"We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared."

-- Edward Dahlberg

#Suffering Quotes

“Melancholy sees the worst of things...[rather than the best]”
“I remember when I first started putting things on the web and people were writing about it. I totally didn't keep up with what was going on because I wanted to present stuff in museums and galleries and have some presence on the web. I feel fortunate to have posted stuff in the beginning.”
“It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish.”
“Gary Speed was honourable, trustworthy and a joy to manage. He was honest, he was a role model and he was a great bloke. An avid learner, he recognised responsibility and he was always fully committed.”

Source : "Howard Wilkinson on Gary Speed: 'He leaves a huge, huge void'" by Howard Wilkinson, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2011.
“Creativity is not like the weather: You can do something about it. And you can measure it well enough to determine its effect on sales and profits.”

Source : John Kao (2009). “Jamming: Art and Discipline of Business Creativit”, p.22, Harper Collins
“Why is it offensive to portray a creep and a murderer as a homosexual, but totally acceptable to present him as a religious Christian?”

Source : Michael Medved (1992). “Hollywood vs. America: popular culture and the war on traditional values”, HarperCollins Publishers
“Because I frequently encountered obstacles such as old, entrenched ideas, ongoing power struggles, or the lack of staff and money, I also learned to develop patience and detachment.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“We long to find someone who has been where we've been, who shares our fragile places, who sees our sunsets with the same shades of blue. Soul mates. They somehow validate the depth of our experiences.”

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