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Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy. -- Ibrahim Babangida
We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return. -- Otto Frank
. . . I know, by sad experience, with what difficulty a mind, weakened by long and uninterrupted suffering, admits hope, much less assurance. -- Sarah Siddons
I have come to the conclusion, after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at all. -- Vita Sackville-West
I am convinced by a sad experience that it is natural to avoid those to whom we have been too much obliged, and that uncommon generosity causes neglect rather than gratitude. -- Heloise
Know, by sad experience, what it is to be lulled to sleep with a false peace. Long was I lulled asleep; long did I think myself a Christian, when I knew nothing of the Lord Jesus Christ. -- George Whitefield
I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button. But from sad experience I learned not to try this in a round that meant anything. -- Bobby Jones
...stooping very low, He engraves with careHis Name, indelible, upon our dust;And from the ashes of our self-despair,Kindles a flame of hope and humble trust.He seeks no second site on which to build,But on the old foundation, stone by stone,Cementing sad experience with grace,Fashions a stronger temple of His own. -- Patricia St. John
Cancer is a very sad thing, but you can always take something from every experience. -- Pierce Brosnan
It's so sad to see how few people in the Obama administration have any private sector experience. -- Foster Friess
It's sad that the most glorious of sexual experiences can make us feel guilty, ashamed, embarrassed, and abnormal. -- Sue Johanson
I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too! -- William Shakespeare
Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity. -- Yoko Ono
I hooked up with director Jacques Audiard for this film called 'Rust & Bone' with Marion Cotillard. I loved that experience so much I'm truly sad that it's over! -- Matthias Schoenaerts
Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant. -- Vikram Seth
We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup. -- Leonard Cohen
For a novelist, no matter what, it's a complete work, even if it's not published. But if you write a screenplay, and it's not performed, then it's a sad and frustrating experience. -- Susan Isaacs
It's not that we like sad movies that make us feel like, 'Oh, my God, what a bummer.' We like emotionally moving experiences. It's nothing new. It's catharsis. It goes back to the Greeks. -- Gayle Forman
When I think of the 1980s, the only color that comes to mind is a brown, yellowish color. I guess it's coming from my life experience, and it's melancholia and sadness and a bit of joy. -- Denis Villeneuve
I've always been fascinated by Elizabeth Taylor, and I had read that her first kiss happened on a film set, which actually made me a little sad. You need to have normal experiences of your own. -- Emma Watson
Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is! -- Dita Von Teese
I believe that everyone experiences depression to some degree at some time in their lives. And there are probably millions of people who live with a low level of sadness and heaviness day in and day out. -- Joyce Meyer
But it's a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn. -- Emma Watson
When you experience the emotion of sadness, there will be changes in facial expression, and your body will be closed in, withdrawn. There are also changes in your heart, your guts: they slow down. And there are hormonal changes. -- Antonio Damasio
I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable. -- Janet Jackson
I take my inspiration for the song writing from little experiences, not even if I've experienced them myself but say if something has made me sad, I will use that emotion. I just use everyday life and write about it. -- Pixie Lott
Nobody wants to experience sad events but people like to listen to sad songs. That's the beauty of music. -- Hiromi
When you feel victimized or sad, just allow yourself to cry; you'll feel better and have more room to experience joy. -- Jude Bijou
And if someone doesn't believe in any afterlife?" I asked. Walt gave me a sad look. "Then that's what they experience. -- Rick Riordan
The Moral is that gardeners pine, Whene'er no pods adorn the vine. Of all sad words experience gleans, The saddest are: It might have beans. -- Guy Wetmore Carryl
Thou shall know by experience how salt the savor is of others' bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's stairs. -- Dante Alighieri

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