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As artists, we thrive when we can express our comfort and our discomfort. If a certain scene is really challenging for us, if we're in an environment where we feel safe, we're able to do our work.

~Aja Naomi King

Topics: Able Artists Certain Challenging Comfort Discomfort Environment Express Feel Our Really Safe Scene Thrive Us Where Work

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I love discomfort. I mean, my whole life is discomfort. One reason I can never retire is that the idea of just sitting on the beach totally comfortable is not a desideratum in my life. I like ambiguity, I like conflict, I like uncertainly.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Ambiguity Beach Comfortable Conflict Discomfort Idea Just Life Like Love Mean My Life Never Reason Retire Sitting Totally Whole I Love I Can

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I tell my students, if you ever become comfortable with your role as criminal defense lawyer, it's time to quit. It should be a constant source of discomfort, because you're dealing with incredible moral ambiguity, and you've been cast into a role which is not enviable.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Ambiguity Because Become Been Cast Comfortable Constant Criminal Dealing Defense Discomfort Enviable Ever Incredible Lawyer Moral Quit Role Should Source Students Tell Time Which You Your

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Every time I do a project, it always comes with a level of discomfort and not knowing how to do it.

~Alison Mosshart

Topics: Always Discomfort Every Every Time How Knowing Level Not Knowing Project Time

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I have a high tolerance for discomfort.

~Andrea Corr

Topics: Discomfort High Tolerance

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If you're never able to tolerate a little bit of pain and discomfort, you'll never get better.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Able Better Bit Discomfort Get Little Little Bit Never Pain Tolerate You

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We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.

~Barbara Jordan

Topics: Achieve Adapt Better Better Future Change Changing Circumstances Discomfort Future Innovation Must Order Our Party Reject Suffer Traditions Willing

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I think that even though some of the things on 'Humans of New York' are kind of very personal and very revealing, I think the discomfort with sharing that tends to be overwritten by the appreciation of being able to distill the experience of your life into a story and share it with other people.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Able Appreciation Being Discomfort Even Experience Humans Kind Life New New York Other People Personal Revealing Share Sharing Some Story Tends Things Think Though Very York Your I Think

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I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.

~Brene Brown

Topics: Bad Belonging Black Black And White Certain Creativity Definite Discomfort Experiences Few Fullness Good Good And Bad Important Inability Joy Lean Limited Lot Love Making Name Spent Things Those Trust Trying Uncertainty Vulnerability White Wrought Years

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I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool, just get it done. And so I grew up not only with discomfort about my own vulnerability, I didn't care for it in other people either.

~Brene Brown

Topics: About Barely Care Discomfort Done Either Family Get Grew Just My Own Only Other Our Own People Pool Raised Tolerated Training Up Vulnerability Wheels Where I Was Raised

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