"Keep off your thoughts from things that are past and done; for thinking of the past wakes regret and pain."

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Source : The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley (2012). “Chinese Poems”, p.177, Routledge

Arthur Waley

#Pain Quotes #Regret Quotes #Past Quotes

“Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.”

Source : Frank McCourt (2005). “Teacher Man: A Memoir”, p.5, Simon and Schuster
“I'm really terrible with small children; they're small, noisy, irritating, damp and soggy.”
“With the withering of the rose, and with each fallen petal, Allah is reminding us that everything here is passing away. He is reminding us that nothing in this world will remain, except for Allah.”
“I am constantly amazed when I talk to young people to learn how much they know about sex and how little about soap.”

Source : Billie Burke, Cameron Shipp (2016). “With Powder on My Nose”, p.21, Pickle Partners Publishing
“When people talk about the '60s I never think that was me there. It was me and I was in it, but I was never enamoured with all that. It's supposed to be sex and drugs and rock and roll and I'm not really like that. I've never really seen the Rolling Stones as anything.”

Source : Title of song (1977)
“But from the hoop's bewitching round, Her very shoe has power to wound.”
“I see a lot of people who have amazing stories but have been told that their work, their lives, and their stories and not the stuff of literature. Or they're first-generation college student, first-generation American, and their family just doesn't understand the art world. They have a lot of guilt. "We came all the way from [wherever] so you could do this?" Those people may not be showing the moxie, but that's because they don't even know what's possible. So I want to jump in and say, "Actually, your story is amazing, and I believe in you.".”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Sure, my boss took advantage of me, but I will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual relationship. Any 'abuse' came in the aftermath, when I was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position,”

Source : "NBC Uses Lewinsky Interview to Silence Talk of Clinton Scandals". www.newsbusters.org. April 18, 2016.

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