S Quotes
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“Sometimes you see you can't change the past, and the weight of the present is caught up in the moment, leaving you only a chance of screwing a future pooch. At that moment, in a frisson of insight you'll understand that: Yes, everything does happen for a reason, but that doesn't mean that reason has anything to do with you.”
Source: Forever Jack: Thief of Heaven
“Sometimes you sense how faithfully your life is delivered, even though you can't read the address.”
“Sometimes you should be fake... to be honest is the thing which used against you... too much of you could kill ya.”
Source: Fakeness = Thoughts
“Sometimes you should have something you don't need but that you want.”
Source: How To Save A Life
“Sometimes you simply don’t flow within the same constellation.”
“Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it. You could only change the future.”
Source: Fly Away
“Sometimes you simply reach a point where you must let go—not in anger, not in sorrow, but in quiet resolve and peace of heart.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“Sometimes you sing songs about the way you want to feel more than the way you actually do feel.”
“Sometimes you spend nine months, 10 months, a year writing a piece that you will hear two years later or something like that, and you never see anybody. It's a very different sort of metabolic.”
“Sometimes you start a little further back from the starting line. And you're going to have to work a little bit harder, and push it faster to get to the finish. I'm willing to put in the work, to compensate for other things, to get ahead, to get to where I want to be.”
“Sometimes you start flowing and shits starts adding on to whatever cipher you're dealing with. Meanwhile you got all of these thoughts in your head and you don't get enough time to put them down. That's another reason I started writing from the last word to the front word. It's methods to the madness. Sometimes I can't understand it or explain it but it is what it is.”
“Sometimes you stay in a budget motel/cabin/hotel to save money, sometimes they’re the only thing available. If you find yourself in a room with questionable bedding and towels with nowhere else to go, fear not!
Whether I pack my camping gear or not, I always travel with a bamboo sleeping sack (sometimes called a “sleeping bag liner”). It packs up to the size of a Chipotle burrito and protects you from scratchy sheets (among other hazards). Bamboo is one of the most comfortable fibers on the market, and is hypoallergenic, antimicrobial and antibacterial.”
Source: Hit The Road: A Woman's Guide to Solo Motorcycle Touring
“Sometimes, you stay silent not because you want to avoid hurting others, but because you know that speaking will harm you too.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“Sometimes you stop seeing what the person is to the world. You only see what the person is to you.”
Source: We Were Never Here
“Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.”
Source: James Brown: The Godfather of Soul
“Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.”
“Sometimes you succeed and sometimes you don't.”
“Sometimes you succeed.... and other times you learn.”
“Sometimes you successful folks can rise up so high reaching for more stuff that you miss knowing God. But you can never stoop low to help somebody and have God miss knowing you”
“Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.”
“Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you do under pressure.”
“Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script; there are just a number of reasons, and ultimately what you see is the whole landscape of it. But I can tell you from behind the scenes - that's what it is, as an actor.”
“Sometimes you take something because it's an offer and it's big and it's good money and you have to absolutely respect that process, because it's not easier.”
“Sometimes you take time off, and then you look around and you go, "Hello. What happened? Oh dear!"”
“Sometimes you talk to people who really don't know anything about your work, and what can you say?”
“Sometimes you tell someone to never call you again; and then the phone rings and you hope it's them - it's the most twisted logic of all time.”
“Sometimes you tell the truth like you're pulling taffy.”
“Sometimes you think "Okay, well I'm going to play my horn, and I'm going to study Charlie "Bird" Parker solos or [John Coltrain] or whatever." But as [Phil Wood] said to me, "Man, Bird listened to everything."”
“Sometimes you think certain details are things that only you would notice, so it's a great thing to feel like you're not by yourself and people understand where you're coming from.”
“Sometimes you think in order to act, sometimes you act in order to think.”
“Sometimes you think that you need to be perfect, that you cannot make mistakes ... realize you are a human being - like everyone else capable of reaching great potential but not capable of being perfect.”
“Sometimes you think the Bible seems like a collection of fairy tales simple and gullible people believe in. However, there are other times, after so many other things in life have let you down, the Bible seems like your only hope. But then you blow dust off a Bible tucked away on your shelf, turn a few pages, and quickly get overwhelmed. It seems like this huge unsolvable mystery that makes no sense whatsoever. You toss the Bible back onto the shelf.”
Source: Take Every Passage to Prayer, Volume 2, The Gospels
“Sometimes you think the movie is good and BOOM! Sometimes you think it's no good. BAAM! The movie business is a big gamble. You never know.”
“Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.”
Source: The raw Pearl
“Sometimes you think they must have come out of the chimp cages at the Bronx zoo.”
“Sometimes you think you are 100% right, but you are 100% wrong!”
“Sometimes you think you are paid for a promo. Only to find out you are paid for your stupidity, because you can be fooled and used by anyone.”
“Sometimes you think you know things, know things very deeply, only to realize you don't know a damn thing.”
“Sometimes you think you want to know something, but it's actually more exciting and more resonant when you have to try [and figure it out].”
“Sometimes you think you've found love, when it's really just one of those objects that are shiny in a certain light--a trophy, say, or a ring, or a diamond, even. Glass shards, maybe. You've got to be careful, you do. The shine can blind you. The edges can cut you in way you never imagined. It is up to you to allow that or not.”
Source: The Secret Life of Prince Charming
“Sometimes you think, "Oh man, this is going to be a fantastic movie," and then when you see it put together, you're like, "Oh, huh. Well, that didn't turn out quite the way I thought." Sometimes you think you're part of a project and it isn't that great, and then it sort of becomes a pleasant surprise. But I think there's just too many elements that affect the tone of a movie, so I think even for a director, it may be hard to gauge that.”
“Sometimes you took care of people by not letting them know how badly you wanted your life to be different.”
Source: Nothing to See Here
“Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all been hurt.”
“Sometimes you try to fly and you fall. Remember your falls are not fatal, they're just a little painful. Endure the pain, clean the blood stain, you'll surely gain! Get up and fly again!”
Source: Daily Drive 365
“Sometimes you try to help people, and it backfires on you, and then they try to take advantage of you.”
“Sometimes you try to make it happen instead of just letting it happen.”
“Sometimes, you unwittingly have a shield up—sometimes, when emotion seems to be running strong, that shield vanishes. And sometimes, when those shields are open, you might as well be standing at the gates to your mind, shouting your thoughts across the bridge to me. Sometimes I hear them; sometimes I don’t.”
One of my favourite moments.”
“Sometimes you've got a story you need to find the courage to tell.”
Source: Fighting Words
“Sometimes you've got to do things you dislike to get a life you’ll love to have. Sometimes you have to sacrifice joy and comfort in the present to get greater joy and comfort in the future.”
“Sometimes you've got to get a machete and hack your way through the kudzu to make your own path in life.”
Source: One Texas Cowboy Too Many