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I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I can remember age 9 having the awful thought, as it seems now looking back on it, A war! That should liven things up a bit!

— Roger Bannister

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I used to feel kind of impatient with people who couldn't do things fast or couldn't remember stuff.

— Linda Ronstadt

One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.

— Carl Hiaasen

I can be a bit impatient sometimes. If I'm really focusing on something, I can expect everybody to move at the same pace, and that's probably not massively endearing.

— Sebastian Coe

Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience.

— Lexa Doig

I don't think patience is something that any of us grow up with in a large dose. It's a world of instant gratification.

— Tim Cope

Kids teach you a lot of patience.

— Mona Singh

I've been described as impatient.

— Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

People have different expectations when you're younger - it's less about changing yourself into a character; they want a more natural thing. And they just want you to be able to turn up every day and carry on working. They have a horrible fear of 10- or 11-year-olds, that they're going to say 'I don't want to play today.'

— Freddie Highmore

A certain amount of impatience may be useful to stimulate and motivate us to action. However, I believe that a lack of patience is a major cause of the difficulties and unhappiness in the world today.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

✗Opposing Perspectives

As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future.

— David Johansen