I'm Sorry Quotes - Page 19

• With better vision, we sacrifice for students for whom that sacrifice will most likely pay off. I'm sorry to say this, but there are times when even superhuman effort will not save a child from his environment or himself. It's not the job of the teacher to save a child's soul; it is the teachers' job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul.

  Rafe Esquith

  Teacher, Jobs, Children

  Rafe Esquith (2008). “There Are No Shortcuts”, p.91, Anchor

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• I'd like to thank my mother, my father, the Academy. I'm sorry. I was thinking of something else.

  Jim Carrey

  Mother, Sorry, Father

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• No relationship would be successful without a little compromise. If you can't learn to do that then I'm sorry to say your relationship will never survive. Love is about giving and taking, it's not just about smiles and kind words. Compromise is key.

  Glennon Melton

  Sorry, Successful, Romantic Love

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• I'm sorry you're so unhappy as a person that you feel the need to say things that you would never understand [to a paparazzi]

  Sienna Miller

  Sorry, Unhappy, Needs

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• I put everything I can into the mulberry of my mind and hope that it is going to ferment and make a decent wine. How that process happens, I'm sorry to tell you I can't describe.

  John Hurt

  Sorry, Wine, Everything Happens For A Reason

  Gurdian Interview, www.theguardian.com. April 26, 2000.

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• When a child makes a mistake or fails to accomplish a certain goal, we must avoid any word or action which indicates that we consider him a failure. 'Too bad that didn't work.' 'I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.' We need to separate the deed from the doer.

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Inspirational, Im Sorry, Children

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• I wish this story were different. I wish it were more civilized. I wish it showed me in a better light, if not happier, than at least more active, less hesitant, less distracted by trivia. I wish it had more shape. I wish t were about love, or about sudden realizations important to one’s life, or even about sunsets, birds, rainstorms, or snow. I’m sorry there is so much pain in this story. I’m sorry it’s in fragments, like a body caught in crossfire or pulled apart by force. But there is nothing I can do to change it.

  Margaret Atwood

  Sorry, Pain, Sunset

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• I'm sorry I thought I paid my bill. I was wrong.

  Jon Jones

  Sorry, Bills, Paid

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• Actually, I came because I have a last-minute invitation. My friend Erika Gill is having a big party tomorrow night, one of those all-out birthday bashes that girls like. Want to go?" ---------------------------------------- "No. Sorry." "Since it's a catered thing, at a restaurant, I'll pick you up at- what did you say?" "I'm sorry. I can't do it." ---------------------------------------- "You're busy?" "I just can't do it," I said.

  Elizabeth Chandler

  Girl, Sorry, Party

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• Heroes!" Euryale said with disgust. "They always bring that up, just like our mother! 'why can't you turn people to stone? your sister can turn people to stone.' Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, boy! That was Medusa's curse alone. she was the most hideous one in the family. She got all the luck!" Stheno looked hurt. "Mother said I was the most hideous.

  Rick Riordan

  Mother, Hurt, Sorry

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• I'm sorry to see it end.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Sorry, Ends

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• Do you know how I feel about that? I'm sure this is no big surprise... what a mistake. I should never have voted for that, but I accepted what [former Secretary of State] Colin Powell and the others said. But it took me just a matter of a few months to realize it was a bad mistake, and my record speaks for itself. I've spoken out against what was going on, not once, not twice, but lots of times. And I'm sorry that I was misled, but I was, and it was a mistake for me to vote for that war.

  Harry Reid

  Sorry, Military, War

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• I'm sorry. It's Hard for me. I do love you," she said quietly. "Sometimes it scares me because you're the first. And the only" He held her there until he was sure he could speak, then eased her back, looked into her eyes "You've chaged my life. Become my life." He touched his lips to hers, let the kiss deepen slowly, silkily. "I need you

  Nora Roberts

  Sorry, Love You, Eye

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• I was very offended as this damages my reputation as a Muslim and a headscarf-wearer, and my father to whom religion is most important.This I cannot apologize for. I’m sorry but it is unacceptable to watch my mother crying because of this. I think everyone who has a family will understand the pain we are going through now.If you don’t like me, you can just tell me to my face. Don’t come near my parents.

  Shila Amzah

  Mother, Sorry, Pain

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• Enough," Curran said. An unmistakable command saturated his voice. Jim clicked his mouth shut. I crossed my arms. "I'm sorry, is this the part where I fall to my knees and shiver in fear, Your Furriness? Silly me, I didn't get the memo.

  Ilona Andrews

  Sorry, Silly, Fall

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.303, Penguin

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• I'm sorry about the dinner." "Best date ever. Well, until people died and vampires showed up. But before that it was awesome.

  Ilona Andrews

  Sorry, People, Vampire

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.271, Penguin

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• Rand rubbed his hands over his face. His anger had dissipated. “I’m sorry, Yelena. I was backed into a corner and I couldn’t get out without hurting someone.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Hurt, Sorry, Hands

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Poison Study”, p.210, Harlequin

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• Piers looked up at him. 'You're new. What's your name?' 'Neythen, my lord.' 'Sounds like a terrible illness. No, more like a bowel problem. I'm sorry, Lord Sandys, your son has contracted neythen and won't live a month. No, no, there's nothing I can do. Sandys would have preferred hearing that to syphilis.

  Eloisa James

  Sorry, Son, Names

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• His door is closed behind me. It's staying closed. He's letting me go. I think I've made myself very clear, but no ones stepping forward to stop me. A lot of you cared, just not enough. And that...that is what i needed to find out. And I did find out. And I'm sorry.

  Jay Asher

  Sorry, Thinking, Doors

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• I'm sorry," he says, "for that time I kissed you at that party and for that time at the wedding and more than anything for the thousand times that I wanted to and didn't have the guts to.

  Melina Marchetta

  Sorry, Party, Thousand

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.190, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Look, Mr. uh, Wulf I appreciate your trying to warn me about this, Ireally do. But there's no such thing as vampires. They're made-up. We writers made them up. I'm sorry we did such a good job that we made the whole world paranoid, but it's true. They're fictional. Blame Bram Stoker. He started it.

  Meg Cabot

  Jobs, Sorry, Appreciate

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• What a subtle, treacherous thing it was to let yourself go that way! Because once you've started it was terribly difficult to stop; soon you were saying "I'm sorry, of course you're right", and "Whatever you think is best", and "you're the most wonderful and valuable thing int he world", and the next thing you knew all honesty, all truth, was as far away and glimmering, as hopelessly unattainable as the world of the golden people.

  Richard Yates

  Honesty, Sorry, Thinking

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• I sure do miss that woman. Smart. Funny. Sweet. She never gave me a moment's trouble." "Gosh, I'm sorry about that. I knew it was boring between you two, but not that bad.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Sweet, Sorry, Smart

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• I'm sorry about yesterday," she said. He hung on to his straps and shrugged. "Yesterday happens.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Sorry, Yesterday, Said

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Eleanor & Park”, p.158, Macmillan

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• Oh, I know. They’re dwarfs pretending to be elves. No, they’re not dwarfs either. Okay, okay, they’re “little people,” I’m sorry! Can’t believe I have to be politically correct when you’re the only one who can hear me.

  Kevin Hearne

  Sorry, Believe, People

  Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.273, Del Rey

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