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“As simplistic as this may sound, commitment is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.”

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Book:Awaken The Giant Within

Source: Awaken The Giant Within

“Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom, no longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from. Fill your life with love and bravery, and you shall live a life uncommon.”

Wish Sound Voice Strength Regret Bravery Love Life No Regrets Uncommon

Author:Jewel

“I love the evening star. Does that sound foolish? I used to go into the backyard, after sunset, and wait for it until it shone above the dark gum tree. I used to whisper 'There you are, my darling.' And just in that first moment it seemed to be shining for me alone. It seemed to understand this ... something which is like longing, and yet it is not longing. Or regret - it is more like regret.”

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Book:Undiscovered country: the New Zealand stories of Katherine Mansfield

Source: Undiscovered country: the New Zealand stories of Katherine Mansfield

“We must know the measure of a man's desires before we can sound the depth of his regrets.”

Knows Men Desire Sound Regret Depth Measure Of A Man

Author:Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

“I think it was the perfect gestation time for this particular piece [ Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song]. One of the songs that I considered talking about was "Manhattan," because it was chronicling the end of a long relationship that was part of the reason why I moved from Los Angeles to New York, which was such a life-changing decision. I don't regret that it's not in there, but that's one that I considered diving into, and I have little piecemeal snippets of writing about that floating around”

“People say, 'Well don't you regret not having kids?' And I go, 'No, not really.' And then if they keep asking, I always say this, 'Well, you know, maybe I'll adopt.' But I don't mean that. It's just something I say to make me sound like a nicer person.”

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Author:Wanda Sykes

“I like to find music that shares a rhythm with the sentences I'm working on. And though I'll probably regret saying this, I think some songs actually don't sound too bad when they're played through lousy speakers.”

Thinking Song Sound Share Regret Sentences Rhythm Speakers

Author:Rosecrans Baldwin

“I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.”

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Book:John Major: The Autobiography

Source: John Major: The Autobiography

“On the rare occasions when I spend a night in Oxford, the keeping of the hours by the clock towers in New College, and Merton, and the great booming of Tom tolling 101 times at 9 pm at Christ Church are inextricably interwoven with memories and regrets and lost joys. The sound almost sends me mad, so intense are the feelings it evokes.”

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Author:A. N. Wilson

“I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.”

Source: Awaken The Giant Within

“I hear there are people who actually enjoy moving. Sounds like a disease to me - they must be unstable. Though it does have it’s poetry, I’ll allow that. When an old dwelling starts looking desolate, a mixture of regret and anxiety comes over us and we feel like we are leaving a safe harbor for the rolling sea. As for the new place, it looks on us with alien eyes, it has nothing to say to us, it is cold.”

People Feels Looks Doe Eye Moving Enjoy Sound Sea Regret Cold Safe Disease Anxiety Leaving Aliens Rolling Mixtures Harbors Dwelling Unstable Desolate New Places Safe Harbor

Author:Jan Neruda

“I do love the sound of ripping corn husks. The violence of the noise, the sustained popping and shoring of the silky organic threads, made me think of someone tearing up an expensive and potentially Italian set of trousers in a fit of madness that this person just might regret later.”

Thinking Persons Made Might Sound Violence Regret Fit Madness Noise Expensive Italian Thread Corn Trousers Popping

Book:The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel

Source: The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel

“I love that sound,' he mumbled into her hair. 'Blackbirds at dawn.' 'I hate it. Makes me think I've done something I'll regret.”

Thinking Done Hate Sound Regret Hair I Hate Dawn Blackbirds

Book:One Day

Source: One Day

“She made a sound of regret. ‘We come second, you and I, Luc-ien,’ she said. ‘Our allegiance is always to our kingdoms. Without that allegiance, our people would fall.’ She placed her head back against his chest and he felt her tears. ‘This is not our time.’ ‘But that will never mean I love you less,’ he said.”

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Author:Melina Marchetta

“You make it all sound so simple. Run your guts out...collapse at the finish, throw up, that makes a good runner. Sounds like you regret not being more like Prefontaine....Everyone gripes to me that American marathoners are 'lazy-no-good-for-nothings'. My point is, many people have criticisms, but few have valid answers. I'd like to know what happened to the guys that kicked my ass in high school.”

People Knows Running School Guy Sound Simple Answers Happened Regret Like You High School Criticism Ass Guts Lazy Collapse Runners

Author:Keith Brantly