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- Nov 07, 2020
Hurt Quotes
On pain, defense mechanisms, and the different ways hurt shows up.
Several quotes here treat hurt as something people guard against, including the idea that comedy can work as a shield for real vulnerability underneath. For related reading, see Emotion quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Kiss
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- Nov 07, 2020
A date once leaned in to kiss me, and he ended up kissing my cheek. He was a little offended, but I didn't want to kiss him just to not hurt his feelings.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our interests far outweighed whatever benefit they gave us and they are not essential to our national security.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never hurt a single person in my whole life - never even wanted to hurt someone.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.
- Devilish
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women as mothers grapple with corresponding contradictions. The adoration they feel for their grown daughters, mixed with the sense of responsibility for their well-being, can be overwhelming, matched only by the hurt they feel when their attempts to help or just stay connected are rebuffed or even excoriated as criticism or devilish interference.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries, but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a sense, human beings are human beings. Their feelings of aloneness, of brokenness, their feelings of hurt and disappointment, are universal. It's the ways they choose to act on their feelings that separates them.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all have a natural instinct to protect children from harm. It's never fun to see a child hurt, even if it's just a scraped knee. But on the other hand, children need to take on physical challenges to learn and grow, and scraped knees and other bumps and bruises teach them valuable lessons about their own limits.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a lot of screaming in 'The Originals,' and I hurt my voice so badly that I said, 'I can't scream if you want me to be able to work for, like, the next three days.' So, what I usually do is that I scream once in the season, and we'll just use that scream, all throughout, or extend it, or do whatever we need to do.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Guys play basketball and get hurt, and that's probably the easiest sport on the planet. We're actually fighting every day. We're wrestling; we're grappling.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020