Pain Quotes - Page 28

• I'm really good in pain. I snapped my leg in half on stage and played a whole show. But I can't sit there with someone that loves me.

  Adam Duritz

  Half, Legs, Stage

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• I think most entrepreneurs would refer to themselves as "accidental". No one looks for stress and pain. You stumble on to it. Also, no one looks for pots of gold, it just happens.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Stress, Thinking, Entrepreneur

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

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• I'm so busy trying to breathe through the pain that I'm breathing through the pain of being with people, and that is no way to spend a life. Eventually, they'll just go away, because you will make them sad. That's something I've proven quite adept at doing over the years.

  Adam Duritz

  Breathing, Years, People

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• When I was young, I remember having a particular pain about injustice. Suffering hurt me.

  Maggie Q

  Hurt, Suffering, Remember

  "Divergent Star Maggie Q on Earthlings, Best Friends Animal Society, and No Kill". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 01, 2014.

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• This is the tendency of all living things: to avoid pain and to cling to pleasure.

  Pema Chodron

  Pleasure, Tendencies, Living Things

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• One very powerful and effective way to work with this tendency to push away pain and hold on to pleasure is the practice of tonglen.  In tonglen practice, when we see or feel suffering, we  breathe in with the notion of completely feeling it, accepting it, and owning it.

  Pema Chodron

  Powerful, Practice, Feelings

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• I remind myself that my pain is not unique. Everybody suffers.

  Karen Armstrong

  Unique, Suffering

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 30, 2013.

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• Beethoven's string quartets express pain itself; it is not MY pain.

  Karen Armstrong

  Strings, Quartets, String Quartets

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 30, 2013.

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• The pain itself is a product or a reflection of how I am interpreting whatever it is that is causing me pain.

  Marianne Williamson

  Reflection, Products, Interpreting

  "A Conversation with Marianne Williamson: Powerful pioneer in new thought and spirituality". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for.

  Marianne Williamson

  Grief, Trying, Rooms

  "A Conversation with Marianne Williamson: Powerful pioneer in new thought and spirituality". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• By community I mean that community you have a special vision for, that only you see, that no one else in a room sees. That special community in pain, that through a pain you've suffered, you're able to have that vision, that super-ray vision.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Mean, Community, Vision

  "Talking in Our Pajamas". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. Summer, 2008.

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• I am not saying that I am different, but I don't have emotional pain. I may be angry and I may be peaceful, but no emotional pain.

  Paulo Coelho

  Emotional, Peaceful, Different

  "Paulo Coelho: Author of The Alchemist". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Having been through a tremendous amount of emotional pain, to process it properly, to be able to have it make sense and then move it through your body, your mind, your spirit, and be done with it, you really have to address it head-on. Being able to really have the courage enough to truly face it, to truly look at it, to truly feel it.

  Mariel Hemingway

  Moving, Emotional, Mind

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• We live in a society running from pain through alcohol, through too much exercise, through sugar, through drugs - as opposed to realizing that these things come up because they are lessons. It's a way to wake you up.

  Mariel Hemingway

  Running, Exercise, Alcohol

  "Mariel Hemingway and Bobby Williams | Interview by Maranda Pleasant". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• There are many times when I have to remind myself that people who harm others are coming from a place of profound disconnection. It is not easy to recognize the pain such a person is in, especially because they may not be conscious of it themselves. They may present themselves to the world as just fine. If you believe human beings have a potential for deep connection, wisdom and love; the limitation in those peoples' lives becomes clearer.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Believe, People, Profound

  "A conversation with meditation teacher and co-founder of Insight Meditation Society: Sharon Salzberg". Interview with Nancy Alder, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• People know when you're speaking from el corazón. You have that pain. Take that pain and do something with it. That's very powerful.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Powerful, People, Knows

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2008.

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• The best medicine for pain sometimes is some kind of logic and common sense from older folks. They tell you, "Okay, you're not the only one who actually went through this."

  Chuck D

  Medicine, Common Sense, Logic

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 12, 2012.

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• If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming.

  Jimmy Cliff

  Song, Swimming, Guitar

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• I choose to not ignore or push away emotional pain. Instead, I allow it to move through me. Sometimes, that's quietly working on a puzzle and listening to an all-strings Pandora station, and others, it's being vulnerable with a trusted friend. Either way, I let it have its place.

  Jennifer Widerstrom

  Moving, Emotional, Listening

  "Jennifer Widerstrom: Fears, Philanthropy, and Fitness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• How do I transform pain. I guess the number one way in which I do that is by working on music, but also it can be anything from just talking about it with other people or doing kickboxing or meditating or running around with dogs. Or just simply trying to sit with it and be mindful and be aware of it.

  Moby

  Running, Dog, Numbers

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• I handle my emotional pain with music and old movies, preferably Westerns.

  Ruthie Foster

  Emotional, Old Movie, Handle

  "Ruthie Foster: Love More and Openly". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'm not really good at hiding pain or taking something and transforming it into something good.

  Trevor Hall

  Hiding, Hiding Pain, Transforming

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• I have a skill set that often helps me get through hurtful moments or experiences. However, sometimes when the pain cuts really deep, my normal go-to exercises just won't work.

  Nikki DeLoach

  Cutting, Exercise, Skills

  "Interview with Nikki Deloach, actress in the hit show Awkward". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I usually need to sit with pain a while. Really feel it. Then I need to talk it out. Luckily, I am surrounded by wonderful listeners who haven't told me to shut up yet.

  Melissa Rauch

  Needs, Shut Up, Wonderful

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• Today, I wanted to spend some time reading and responding to comments of fans on my Facebook page. Yes, there are great comments, but there are also a lot of people who are very opinionated and judgmental. So, initially, when I read these judgmental comments, I don't feel vulnerable, but rather I get defensive. But once I get past that anger, it sort of becomes hurt. It becomes pain.

  Matisyahu

  Hurt, Reading, Past

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