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pain struggle adversity
I never feel more alive than when I'm in great pain, struggling against insurmountable odds and untold adversity. Hardship? Suffering? Bring it! Dean Karnazes
pain real book
Mindi Scott has a real talent for getting inside her protagonist's head. She sketches out Coley's story in grand swathes, and then paints in all the little details, so that you feel as though you are enmeshed in Coley's brain: thinking her thoughts, feeling her confusion, anger, and, in the end, pain. I just don't think it's possible to read this book and not identify with Coley in some way. Amber Benson
pain sick religion
If the knowledge of torture of others makes you sick, it is a case of sympathy... It can be argued that behaviour based on sympathy is in an important sense egoistic, for one is oneself pleased at others' pleasure and pained at others' pain, and the pursuit of one's own utility may thus be helped by sympathetic action. Amartya Sen
pain mean wings
Fertility says, "Can you relax and just let things happen?" I ask, does she mean, like disasters, like pain, like misery? Can I just let all that happen? "And Joy," she says, "and Serenity, and Happiness, and Contentment." She says all the wings of the Columbia Memorial Mausoleum. "You don't have to control everything," she says. "You can't control everything." But you can be ready for disaster. A sign goes by saying, Buckle Up. "If you worry about disaster all of the time, that's what you are going to get," Fertility says. Chuck Palahniuk
pain war nice
Think of a rock polisher, one of those drums, goes round and round, rolls twenty-four/seven, full of water and rocks and gravel. Grinding it all up. Round and round. Polishing those ugly rocks into gemstones. That’s the earth. Why it goes around. We’re the rocks. And what happens to us—the drama and pain and joy and war and sickness and victory and abuse—why, that’s just the water and sand to erode us. Grind us down. To polish us up, nice and bright. Chuck Palahniuk
pain back-again again-and-again
We know there's going to be nothing but pain, but we go back again and again. Christopher Moore
pain artist people
What is it that turns people into artists? It often comes from some kind of pain or angst, a need to understand or express something. It very rarely comes from confidence, being raised by parents who want to hear what you have to say and wants to encourage you. Angelina Jolie
pain men balance
Nature is about balance. All the world comes in pairs - Yin and Yang, right and wrong, men and women; whats pleasure without pain? Angelina Jolie
pain men self
Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating. Andrew Cohen
writing needs gypsy
I need to keep traveling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them. Delta Goodrem
writing publish
Write the unpublishable.. .and then publish it. Denis Johnson
writing challenges paper
Writing is very difficult. You have 120 pages of blank paper and it's like, "Go fill that up with some funny stuff," and that's challenging. Bobby Farrelly
writing trying moments
I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as a poet. Andrew Motion
writing reality play
The difficulty of writing a good theatre play set in new reality was even greater given that the level of similitude to life that is allowed in a film would not work on the stage. Andrzej Wajda
writing fiction literature
The beauty of literature - also its limit - is that it is inescapably personal, even if you're writing science fiction. Aleksandar Hemon
writing brain fiction
I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction. Aleksandar Hemon
writing thinking personality
I don't think it's possible to write a good novel around a negative personality. Alberto Moravia
writing ratios literacy
The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write. Alberto Moravia
firsts film lowest
I got paid 20 grand for my first film. And that's the lowest I ever got paid. Jonathan Rhys Meyers
firsts tvs remember
The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked. Mark Gatiss
firsts looks actors
As an actor, I look at first what I can borrow from what I really feel. Kristin Bauer van Straten
firsts shameless get-up
I like 'Shameless.' The first season I just watched it straight through. I literally didn't get up. I just had to finish it. Navid Negahban
firsts steps beginners
Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step. Muhammad Ali
firsts annihilation
Our first work must be the annihilation of everything as it now exists. Mikhail Bakunin
firsts apologizing first-time
A lot of first-time filmmakers are almost apologizing for their movie by saying, Well, we only had 18 days to shoot, you know. Mark Waters
firsts family-comes-first protect
For me, family always comes first I would do anything to protect them. Mark Wahlberg
firsts succeed pay
If at first you don't succeed, pay someone else to do it for you. Mark Hoppus