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Unfortunately, there has been another small setback which we will have to address, to my displeasure, I will not be able to make it back in time for this season but will do everything in my power to get back to the player I have always been. – Michael Thomas	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They are masking their displeasure with criticism but fail to offer feasible alternatives, once again, we are seeing domestic politics injected into foreign policy. – Gregory Meeks	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They specifically mention their displeasure with the Chief joining members of our community in taking a knee against racism, hatred, and intolerance earlier this week. They have incorrectly stated the gesture was in support of an elected official. This is simply not true. – Greg Chavarria	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Afterwards, Pompeo proceeded to shout his displeasure at being questioned about Ukraine. He used repeated expletives, according to Kelly, he asked, 'Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?' He used the F-word in that sentence and many others. – National Public Radio	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Trump has given them a pass on short-range missiles, instead, they have indicated their displeasure with Seoul. – Joshua Pollack	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
What the cardinal said was that the political leaders and some security officials had prior information about attacks, but they have not taken any action, that's why the cardinal expressed his displeasure. But he did not take any political side. What he is asking is justice for the victims. – Jude Chrysantha Fernando	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Trump administration has generally chosen to ignore Pyongyang's public signals, including escalating signals of displeasure with the negotiations, so far, North Korea has not walked away from the table, but they also have resisted pressure to make substantive progress on the nuclear question. – Kim Dong-yub	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Wanda Barzee saw me as Wanda Barzee slave. Wanda Barzee called me Wanda Barzee handmaiden and she never hesitated to let her displeasure with me be known, there were times when, yes, absolutely, Wanda Barzee was manipulated by Brian David Mitchell. But she in Wanda Barzee own right abused me as much as Brian David Mitchell did. – Elizabeth Smart	Found on CNN 5 years ago
If there is, in fact, displeasure in his service, then he has an obligation, from my perspective, to make a change. – Alberto Gonzales	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The alliance is very important and I think there's ways of communicating our displeasure with things without trying to insult and break the alliance apart. – Bob Corker	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The pope is expressing his displeasure at the election of Donald Trump as president and with the Catholics who voted for him, it came as a huge surprise to the establishment of the church, who were pulling for Hillary Clinton. – Deal Hudson	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Such treatment has the potential to negatively impact U.S. and Nicaraguan bilateral relations, particularly trade, we've conveyed our strong displeasure. – State Department spokesman John Kirby	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We've conveyed our strong displeasure. – State Department spokesman John Kirby	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I believe she expressed a slight bit of displeasure about her accommodations, i explained to her this is a jail, not a resort. – Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We will be finding ways to make our displeasure felt, millions of Australians are feeling sickened by what might be about to happen in Indonesia. – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We will push back strongly to register our displeasure. It is already part of our law that would require us to stop funding if they actually bring a case. – Lindsey Graham	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There are, however, people in this world who seldom pick up a newspaper, people who, when watching television, sneer in displeasure and change channels at the first glimpse of an anchorperson. While such willfully uninformed citizens are rare, emerging from seclusion only to serve on juries in trials of great national significance, they do exist. – Joe Keenan	added by anonymous 13 years ago
When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity; this is the only way to make it palatable. – Paul De Gondi	added by anonymous 13 years ago
For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure. – Ralph Waldo Emerson	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Who has not hopedTo outrage an enemy's dignityWho has not been sweptBy the wish to hurtAnd who has not thought that the impersonal worldDeserves no better than to be destroyedBy one fabulous sign of his displeasure – J. Bronowski	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure. – Kingman Brewster, Jr.	added by anonymous 14 years ago
When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity this is the only way to make it palatable. – Paul De Gondi	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Unfortunately, there has been another small setback which we will have to address, to my displeasure, I will not be able to make it back in time for this season but will do everything in my power to get back to the player I have always been.

– Michael Thomas

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They are masking their displeasure with criticism but fail to offer feasible alternatives, once again, we are seeing domestic politics injected into foreign policy.

– Gregory Meeks

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They specifically mention their displeasure with the Chief joining members of our community in taking a knee against racism, hatred, and intolerance earlier this week. They have incorrectly stated the gesture was in support of an elected official. This is simply not true.

– Greg Chavarria

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Afterwards, Pompeo proceeded to shout his displeasure at being questioned about Ukraine. He used repeated expletives, according to Kelly, he asked, 'Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?' He used the F-word in that sentence and many others.

– National Public Radio

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Trump has given them a pass on short-range missiles, instead, they have indicated their displeasure with Seoul.

– Joshua Pollack

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

What the cardinal said was that the political leaders and some security officials had prior information about attacks, but they have not taken any action, that's why the cardinal expressed his displeasure. But he did not take any political side. What he is asking is justice for the victims.

– Jude Chrysantha Fernando

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Trump administration has generally chosen to ignore Pyongyang's public signals, including escalating signals of displeasure with the negotiations, so far, North Korea has not walked away from the table, but they also have resisted pressure to make substantive progress on the nuclear question.

– Kim Dong-yub

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Wanda Barzee saw me as Wanda Barzee slave. Wanda Barzee called me Wanda Barzee handmaiden and she never hesitated to let her displeasure with me be known, there were times when, yes, absolutely, Wanda Barzee was manipulated by Brian David Mitchell. But she in Wanda Barzee own right abused me as much as Brian David Mitchell did.

– Elizabeth Smart

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If there is, in fact, displeasure in his service, then he has an obligation, from my perspective, to make a change.

– Alberto Gonzales

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The alliance is very important and I think there's ways of communicating our displeasure with things without trying to insult and break the alliance apart.

– Bob Corker

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The pope is expressing his displeasure at the election of Donald Trump as president and with the Catholics who voted for him, it came as a huge surprise to the establishment of the church, who were pulling for Hillary Clinton.

– Deal Hudson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Such treatment has the potential to negatively impact U.S. and Nicaraguan bilateral relations, particularly trade, we've conveyed our strong displeasure.

– State Department spokesman John Kirby

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We've conveyed our strong displeasure.

– State Department spokesman John Kirby

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I believe she expressed a slight bit of displeasure about her accommodations, i explained to her this is a jail, not a resort.

– Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We will be finding ways to make our displeasure felt, millions of Australians are feeling sickened by what might be about to happen in Indonesia.

– Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We will push back strongly to register our displeasure. It is already part of our law that would require us to stop funding if they actually bring a case.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There are, however, people in this world who seldom pick up a newspaper, people who, when watching television, sneer in displeasure and change channels at the first glimpse of an anchorperson. While such willfully uninformed citizens are rare, emerging from seclusion only to serve on juries in trials of great national significance, they do exist.

– Joe Keenan

added by anonymous
13 years ago

When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity; this is the only way to make it palatable.

– Paul De Gondi

added by anonymous
13 years ago

For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Who has not hopedTo outrage an enemy's dignityWho has not been sweptBy the wish to hurtAnd who has not thought that the impersonal worldDeserves no better than to be destroyedBy one fabulous sign of his displeasure

– J. Bronowski

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.

– Kingman Brewster, Jr.

added by anonymous
14 years ago

When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity this is the only way to make it palatable.

– Paul De Gondi

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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