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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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I would have much preferred to have had a normal childhood. I would have loved it if my greatest dilemma, at 14, was whether to go to Benetton for my pullovers. I would have preferred not to have cried all the tears I have cried.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I sat in rooms with middle-aged white men, I heard them speaking like young black men in America. They had been solidly middle class for the majority of their working careers, but now they were feeling angry, disaffected, and in some cases, they actually had tears in their eyes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In art there are tears that lie too deep for thought.
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- Nov 07, 2020
All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I vividly remember sixth grade. It's the year when kids turn mean, and it's definitely no longer okay to cry in public. So we force our hot tears back, and they burn our throats all the way down.
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cry tears when a man leaves you at any age - it doesn't matter whether you are 20 or 60.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do have body-image issues, just like everyone else. I mean, I wish I had bigger boobs. And I hate my butt. I want an onion butt - you know, a butt that'll bring tears to your eyes?
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've dominated past competitions, but I've sweated blood and tears for every medal. I take nothing for granted, and I'm fully focused on doing my best.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you go back and look at President Reagan's speeches, they bring you to tears almost.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those emotions into an expression of light relief; of tragedy, to wound them and bring the relief of tears. Disgust and terror are the other points of the compass.
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.