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Author:James Nesbitt

“If you want to write for T.V. and movies, you will be subjected to kind and unkind criticism. You had better get used to it and develop a shell.”

Ifs Want Writing Kind Used Criticism Shells Unkind

Author:Anne Beatts

“The Greeks understood perfectly that if there were divine beings they are capricious, unkind, malicious mostly, temperamental, envious and mostly deeply unpleasant because that you can say well yes, all right, if there is going to be god or gods then you have to admit that they're very at the very least capricious. They're certainly not consistent. They're certainly not all loving.”

Ifs Wells Divine Understood Greek Consistent Envious Unkind Malicious Capricious

Author:Stephen Fry

“Breathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person triggering this emotion: With mindfulness, you can see that she is unhappy, that she is suffering. You can see her wrong perceptions. You can see that she is not beautiful when she says things that are unkind.”

Thinking Life Inspirational Mind Looks Persons Home Body Beautiful Suffering Change Emotion Perception Mindfulness Breathe Your Body Unhappy Unkind

Author:Nhat Hanh

“New Year's resolution: To refrain from saying witty, unkind things, unless they are really witty and irreparably damaging.”

Years Witty Wit Resolution New Year Refrain Unkind New Year's Resolutions

Book:A Shorter Ego: Ego 4, Ego 5, Ego 6

Source: A Shorter Ego: Ego 4, Ego 5, Ego 6

“New York loves itself in an unkind and fanatical way.”

Way New York Unkind

Author:Mason Cooley

“There can be - there ought to be - no medium course; a love-affair is either sober earnest or contemptible folly, if not wickedness: to gossip about it is, in the first instance, intrusive, unkind, or dangerous; in the second, simply silly.”

Ifs Firsts Courses Dangerous Ought Affair Silly Mediums Instance Folly Gossip Sober Wickedness Earnest Love Affair Unkind

Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

“This world is not for the poor, nor the next for the unkind.”

World Next Poor Kindness This World Unkind

Author:Thiruvalluvar

“Never say an unkind word to anyone.”

Courtesy Unkind Kind Words Unkind Words

Author:Doug Melvin

“People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.”

People Ifs Knows Kind Said Happens Moving Unkind

Author:John Hawkes

“Faith endures as seeing Him who is invisible (Heb. 11:27); endures the disappointments, the hardships, and the heart-aches of life, by recognizing that all comes from the hand of Him who is too wise to err and too loving to be unkind.”

Heart Hands Christian Faith Wise Seeing Endure Disappointment Invisible Hardship Recognizing Ache Unkind Heart Ache

Author:Arthur W. Pink

“Religion makes kind people say unkind things: "I must prove my faith, so mutilate the genitals of my children." They wouldn't do that if God didn't tell them to do so.”

People Ifs Kind Children Prove My Children Unkind Kind People

Author:Christopher Hitchens

“That you were once unkind befriends me now, And for that sorrow, which I then did feel, Needs must I under my transgression bow, Unless my nerves were brass or hammered steel.”

Needs Feels Sorrow Forgiveness Nerves Bows Steel Unkind Brass Transgression Hammered

Book:Arden Shakespeare Complete Works

Source: Arden Shakespeare Complete Works

“The Gods are unkind and deny us knowledge of what the future holds”

Ignorance Economics Deny Unkind

Author:Peter L. Bernstein

“So are the early unions of an unfixed Marriage: watchful and observant, jealous and busy, inquisitive and careful, and apt to take alarm at every unkind word. For infirmities do not manifest themselves in the first Scenes, but in the succession of a long Society.”

Firsts Long Scene Unions Busy Careful Jealous Manifest Alarms Succession Unkind Infirmity Kind Words Observant Inquisitive Unkind Words

Book:The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Lord Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore: Sermons

Source: The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Lord Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore: Sermons

“I'm from Toronto. It's a lot more laid back. When you are thrust into different environments, there is an odd adaptation period. And then there are times when unfair, unkind, untrue things are written about you. That bothers me less now.”

Different Environment Written Periods Bother Odd Unfair Adaptation Thrust Back When Untrue Unkind Toronto Laid Back Different Environments

Author:Mike Myers

“Maybe it was my revenge on people who had been unkind to me as a child. But it was very easy and a thrill to freeze up children.”

People Children Easy Revenge Thrill Freeze Unkind

Author:Tilda Swinton

“You get kinder when you get into my age range. You think back to how really unkind you were, and how cynical you were and how you tossed things away and you tossed people away, and you didn't care because you were climbing some mountain that you thought you needed to be on top of.”

People Thinking Care Age Needed Mountain Range Climbing Cynical Unkind Kinder

Author:Frank Langella

“Unfair and unkind behavior in exchange for your loving efforts is the rule rather than the exception”

Effort Behavior Exception Unfair Unkind

Author:Paul Hauck

“Forgiveness is mental floss! Build the capacity to forgive slowly - start with little unkind acts, otherwise you'll sabotage yourself. When we forgive, we forgive the actor, not the action.”

Littles Action Actors Capacity Forgiving Unkind Sabotage

Author:Stephen Levine

“Today we live in a cash-for-trash world. Anyone can stand up and say anything unkind, unfair or completely untrue about you, and then they are rewarded financially for it ... because life is unfair.”

World Today Life Is Cash Unfair Say Anything Trash Untrue Unkind Life Is Unfair

Author:Kathie Lee Gifford

“If you are harboring the slightest bitterness toward anyone, or any unkind thoughts of any sort whatever, you must get rid of them quickly. They are not hurting anyone but you. It isn't enough just to do right things and say right things - you must also think right things before your life can come into harmony.”

Ifs Thinking Enough Hurt Harmony Right Thing Bitterness Unkind

Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“I no longer become angry. I not only do not say angry words, I do not even think angry thoughts! If someone does an unkind thing to me I feel only compassion instead of resentment. Even upon those who cause suffering I look with deep compassion, knowing the harvest of sorrow that lies in store for them. If there were those who hated me, I would love them in return, knowing that hatred can only be overcome by love, and knowing that there is good in all human beings which can be reached by a loving approach.”

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.”

Wells Heart Care Unkind Tin Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

Book:7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's

Source: 7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's

“When we speak, we want to say something sweet, but we don't say something sweet because something is ordering us from deep down to say something unkind. We want to open our hearts to people, but we can't do it, because we are being ordered around by the sufferings we have concealed deep in our consciousness.”

People Want Heart Suffering Speak Consciousness Sweet Deep Down Concealed Unkind Something Sweet

Author:Nhat Hanh

“Sometimes you do get tired in the business from all the traveling. No one outside of the business realizes what we go through. ... Sometimes you don't mean to be unkind, but sometimes you're tired and do things you don't mean. I know the real fans understand.”

Knows Mean Real Sometimes Realizing Fans Tired Unkind

Author:Tammy Wynette

“I am thankful that thus far today I have not had any unkind thoughts or said any harsh words or done anything that I regret. However, now I need to get out of bed and so things may become more difficult.”

Needs May Said Done Today Difficult Regret Bed Harsh I Regret Unkind I Am Thankful Harsh Words

Book:Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness

Source: Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness

“Unkind people imagine themselves to be inflicting pain on someone equally unkind.”

People Pain Imagine Unkind Kind People Inflicting Pain

Book:The Guermantes Way

Source: The Guermantes Way

“Control of the tongue! Vital for the man who would try to tread the Path, for no harsh or unkind word, no hasty impatient phrase, may escape from the tongue which is consecrated to service, and which must not injure even an enemy; for that which wounds has no place in the Kingdom of Love.”

Men Trying May Enemy Path He Man Tongue Wounds Kingdoms Phrases Harsh Impatient Unkind Kind Words Hasty Unkind Words

Book:Daily meditations on the path and its qualifications: from the works of Annie Besant

Source: Daily meditations on the path and its qualifications: from the works of Annie Besant

“An unkind heart is the worst. It is a plague to its possessor, and a torment to those around him.”

Heart Worst Torment Plague Unkind Kind Heart

Book:Treasury of David

Source: Treasury of David

“Tis much when sceptres are in children's hands, But more when envy breeds unkind division: There comes the ruin, there begins confusion.”

Children Hands Politics Childhood Envy Confusion Ruins Division Unkind

Book:King Henry VI, part 1. King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3

Source: King Henry VI, part 1. King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3

“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.”

“Thinking of what Jesus did NOT say from the cross: not a bitter, angry, unkind, whining, profane, unnecessary word. There is none like Him!”

Thinking Jesus Crosses Angry Bitter Unnecessary Unkind Whining Profane

Author:Nancy Leigh DeMoss

“Unkind people spread malicious tales, and well-intentioned people also censure; but in either case the tranquil sage remains unconcerned. Nowhere is there to be found a disconcerted sage.”

People Wells Found Cases Remains Spread Tales Sage Tranquil Unkind Censure Malicious Unconcerned Kind People

Author:Gautama Buddha

“In my entire life growing up I've never heard my dad say an unkind word about anyone. My father has always taken the high road in life and to me he's a complete inspiration without being a pushover.”

Inspiration Father Growing Up Taken Growing Heard Dad My Dad Unkind Kind Words High Road Unkind Words Pushovers

Author:Hugh Panaro

“I get very heated about anything that is socially unkind.”

Unkind

Author:Alex Ebert

“When I would knock about the town in London, I was doing it with my head down, walking very quickly and it had become the norm for me because I'm recognized there. And people are not unkind but occasionally there's a sort of British who do you think you are sort of, I don't really think I'm anybody. I just go about my normal day. But sometimes you're faced with that.”

People Thinking Sometimes Walking Normal Towns British London Norm Unkind

Author:Ewan McGregor

“With Twitter people oddly feel accountable for what they write. When someone is unkind, the community rallies like you wouldn't believe to shut it down.”

People Feels Writing Believe Community Like You Unkind

Author:Demi Moore

“What I do is, I make fun of people and I make fun of myself and things around us and exaggerate things. And I'm never mean-spirited. See, the word insult means some guy who's a real unkind human being. But I don't do that, because otherwise I wouldn't be headlining all these years, thank god, and all these people showing up to see me.”

People Years Humans Mean Real Guy Fun Human Beings Insult Thank God Showing Up Unkind Spirited Mean Spirited

Author:Don Rickles

“I certainly want to portray the importance of friendship. I had noticed in movies and TV shows that friends often treated one another terribly, and my friends, the few I have, are never cruel to me or unkind, so I wanted to convey that.”

Importance Unkind

Author:Jonathan Ames

“I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.”

Said Philadelphia Unkind

Author:David Lynch

“Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.”

Mind Literature Walks Criticism Peaceful Secure Target Scholar Standing Out Hostile Unkind Seclusion

Author:Felix Adler

“Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.”

Children Hurt Faults Divorce Say Anything Exes Unkind Your Ex

Author:Valerie Bertinelli

“Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.”

Inspirational Years Hope Drink Drinking Gentleman New Year Unkind Unkindness

Book:The Merry Wives of Windsor

Source: The Merry Wives of Windsor

“It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed, who are unkind, who are a bit rubbish at their job, who are in the wrong career.”

Jobs Individual Bits Careers Bounds Profession Stressed Rubbish Unkind

Author:Jo Brand

“Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight.”

Enjoy Seeking Storm Enjoyed Sunlight Enjoy Life Unkind Accentuate Enjoying My Life Twinkle In Your Eye

Book:Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes

Source: Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes

“Though there were moments of beauty, Mariam knew for the most part that life had been unkind to her.”

Moments Unkind

Author:Khaled Hosseini

“When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates.”

Trying Persons Hard Suffering Conflict Increase Anger Relief Unkind Retaliation

Book:Anger

Source: Anger

“I'm not...' Angharad began, but then she thought. Not what? Not a bad person? Perhaps. But had she never known anger? Never held unkind thoughts? The stranger's observation was valid. No one was innocent of darkness.”

Persons Known Darkness Stranger Innocent Observation Unkind

Author:Charles de Lint

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