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Life is an irritation.
The Pearl Principle - no inner irritation, no pearl.
Irritation for some men was their response to strain.
Irritation is a great source of energy and creativity.
I don't have pet peeves; I have whole kennels of irritation.
Hating someone is feeling irritation by their mere existence.
One bachelor is an irritation. Ten thousand bachelors are a war.
There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join
There is always a secret irritation about a laugh into which we cannot join.
I don't have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation.
Claude Levi-Strauss has been a great source of fruitful irritation to my mind.
The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power.
Sanctions are a sign of irritation; they are not the instrument of serious policies.
A stray hair, by its continued irritation, may give more annoyance than a smart blow.
Irritation. I'm too old to get angry. Anger, that's an emotion for more serious things
This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.
I think intelligence is usually sexy until it becomes irritating. After that, you're stuck.
Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.
He left Chainsaw behind, much to her irritation. Ronan didn't want her to learn any bad language.
The . . . increase in the power of officials is a constant source of irritation to everybody else.
We provide both irritation and inspiration for each other- the grist for each other's pearl making.
I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people.
We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.
I walked along Nevsky Avenue.Actually it was more torture, humiliation, and bilious irritation than a stroll.
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.
People [are] as much a source of entertainment as they [are] a source of irritation. it keep[s] things balanced.
Embracing conflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration can lead to growth and fascination.
I've found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.
All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.
The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect.
Today's minor irritations may become tomorrow's treasured memories. We often don't know what we are missing, until it's missing.
England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.
Patience alleviates, as impatience augments, pain; thus persons of strong will suffer less than those who give way to irritation.
there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation.
Being short and seeing a promoter take the stock up is very irritating. It's not worth it to have that much irritation in your life.
Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
One scientist had discussions about love and compassion. Usually, he felt irritation. After our meeting, for some months, anger never come.
To my irritation, you still can't flick through an ebook properly; you can't riffle the pages, you can't look at more than one page at once.
Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words.
Is there a point to your latest irritation, Kish? (Sin) Had a sudden death wish. Felt the deep need to come up here and have you freeze me. (Kish)
Monopoly may also end in tears, but its tensions are cruder, lacking the infinitely subtle shadings of irritation and acrimony provided by Scrabble.
I need noise and interruptions and irritation: irritation and discomfort are a great starter. The loneliness of doing it any other way would kill me.
True balm [of fantasy] takes away the painful irritation of life and simply heals, allowing one to begin anew. And that is what fantasy can do for us.
I come from a family where the only emotion respectable to show is irritation. In some this tendency produces hives, in others literature, in me both.
One can summon courage and fortitude to face tragedy; irritations and frustrations are a cloud of mosquitoes that nip and sting and drive one frantic.
Rarely have I seen any really great advertising created without a certain amount of confusion, throw-aways, bent noses, irritation and downright cursedness.
Girls marry for love. Boys marry because of a chronic irritation that causes them to gravitate in the direction of objects with certain curvilinear properties.
To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation.
Too many creatures both insects and humans estimate their own value by the amount of minor irritation they are able to cause to greater personalities than themselves.