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Bill Moyers -- who knows as much about the history of popular movements as just about anyone in America -- recently put it this way: Discouragement comes easily.
Miles Mogulescu: Where Does the #Occupy Movement Go From Here? Miles Mogulescu 2011
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Discouragement Immigration officials hope Australian diaspora communities including Iranian, Iraqi, Afghan and Sri Lankans will watch the film and discourage family and friends who are considering making the journey.
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Discouragement Immigration officials hope Australian diaspora communities including Iranian, Iraqi, Afghan and Sri Lankans will watch the film and discourage family and friends who are considering making the journey.
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A few years ago, Gracie created the popular web site called “Discouragement Kitten,” a rather over the top satirical advice column.
Working Title: "Third Persons" Glenn Klopfenstein 2011
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Discouragement and fatigue have been attached to the consequences.
Do You Know Who I Am? Angela Thomas 2010
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The new minister brought to the little congregation his gentle homilies, with titles such as "Overcoming Discouragement," and amusing, self-deprecating tales about his golf game and family life.
'We let a wolf in': He seemed like the perfect preacher -- until his flock discovered his murder conviction. Neely Tucker 2010
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The new minister brought to the little congregation his gentle homilies, with titles such as "Overcoming Discouragement," and amusing, self-deprecating tales about his golf game and family life.
'We let a wolf in': He seemed like the perfect preacher -- until his flock discovered his murder conviction. Neely Tucker 2010
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I myself printed, as a pamphlet, Poems Written in Discouragement, 1912-1913, and certainly these poems are as bitter as the letters Mr MacColl has quoted.217 That is the manner of our intemperate Irish nature and I think the Elizabethan English were as volatile; we are quick to speak against our countrymen, but slow to give up our work.
Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000
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In the privately circulated Poems Written in Discouragement, printed in October 1913, Yeats had included ‘To a Wealthy Man who promised a second Subscription to the Dublin Municipal Gallery if it were proved the People wanted Pictures’, ‘September 1913’, ‘To a Friend whose Work has come to Nothing’, ‘Paudeen’, and ‘To a Shade’.
Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000
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Discouragement: Along the way to your goal you may hit a rough patch and become discouraged.
Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone: New Year's Resolution? This Time, Stay on Track! 2009
foolness commented on the word Discouragement
Antonym of recommendation
January 3, 2010