Pain Quotes - Page 17

• It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

  Patty Griffin

  Queens, Laughing, Needs

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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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• Don't give pain to others.

  Gary Kemp

  Giving

  "Spandau Ballet Gary Kemp: Letting go of bad experiences and having OCD". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 22, 2015.

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• I try to use pain as fuel for my work.

  Joan Osborne

  Trying, Use, Fuel

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• Pain is a part of life. It's certainly part of my creative process.

  Brett Dennen

  Creative, Process, Parts Of Life

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• Pain is part of how I get inspiration and part of how I gain wisdom on life. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that I don't transform it, I just let it be. I kind of let it move through me, let it consume me and I let it take me over and hurt me, and I let it go away when it's ready to go away and I understand that it's just part of the process.

  Brett Dennen

  Hurt, Moving, Inspiration

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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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• I've endured quite a bit of physical pain. My mom says that I got my first set of stitches when I was one-and-a-half. A cat got my eye.

  Bobby Williams

  Mom, Cat, Eye

  "Mariel Hemingway and Bobby Williams". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 7, 2013.

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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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• You were given that pain and that vision because you have something to do with it.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Vision, Given

  "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. September 28, 2006.

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• You can actually take your pain and processes it into some kind of form of art. So I mean, I've easily always been able to do that, but also I've always been able to give myself perspective - or, you know, older people always give you perspective.

  Chuck D

  Art, Mean, Perspective

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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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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• Maybe, just maybe, there should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story. The pain, the hurt. They raised their children. Some were working as maids, but when they left those kitchens, those homes, they made it to the mass meetings. And they put their bodies on the lines, also.

  John Lewis

  Hurt, Children, Home

  "The Long March Of John Lewis". Interview with Jamil Smith on MTV News' "The Stakes" podcast, www.mtv.com. August 5, 2016.

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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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• Pain is the mind. It's the mind. It's the thoughts of the mind.

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  Ram Dass

  Mind

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Human beings have a tendency to push away unwanted pain, but my experience is that when I give my consent to it, it delivers its gift and moves on.

  Michael Beckwith

  Moving, Giving, Tendencies

  Interview with Christopher Caplan, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

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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'm not really good at hiding pain or taking something and transforming it into something good. When those things come along, I really try to just sit with them and let it run its course because it's necessary to feel both sides of the coin.

  Trevor Hall

  Running, Trying, Sides

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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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