#pointed

I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about! ↗

— Rita Dove

#appointed #because #been #begun #blue

I was disappointed, not because we had lost the war but because our people had allowed it to go on for so many years, instead of heeding the few voices of protest against all that mass insanity and slaughter. ↗

— George Grosz

#allowed #because #disappointed #few #go

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#allowed #disappointed #gratitude #hard #humility

I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people. ↗

— Jane Horrocks

#disappointed #i #i think #long #only

I've learned to think in terms of having a long career. Actors can have very long careers that last until the day we die, but there will be moments when you'll feel like you're a failure or when you're disappointed in yourself. ↗

— Bryce Dallas Howard

#careers #day #die #disappointed #failure

Don't remember me as too nice or beautiful or funny, because then you'll be disappointed. ↗

— Celia Johnson

#because #disappointed #funny #me #nice

I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go. ↗

— Ian Thorpe

#amount #been #disappointed #done #giving

People are inevitably disappointed, because no one's as good as Bill Clinton's first impression. Or, he's done things. He's disappointed people in a variety of ways. And so then, the fall is hard. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#bill #clinton #disappointed #done #fall

I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being cast in something, or if performances were canceled. It was a fix that I obviously needed. ↗

— Trevor Nunn

#being #canceled #cast #disappointed #fix

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed. ↗

— Claude Pepper

#been #forgetting #lot #make #mistake