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- Nov 07, 2020
Pain Quotes
On pain endured, hidden, and turned into art.
This set moves between the physical and the emotional - an athlete accepting that pain eventually comes with the job, and a claim of feeling none of life's pain at all. Related reading: Silence.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When compassion wakes up in us, we find ourselves more willing to become vulnerable, to take the risk of entering the pain of others.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always have this image of a woman running across a desert carrying children, trying to find water and food, not knowing when they'll get that. And her feet are slashed up from the dry, hard earth... Even when I'm uncomfortable, sometimes in pain, or just cold... I think, 'Thank God for what I've got.'
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I have criticism that I feel is unfair, the rejection does disturb me, but it also strengthens me. I used to get turned down for all sorts of jobs. I used to writhe in pain, but then I would say, 'Good. Good. I will get stronger for this.'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
September 11 reinforced for me that whatever I'm writing about, it better be something that really matters to me because we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. And for me it's stories about people in pain in New York.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever you get a sharp pain, you need to back it off.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would have a good time, I would have a girlfriend. I think that's where a lot of my pain comes from. I think I never had any teenage years to go back to.
- Enraged
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- Nov 07, 2020
An actor's body should be full of emotions, whether it is happiness or sorrow, pain or joy, enraged or elated.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to show my pain. I resisted; I hesitated. I tried to be invisible, to pretend that nothing was wrong. It's impossible; it's not like me.
- Nov 07, 2020