uncomfortable, I have to hone my discipline, which to me is doing what I have to do, but also doing it like I love it."
Verne Troyer
Actor
"I felt probably more uncomfortable than Beyonce. But I can't answer for her."
Jim Morrison
Musician, Poet
"I like people who shake other people up and make them feel uncomfortable."
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"I don't dream - only if I'm uncomfortable or I'm going through something."
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"If you're a professional, you'll make it work. You can be like, 'I'm not going to do that, I'm going to do it where I'm satisfied.' But I'm very comfortable being uncomfortable so I just go for it."
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"I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements."
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"An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable."
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"Change is all about motion, motion is all about uncertainty and we are deeply uncomfortable with uncertainty."
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"He shifted his weight from foot to foot, but it was equally uncomfortable on each."
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"As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable."
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"You want the audience to be uncomfortable."
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"If you're not uncomfortable on a daily basis, you're not making much progress."
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"It's very uncomfortable to talk about race. It often devolves before it begins."
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"I had felt uncomfortable as a woman my whole life."
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"Generosity is giving until it makes you uncomfortable."
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"Follow the evidence to where it leads, even if the conclusion is uncomfortable."
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"I feel like everything I do makes people feel really uncomfortable."
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"And I urge upon you this - which I think is wisdom - if you find you can't make seventy by any but an uncomfortable road, don't you go."
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"Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one?"
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"Learning makes us all uncomfortable."
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"It's uncomfortable to just say the first thing that pops into your head, but you have to when you're speaking in front of people. A lot of times I'll say something I don't even believe. I've never actually used "pass" before."
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"Honestly, the most uncomfortable thing for me is my level of incompetence is uncomfortable."
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"I think everybody has experiences from time to time they can't explain. They are peculiarities. Usually we just dismiss them because they are uncomfortable to think about."
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