Worst Things Quotes - Page 10

• The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition. You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding. We create these communities from women who share common conditions, and those mothers carry each other through.

  Annie Lennox

  Mother, People, Community

  "Annie Lennox + Dr. Mitch Besser". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I thought dying for your country was the worst thing that could happen to you. I think killing for your country can be a lot worse. Because that's the memory that haunts.

  Bob Kerrey

  Country, Memories, Thinking

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• Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'

  Paul Haggis

  Character, Worst, Happens

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• Even if we fail, we are still gaining life experience. The worst thing that could happen is that we come out smarter and more prepared for our next challenge.

  Jane Powell

  Challenges, Next, Failing

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• Labor unions are the worst thing that ever struck the earth because they take away a man's independence.

  Henry Ford

  Men, Independence, Earth

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• The worst thing that can happen for people who don't want women to be strong is that we help each other and become a force.

  Sarah Silverman

  Strong, People, Want

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• Heaven knows that alcohol is the worst thing in the world, but it's debatable whether cocaine is worse than caffeine or whether it's the same thing and they just changed the name.

  Merle Haggard

  Names, Alcohol, Heaven

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• I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I'm not happy doing.

  Grace Jones

  Things In Life, Not Happy, Worst

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• Winning the World Cup was the worst thing that ever happened to the England team.

  Clive Woodward

  Team, Winning, World

  "World Cup win has damaged England: Woodward". www.abc.net.au. December 10, 2006.

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• Sometimes the worst thing you can do, personally, is the best thing you can do, professionally.

  Andrew Kreisberg

  Sometimes, Worst, Best Things

  Source: collider.com

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• Some of the worst things that have happened in my career, like things getting leaked, have actually been what's best for me, because people knew when I was on that show that I was really growing up.

  Miley Cyrus

  Growing Up, Careers, People

  "Miley Unleashed". Cosmopolitan interview, www.cosmopolitan.com.au. May 2, 2013.

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• Recently, I took my son to see The Haunted Mansion, which was one of the worst things (I hesitate even to call it a movie) that I have ever seen. He thought it was better than Finding Nemo and we had a fruitless argument which I'm sure made him acutely aware of the disadvantages of having a film critic for a dad.

  A. O. Scott

  Dad, Son, Film Critics

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• The worst thing the federal government could do is to increase the size, reach and cost of government. If government failed in its response to the hurricane, the answer is not more inefficient government.

  Cal Thomas

  Government, Cost, Answers

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• The worst thing is to be a designer and create work that isn't honest. You have to be honest. Otherwise, you'll always be a reaction to what other people do and you'll always be one step behind.

  Jason Wu

  People, Steps, Honest

  Interview with Stephanie Seymour Brant, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 17, 2013.

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• Make love to me like you know I am better than the worst thing I ever did.

  Buddy Wakefield

  Making Love, Like You, Make Love To Me

  Anis Mojgani, Buddy Wakefield, Derrick Brown, Robbie Q. Telfer (2008). “Junkyard Ghost Revival”, p.28, Write Bloody Publishing

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• The worst thing that ever happened to writing is that it became a business, The purpose of business is to make money, and to achieve that end it is necessary to please as many people as possible, to amuse them, to entertain them - in short, to do everything that will help increase the volume of sales.

  Dagobert D. Runes

  Writing, People, Purpose

  Dagobert D. Runes (2015). “Treasury of Thought”, p.102, Open Road Media

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• Opportunity presents itself sometimes in unusual situations. What you think is the worst thing turns out to be a good thing. Different circumstances challenge people to do things they didn't know they could do, and in those times when the outlook appears the worst, we find new reasons for optimism.

  S. Truett Cathy

  Opportunity, Thinking, Optimism

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• The worst thing about depression isn't the sense that you're accentuating the negative, it's that you're seeing things the way they really are, stripped of the illusions you use every day to divert yourself from the Yawning Maw of Futility. It's the wind that blows off the snow and reveals the stone.

  James Lileks

  Blow, Yawning, Wind

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• Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to mankind - the ironic part is that it's presented as a good thing, and its effect is absolutely catastrophic to individuals and to societies.

  George Carlin

  Ironic, Individual, Good Things

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• All too often the worst thing that can happen to the young is to depoliticize them. When that happens, not only are young people told that they do not count – your agency is worthless, your experiences are worthless, and your voice should remain silent – but they are also told that there is no alternative to current state of affairs.

  Henry Giroux

  Voice, Agency, People

  "Higher Education Under Attack: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux". Interview with C Cryn Johannsen, truthout.org. April 22, 2011.

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• Its... a hard thing for a director, to think you came up with a shot, something from your mind, and someone died while doing it. Its the worst thing youll ever have to live with. It was very hard for me to get back on the horse again.

  Michael Bay

  Horse, Thinking, Mind

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• The last time I did a movie that needed a horse, I said: 'If it moves, I'm out of here.' The worst thing is, they know when you're afraid and act up accordingly. I've had them run off on me. Horses I do not like.

  Christopher Walken

  Running, Horse, Moving

  "Christopher Walken: 'No matter who I play, it's me" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. December 1, 2012.

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• He had a moment of clarity about how life should be lived: not as a child or as a woman. They were the two worst things to be.

  Alice Sebold

  Children, Two, Clarity

  Alice Sebold (2014). “The Lovely Bones: Picador Classic”, p.137, Pan Macmillan

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• The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Life, Memorable, Unrequited Love

  Joyce Carol Oates (1998). “The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque”, E P Dutton

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• The worst thing about this particular end (of my youth) and the beginning (of middle age) is that for the first time in my life, I realize I don't know where I'm going. My wants are simple: a job that I like and a guy whom I love. And on the eve of my thirteth, I must face that I am 0 for 2.

  Emily Giffin

  Jobs, Simple, Guy

  Emily Giffin (2015). “Borrowed & Blue: Something Borrowed, Something Blue”, p.9, St. Martin's Griffin

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