Feel Sorry For You Quotes - Page 2

• It goes without saying that 'Buncha Losers' comedies speak to tough times. The massive unemployment of the Reagan years gave us 'Taxi,' 'Cheers' and the genre-defining 'Night Court,' a show you could never admit to watching without making people feel sorry for you.

  Rob Sheffield

  Cheer, Sorry, Night

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• AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.

  Ryan White

  Sister, Mom, Sorry

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• Oh, ants, my sisters, good old honeydew-seekers! From close up you are sticky and shiny and gristly; and your nymphs have parasitic red mites stuck to them. You are too intent upon your chewing and gathering to listen to me, but I tell you that despite my warm feelings I really do not like you, and I cannot feel sorry for you in any way because there are too many of you and you are not cute at all. You eat too much of my forests; you are a rebellious tribe, and I will destroy you; I will poison your nests with sweet-smelling traps.

  William T. Vollmann

  Cute, Sweet, Sorry

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• Although others may feel sorry for you, never feel sorry for yourself: it has a deadly effect on spiritual well-being. Recognize all problems, no matter how difficult, as opportunities for spiritual growth, and make the most of these opportunities.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Spiritual, Sorry, Opportunity

  Peace Pilgrim (1981). “Steps Toward Inner Peace”, p.18, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• Only sad sacks and conformists need things like no kiss on New Year's Eve to remind them to feel lonely. They're as bad as the people who need St. Patty's Day as an excuse to get drunk or Halloween to wear slutty outfits. You can feel sorry for yourself and dress like a hooker all year round: Hallmark never needs to know.

  Julie Klausner

  New Year, Lonely, Sorry

  Julie Klausner (2010). “I Don't Care About Your Band: What I Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Se nsitive Hipsters, and Other Guys I've Dated”, p.161, Penguin

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• You don't feel sorry for yourself, you get on with life. 
  (after not being picked starting goalie)

  Jens Lehmann

  Sorry, Germany, Goalies

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• Baseball is a game of failure. There are plenty of opportunities to be down, or to feel sorry for yourself, or to be upset at somebody or upset at yourself.

  Mark Teixeira

  Baseball, Sorry, Opportunity

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• Bill collectors and harassing phone calls is enough to motivate some people to become successful. Maybe the pain is not great enough yet for you to act. Are you going to continue to feel sorry for yourself? On the other hand, are you ready to do what you need to do to change your situation?

  Jon Jones

  Motivational, Sorry, Pain

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• Any area you slough off in your life will reflect in your meditation. Be happy when you could be depressed. Push jealous, fear, and anger out of your mind. Don't feel sorry for yourself.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sorry, Jealous, Buddhism

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• He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Okay, would you like pizza?" "I don't think you deserve my company but I feel sorry for you so I'll say yes." "God help me," he said, half under his breath.

  Melina Marchetta

  Sorry, Eye, Thinking

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.123, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• No one is going to feel sorry for you, so you have to go out there and be fierce.

  Gabby Douglas

  Sorry, Fierce, Feels

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• You know that things aren't going well for you when you can't even tell people the simplest fact about your life, just because they'll presume you're asking them to feel sorry for you.

  Nick Hornby

  Sorry, People, Asking

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• My boy! Smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life, and if you decide in advance not to smoke, i can only feel sorry for you.

  Sigmund Freud

  Sorry, Boys, Smoking

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• I was raised with the idea that you can feel sorry for yourself, but then, get over it, because it doesn't get you anywhere. There was always this awareness that you have to be responsible for yourself in order to have what you want

  Charlize Theron

  Sorry, Ideas, Order

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• I am a cheerful man, even in the dark, and it's all thanks to a good Lutheran mother. . . . Mother was well composed, a true Lutheran, and taught me to Cheer up, Make yourself useful, Mind your manners, and above all, Don't feel sorry for yourself.

  Garrison Keillor

  Mother, Cheer, Sorry

  Garrison Keillor (1998). “Wobegon Boy”, p.9, Penguin

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• You see, when you're middle class, you have to live with the fact that history will ignore you. You have to live with the fact that history can never champion your causes and that history will never feel sorry for you. It is the price that is paid for day-to-day comfort and silence. And because of this price, all happinesses are sterile; all sadnesses go unpitied.

  Douglas Coupland

  Sorry, Sadness, Class

  "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture". Book by Douglas Coupland, 1991.

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• When I saw houses in Palmdale going for $500K, I knew something was wrong. If you got foreclosed, I don't feel sorry for you!

  Tom Leykis

  Sorry, House, Saws

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• It's core to my beliefs now: Sometimes in being given a challenge, you're actually being given a real opportunity, and a lot of that is how you handle it. Do you feel sorry for yourself or do you think, All right! I'll see what I can make out of this? I've had that over and over. If I hang out in the disappointment, I'll just be disappointed all the time.

  Lauren Graham

  Sorry, Disappointment, Real

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I'm trying to feel sorry for you, really I am,"North said."If you wait just a moment I'm sure the tears will come.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Sorry, Waiting, Tears

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• And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to take care of you, to feel sorry for you--that takes a lot of strength, smarts, manipulation. Very powerful people.

  Deb Caletti

  Sorry, Powerful, Smart

  Deb Caletti (2010). “The Secret Life of Prince Charming”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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• Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s like to be in a family, with all the touchy tempers and irritation that goes on. Now you get to see the other side, where we do stupid stuff for each other just because we like you. Rache is the little sister. Ivy’s the big sister. I’m the uncle from out of state, and you’re the rich nephew no one likes but we put up with you anyway because we feel sorry for you. Just let me help, huh? It won’t kill you.

  Kim Harrison

  Uncles, Sorry, Couple

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