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Most people respond to my paintings quite generously, but there have been cases where I think people - a few critics in particular - were actually moved by the work but were disturbed by the feelings it evoked, so they attacked it. Some people find the realm of my work quite uncomfortable.

~April Gornik

Topics: Actually Attacked Been Cases Critics Disturbed Feelings Few Find Most Moved Paintings Particular People Quite Realm Respond Some Some People Think Uncomfortable Were Where Work I Think

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The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously disturbed by the difficulties which the naturalist encountered when he undertook to define them.

~Asa Gray

Topics: Conviction Define Different Difficulties Disturbed Encountered Former Function He Kind Kingdoms Life Naturalist Seriously Structure Them Two Were Which Wholly

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I am disturbed by how states abuse laws on Internet access. I am concerned that surveillance programmes are becoming too aggressive. I understand that national security and criminal activity may justify some exceptional and narrowly-tailored use of surveillance. But that is all the more reason to safeguard human rights and fundamental freedoms.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Abuse Access Activity Aggressive Am Becoming Concerned Criminal Disturbed Exceptional Freedoms Fundamental How Human Human Rights Internet Justify Laws May More National National Security Programmes Reason Rights Safeguard Security Some States Surveillance Too Understand Use I Am

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Nature is under control but not disturbed.

~Beatrix Of The Netherlands

Topics: Control Disturbed Nature

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I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer.

~Bell Hooks

Topics: Behave Black Blacks Disturbed Identify Only Read Students Though White Women Writer

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Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests.

~C. Wright Mills

Topics: American Automatic Balancing Cling Competing Disturbed Economy Government Interests Issues Machine Moral Notion Over Political Political Economy Sort Wishing

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I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious.

~Calvin Trillin

Topics: Disturbed Expect Me More People Serious

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The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

~Carl Jung

Topics: Behind Calm Conflicts Disturbed Easily Intense Just Lasting Leave Most Needed Overcome Produce Results Security Sense Valuable Which

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I still remember March 31, 1981, when a deeply disturbed John Hinckley Jr. took aim at President Ronald Reagan and fired shots that hospitalized the Commander-in-Chief and two others, and left his Press Secretary James Brady paralyzed for life.

~Charles B. Rangel

Topics: Aim Brady Deeply Disturbed Fired His James John Left Life March Others Paralyzed President Press Reagan Remember Ronald Reagan Secretary Shots Still Took Two

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It is the Band which unites the Interests of Individuals; it secures to them their respective Rights, and preserves them from Injuries; it is the Source of numberless Blessings, which are interrupted, or wholly vanish, the Moment it is disturbed.

~Charles Inglis

Topics: Band Blessings Disturbed Individuals Injuries Interests Interrupted Moment Preserves Respective Rights Source Them Unites Vanish Which Wholly

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