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Seneca's advice is to assume that everything will go wrong, so when it does you don't get upset.
ECONOMIST: Pacifier philosophy
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If a sales clerk ticks you off, even if you're not dressed like Santa but look like him, as Cawthra does, you can't get upset.
CNN: Being Santa: 7 men share tales from behind the red suit
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To simply demand that which you know you can't have and then get upset when you can't have it is to simply create circumstances where people have to be proving themselves all the time.
BBC: Northern Ireland
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Well, apparently, he was upset because he didn't get to go on a trip last year, so maybe he thought if he confessed his wrongdoing, they would change their minds.
NPR: Eli Manning Takes After Mom
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"I was sort of upset that I didn't get any happy birthdays on FB, even though I got e-mails, texts and phone calls, " says photo editor Victoria Reichelt, who eventually figured out that her Facebook friends didn't even know about her birthday, since she'd removed that information.
FORBES: Technology
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You know, I heard from a lot of Clinton people who are upset that Obama hadn't done more to help her retire her debt and many of them were very upset that she didn't even get vetted for the vice presidential position.
NPR: Political Junkie: Clinton, Lieberman and Holder
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Will we get angry and upset because of the other person isn't fully getting what we are trying to say?
CNN: Commentary: Race, faith and politics
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An agitated Amar'e Stoudemire, upset about a call he didn't get from officials, got a technical early in the period.
WSJ: N.Y. Knicks: The All-Star Break Is Over, Right?
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The capuchin monkeys were upset, selfishly, when they didn't get the grapes that their neighbors received.
CNN: Morality: It's not just for humans
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Four consecutive seasons of record attendance already indicate that no matter how upset people may get over steroids and other scandals, they don't stop buying tickets.
FORBES: Clemens Case Goes To Justice Department
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And there are people in very long lines and very upset that they haven't -- they were led to believe they could get it.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing