#pressing

Expressing emotion is not so easy. He has to remind himself that English is not her first language. Expressing emotion can be difficult even when the words are familiar.  ↗

— Elise Valmorbida

#language-understanding #love

Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?' ↗

— Ellen Burstyn

#another #any #came #depressing #difficult

Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#aristocratic #been #commerce #ever #mode

Nothing is more depressing and more illogical than aggressive Christianity. ↗

— Gerald Vann

#christianity #depressing #illogical #more #nothing

I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't. ↗

— Jack Dee

#discard #effect #however #i #liked

Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#effort #situation #talent #tragedy #without

Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that there's a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of directly expressing to complete strangers the most intimate details of my life. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#almost #certain #complete #details #directly

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#being #danger #depressing #life #pessimist

It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#challenge #college #college education #depressing #education

The Citizen's Petition reflects Vermont's spirit of pragmatism and across-the-board cooperation. I applaud the 'Campaign to Fix the Debt' for calling attention to one of the country's most pressing problems, our ballooning national debt, and for urging policymakers to find practical solutions. ↗

— Peter Welch

#attention #calling #campaign #citizen #cooperation