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frustrated

«I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.»
«Anger always comes from frustrated expectations»
«Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters in life begin when you get what you want»
«[On being frustrated] A little bit (frustration) is normal, you get frustrated when you miss your shots, but we?ve got to do a better job on Monday. We?ve got to attack them a little harder, go strong to the rim, finish hard and forget about everything else.»
«Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.»
«By reading the characteristic features of any man's castles in the air you can make a shrewd guess as to his underlying desires which are frustrated.»
«He is a man of thirty-five, but looks fifty. He is bald, has varicose veins and wears spectacles, or would wear them if his only pair were not chronically lost. If things are normal with him, he will be suffering from malnutrition, but if he has recently had a lucky streak, he will be suffering from a hangover. At present it is half past eleven in the morning, and according to his schedule he should have started work two hours ago; but even if he had made any serious effort to start he would have been frustrated by the almost continuous ringing of the telephone bell, the yells of the baby, the rattle of an electric drill out in the street, and the heavy boots of his creditors clumping up the stairs. The most recent interruption was the arrival of the second post, which brought him two circulars and an income tax demand printed in red. Needless to say this person is a writer.»
«The chill Miss Trent has her men frustrated to a point at which a mortal male would smack her little mouth, so smooth, so firm, so free of nicotine, alcohol and emotion.»
«I have found by experience that man makes his plans to be often upset by God, but, at the same time, where the ultimate goal is the search of truth, no matter how a man's plans are frustrated the issue is never injurious and often better then anticipated.»
«Limiting birth by artificial means is an absurdly wrong step. The consequences of this act are irresponsible fatherhood or frustrated motherhood.»

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