Nicholas Sparks Quotes
I knew it wasn't fair, I knew it was wrong, but I couldn't help it. And after a while, the anger I felt just sort of became part of me, like it was the only way I knew how to handle the grief. I didn't like who I'd become, but I was stuck in this horrible cycle of questions and blame.
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Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.
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It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.
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People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents.
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Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong.
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All the media are horrible.
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In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
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I am particularly interested in helping to heal women who have a fistula after their pregnancies.
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And remember, it's also very funny, because side by side with grief lies joy.
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It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property.
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There's nothing that symbolizes loss or grief more than a mother losing a child.
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Even with my father and brother dying, I didn't quite process the grief.
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In my hometown of New Orleans, grief is a public spectacle that, somewhat paradoxically, necessitates celebration. The dead are not mourned so much as they are posthumously venerated with music and dance.
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We want to take the energy surrounding the Sandy Hook anniversary that might otherwise be consumed by grief or anger - or this week in San Bernardino by fear - and channel some of that to honor our common humanity and love each other.
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As crime writers, we put these characters, year after year, book after book, through the most horrendous trauma, dealing with grief and death and loss and violence. We can't pretend that these things don't affect these characters; they have to. If they don't, then you're essentially writing cartoons.
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'The Killing' has a really great combination of qualities: Even though it's very sad and deals with mourning and grief, it's still exciting. It's about real people and it doesn't shy from the painful points of life.
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I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.
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You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else's style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time.
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The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and formalism.
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I have learned to smoke because I need something to hold onto.
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To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
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I don't use the word 'pressure.' I use the word 'expectation.' I have very high expectations of myself. It starts with me.
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The seeds of success in every nation on Earth are best planted in women and children.
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I knew it wasn't fair, I knew it was wrong, but I couldn't help it. And after a while, the anger I felt just sort of became part of me, like it was the only way I knew how to handle the grief. I didn't like who I'd become, but I was stuck in this horrible cycle of questions and blame.
