#distress

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. ↗

— William Cowper

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They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race. ↗

— Denis Kearney

#crisis #distress #feed #forty #grasped

I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams. ↗

— Princess Diana

#dreams #emotions #hopes #i #insecurities

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress. ↗

— Ma Jian

#barred #being #both #caused #china

There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author's own. But in my case that is as far as it goes. ↗

— William Trevor

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Single ladies, we are not Damsels in Distress…we are Divas that Impress! ↗

— Mandy Hale

#damsels-in-distress #divas #divas-that-impress #positive-thinking #single

We are distressed by the unilateral actions of those provinces that are clearly determined to redefine what our common faith was once. ↗

— Peter Akinola

#clearly #common #common faith #determined #distressed

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! ↗

— Robert Burns

#bliss #brother #brothers #distress #exquisite

When I was a child I liked watching shows about bounty hunters and Canadian Mounties. I liked the 'Lone Ranger,' I liked shows where the guy saved the girl from the villain. I just liked those kinds of things and I wanted to be a guy like that, you know, that would save the damsel in distress. ↗

— Duane Chapman

#bounty #canadian #child #distress #girl