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Tears Quotes
Most Famous Tears Quotes of All Time!
These lines reject the idea that crying is only a sign of weakness, instead calling tears sacred and more expressive than words could ever be. Others speak to the private sacrifice behind public success, the kind rarely acknowledged. See related reflections in Pain quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was on a tour of a Restoration comedy in 1996, and in Moscow we stayed at the Metropole hotel, off Red Square. The food there was opulent, but in the Maly theatre canteen, there were just a few pieces of rye bread, peanuts, and gherkins. I stood in the queue and burst into tears.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw a cardinal when I was in Brooklyn, and I was almost moved to tears. I was, like, 'I can't believe this thing is legal. I can't believe this thing is in the wild. How did this happen? How has someone not killed them all? They're so conspicuous. They're gorgeous. How can they still be alive?'
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I had a remarkable voice, but I was embarrassed because it was so high. But when I sang at my bar mitzvah, the rabbi was in tears. He said to my parents, 'He must become a cantor in the synagogue,' but my mother said, 'No, he's going to be a concert pianist.'
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am Amaxon Corazon Junia Principia Delgado the Third, and I bent over my meal and wept luxurious tears into my green banana porridge. It was a perfect decoction, and it now would not satisfy me.
- Central Park
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sister gave my two-and-a-half year old this book called 'And Tango Makes Three,' about the gay penguin couple at the Central Park Zoo. They cared for an orphan egg 'til it hatched and then raised the baby penguin as their own. I cannot get through this book without copious amounts of tears and snot running down my face.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no word for feeling nostalgic about the future, but that's what a parent's tears often are, a nostalgia for something that has not yet occurred. They are the pain of hope, the helplessness of hope, and finally, the surrender to hope.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Sondheim was visiting the Library of Congress, where the manuscript of 'Porgy and Bess' is housed, he was so overcome with emotion while holding the score in his hands that he shed a tear. He shed several tears, but one of the tears actually fell onto the original manuscript. And he was horrified.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I secretly love the song 'No More Tears.' It's my go-to karaoke song that I do with all my friends.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been making notes of my life, but when it finally came time to write it, it took me back, and I cried many tears. But I also think that it's liberating.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule No. 1 of politics: No one sheds tears for anyone lucky enough to live at the White House.
- Happens
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- Nov 07, 2020
TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
'It's A Wonderful Life' still makes me cry happy tears, and my more recent favorite, 'Elf.'
From the dignity found in grief to historical remembrance of hardship endured, this collection treats tears as meaningful rather than shameful. Continue with Broken and Alone quotes for more on hard emotions.