"Nothing lasts-not even pain."

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Source : David Grayson, Ray Stannard Baker (1942). “Under My Elm: Country Discoveries and Reflections”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran

Ray Stannard Baker

#Pain Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Van.”
“Emotional discomfort, when accepted, rises, crests and falls in a series of waves. Each wave washes a part of us away and deposits treasures we never imagined. Out goes naivete, in comes wisdom; out goes anger, in comes discernment; out goes despair, in comes kindness. No one would call it easy, but the rhythm of emotional pain that we learn to tolerate is natural, constructive and expansive... The pain leaves you healthier than it found you.”
“My parents are amazing, but when I was like, 'Well, I'm going to be an actress,' and they're all doctors, that wasn't the best and easiest thing to do. I'm sure that I probably went through a year period when I wasn't telling them exactly what I was doing. But that's going to evolve.”

Source : "RESHMA SHETTY from Royal Pains Interview". Interview with Sandrine Sahakians, www.tvequals.com. June 8, 2009.
“You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.”

Source : Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.31, Pan Macmillan
“It's strange with graffiti. You put a lot out, but you don't get that much back because not many people know who's doing it. You have your peers of about 10 guys who know you are the one painting.”

Source : Source: www.freshnessmag.com
“The other exception to the rule regards dealings with masochists. A ***** derives pleasure from being hurt; so denying the ***** his pleasure through-pain hurts him just as much as actual physical pain hurts the non masochist. The story of the truly cruel ***** illustrates this point: The ***** says to the sadist, "beat me." To which the merciless ***** replies, "NO!" If a person wants to be hurt and enjoys suffering, then there is no reason not to indulge him in his wont.”
“There's a fine line between cultural criticism and bitterness.”
“In this arid wilderness of steel and stone I raise up my voice that you may hear. To the East and to the West I beckon. To the North and to the South I show a sign proclaiming: Death to the weakling, wealth to the strong!”

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