- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sad Quotes
Grief, empathy, and the quiet weight of tears.
These sad quotes move from a claim that art keeps people from sinking into despair, to a sharp comparison between Hollywood's social hierarchy and high school cliques. One entry reflects on how personal experience shapes character writing, while another makes a moving case that tears are a sign of strength rather than weakness. See Poems for more on this feeling in verse.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's so much to argue about. That was the goal with 'Really Really.' Somebody asked me once, 'How should I feel when I leave?' and I said, 'Hopefully, you're talkative.' I don't really care if you're happy or sad or loved it or hated it or hate me. The goal is that you have something to say, that you have a response.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Homeless people really upset me when I was little. A lot of kids have this reaction, but I would get really worried or sad or concerned or cry.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think men are mainly unfaithful because as they get older, they feel the urge to prove to themselves that they are still attractive. They need proof from outside the marriage. It's really sad. It's all about them. It's not about their wives at all.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was rejected for couple of adverts for sounding too sad. One was for Diet Coke, but it's a good thing it didn't happen because it probably would have been a big blight on my soul. It also happened with a fabric softener called Downy, and I guess the way I sang 'Only Downy' made people weep.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't fight my ability to sing sad songs: it's what I am good at, so I must be built for that.
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up.
- Government Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maher Arar's case stands as a sad example of how we have been too willing to sacrifice our core principles to overarching government power in the name of security, when doing so only undermines the principles we stand for and makes us less safe.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not sad, but I am melancholic. When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be happy, to look back and feel I danced well at the end of my career and didn't dwindle off. It would be too sad.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My son jokes with me that he thinks I Google the word 'sad' to come up with book ideas.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
How sad is that life when a man thinks that his manliness comes with asking sexual favours from a woman. That's the saddest way of being a man.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020