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“It's a bit disappointing when board members who don't know a thing about football are making decisions on your career. When you look at it you've got coaches, senior players and CEO's who wanted me but then it gets to a board meeting and you've got fat businessmen who are making the decision on your career. It was frustrating and it made me a bit angry.”

“The court has had to take a hard look at our resources and make difficult decisions balancing competing demands for resources. While our current allocation of resources to the Twin Peaks Court may not be ideal, it is an appropriate allocation when all factors are considered. While I realize this will be disappointing news to you, I can assure you the matter was given serious thought before a decision was made.”

“Did we miss out on a lot of targets? No. Was it disappointing? No.”

Missing Football League Target Disappointing Premier League

Author:David Moyes

“Invest in the "process" rather than the product. Process living neutralizes the depleting and impoverishing effects of chronically living in anticipation. Even when impossible goals occasionally are reached, satisfactions derived from them are invariably disappointing unless the process has given ample satisfaction along the way.”

Way Given Process Goal Impossible Effects Products Perspective Satisfaction Anticipation Disappointing

Author:Theodore Isaac Rubin

“They handled it very badly. It was disappointing and very humiliating. John York was very rude. He never consulted with me over what he said to the press.”

Said Presses Rude Disappointing Humiliating

Author:Louise Jameson

“Trust God's love. His perfect love. Don't fear He will discover your past. He already has. Don't fear disappointing Him in the future. He can show you the chapter in which you will. With perfect knowledge of the past and perfect vision of the future, He loves you perfectly in spite of both.”

Shows Past Perfect Vision Love You Spite Over You Trust In God Chapters Our Past Your Past God's Love Disappointing Perfect Love Visions Of The Future Knowledge Of The Past

Book:Lucado 3-in-1: Traveling Light, Next Door Savior, Come Thirsty

Source: Lucado 3-in-1: Traveling Light, Next Door Savior, Come Thirsty

“How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?”

Heaven Worry Enjoyed Disappointing

Author:Donald Miller

“From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.”

Needs Extraordinary Instant Vow Disappointing

Author:Epictetus

“Bosses and leaders everywhere should cherish the people who bring them bad news, disappointing data or hard problems.”

People Should Hard Problem Leader News Data Boss Cherish Disappointing Bad News Boss And Leader

Author:Margaret Heffernan

“This business of having been issued a body is deeply confusing... Bodies are so messy and disappointing.”

Body Confusing Messy Disappointing

Author:Anne Lamott

“You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels.”

People World Writing Kind Stories Novel Be Kind Short Story Clue Disappointing Best Short

Author:Tobias Wolff

“You have never felt the weight of disappointing love or of failing to live up to expectations. The only thing you've ever been is lonely by yourself-you have no idea how desperate it is to be lonely in the midst of people who love you, and whom you would have done anything to make happy.”

People Ideas Done Felt Failing Love You Expectations Lonely Weight No Idea Desperate Midst Disappointing Make Happy

Author:Alma Alexander

“You get used to it I suppose, but it's always a bit disappointing to see a comic referred to as 'by [writer]' and no one else.”

Used Bits Comic Comic Book Disappointing

Author:Jamie McKelvie

“I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount of effort not to be disappointing. So I worked really hard, but at the time it suited me, because I didn't do very much else.”

Hard Felt Effort Amount Enormous Tickets Disappointing

Author:Emily Mortimer

“I used to say that, as Solicitor General, I made three arguments of every case. First came the one that I planned-as I thought, logical, coherent, complete. Second was the one actually presented-interrupted, incoherent, disjointed, disappointing. The third was the utterly devastating argument that I thought of after going to bed that night.”

Firsts Made Law Used Night Three Cases Bed Argument Thirds Logical Disappointing Interrupted Solicitors

Author:Robert H. Jackson

“Don't go telling yourself you're in love with the man he could be; you gotta love the man standing in front of you right now. Simply put, love the person not the potential! Otherwise, he will always be disappointing to you. And whose fault is that?”

Men Persons Fronts He Man Right Now Standing Faults Be You Disappointing

Author:Niecy Nash

“I think most writers' houses are disappointing. What's much more atmospheric and interesting are the places they wrote about.”

Thinking House Interesting Disappointing

Author:Joseph Kanon

“In any leadership position, you're always going to be disappointing somebody.”

Position Disappointing

Author:Biz Stone

“I claim the holy right to disappoint men in order to avoid disappointing God.”

Men Order Holy Claims Disappoint Disappointing

Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer

“It goes without saying that when you're the manager of a Premiership club, you go eight miles down the road and get beaten by a team two divisions below you, it's disappointing.”

Two Team Clubs Eight Miles Managers Division Beaten Disappointing Down The Road

Author:Kevin Keegan

“Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated into the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sport.”

Sports Growing Olympics Softball Disappointing

Author:Jennie Finch

“A sexual athlete is not likely to find sufficient energy for work of another athletic kind, and the acting of great parts most definitely was and always will be athletic, depending on inner if not on visible energy. Members of other professions that depend on the expenditure of physical energy must, I believe, find similar difficulties when attempting to double up on their energies. One has often heard that the most magnificent specimens of boxers, wrestlers and champions in almost every branch of athletic sport prove to be disappointing upon the removal of that revered jockstrap.”

“Meeting writers is always so disappointing. I got over wanting to meet live writers quite a long time ago. There is this terrific book that has changed your life, and then you meet the author, and he has shifty eyes and funny shoes and he won't talk about anything except the injustice of the United States income tax structure toward people with fluctuating income, or how to breed Black Angus cows, or something.”

People Writing Long Book States Eye Black United United States Changed Taxes Long Time Structure Meetings Injustice Shoes Income Cows Terrific Long Time Ago Disappointing Income Tax

Author:Ursula K. Le Guin

“There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing.”

Confused Threatened Disappointing

Author:Sandra Bernhard

“Basically, I'm a people pleaser who has a knack for disappointing.”

People Disappointing Knack Pleasers

Author:Kevin Nealon

“Democracy is a revelation, but it's complicated. There are elections to hold, politics to create, rights to assert, grievances to settle and institutions to build. To many, it's exhilarating. For others, it can be disappointing when it turns out that democracy doesn't immediately make life better.”

Turns Democracy Rights Election Institutions Complicated Settling Revelations Disappointing Exhilarating Grievance

Author:Atifete Jahjaga

“Barack Obama's inspirational whoosh to the presidency in 2008 was unusual. Most campaigns are less exhilarating; indeed, they are downright disappointing - until someone wins.”

Inspirational Winning Campaigns Barack Unusual Presidency Disappointing Exhilarating

Author:Joe Klein

“The contracts are structured different than athletes in America, but for me, it was good to move on and go back to playing in the premiere league, which is the best league. It was disappointing, as far as the team goes, but for me, there wasn't much I could do.”

Different America Moving Sports Team Athlete League Contracts Disappointing Premieres

Author:Claudio Reyna

“It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.”

People Disappointing

Author:Eric Bana

“I hope I look skinnier in 3D. I hope I don't look three times as fat. That'll be disappointing.”

Looks Three Fats Three Times Disappointing

Author:Kathy Bates

“I would love to have the biggest band that I can have. I'd love to put on a massive show and just give people their money's worth, then just come away from it thinking, 'That was a good show', because it's kind of disappointing sometimes when you go and see someone and you can see they're not that bothered.”

People Thinking Giving Kind I Can Sometimes Shows Band Massive Bothered Disappointing

Author:Katy B

“The most disappointing thing this week is that Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan, because he was the intellectual leader of the Republican Party. Because Paul Ryan decided to join Mitt Romney's ticket, he is completely reversed himself on some of the issues he has been very strong on, like the $716 billion in savings that are in two of his budgets.”

Has Beens Two Strong Party Leader Issues Week Republican Intellectual Decided Billions Saving Budgets Very Strong Tickets Republican Party Romney Savings Disappointing

Author:Stephanie Cutter

“That's one of the things about theater vs. film - with theater, actors have a little more control, and one of the disappointing things about films is that once you're done shooting, anything can happen, you know?”

Knows Littles Done Happens Film Actors Theater Shooting Disappointing Anything Can Happen

Author:Peter Dinklage

“I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.”

Feels Years Two Ends Done Lasts Film Scene Studios Good Work Disappointing

Author:Illeana Douglas

“It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of form boiled down to so little.”

Littles Form Term Masters Disappointing

Author:Alberto Giacometti

“I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.”

Want Feelings Successful Indian Being Successful Disappointing

Author:Sherman Alexie

“I know that everyone who listens to radio creates you in a visual image that they need you to have. Whatever that is, I thought, let them have it. Let me be who the listener needs me to be and let me not contradict that with the reality of my photograph and risk disappointing them.”

Knows Needs Reality Risk Let Me Photograph Radio Visuals Listeners Need You Disappointing Visual Images

Author:Terry Gross

“I was 36, and I had decided to quit acting because it was so disappointing.”

Acting Decided Quitting Disappointing

Author:Phil Hartman

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