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It shouldn't be getting any worse than it was on Sunday.... BYRON LEFTWICH The aim is to get rid of his pain, get rid of the swelling, make it a functional joint and, if he's ... ERROL ALCOTT I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stu... HUNTER HAYES I always joke that my kids' favorite holiday is Father's Day. They love the way I celebrate ... WAYNE DYER The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away ... TERTULLIAN I was embarrassingly well-versed in Marvel lore, so it was pretty easy to slip into that world. But ... BRIAN K. VAUGHAN The existence of pleasure is the first mystery. The existence of pain has prompted far more philosop... JOHN BERGER He's doing very well. He was in a pretty good mood. I asked if he had much pain and as of last night... AARON NELSON I was a little afraid at first. I didn't have a lot of confidence when I first went out there. But i... ERIC MAUPIN It is not only the ratio of pleasure to pain that determines the quality of a life, but also the she... DAVID BENATAR ...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. JANE AUSTEN You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like... BEBE REXHA I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS She had missed him so long now, that the feeling had become a part of her. As each day passed, the m... COCO J. GINGER The pain is too much each day, so they have to go and look at what it is. ANDERS PAERSON When a series is doing well, it's very tempting to keep writing it, even when the creative well ... KELLEY ARMSTRONG Pleasure is a by-product of doing something that is worth doing. Therefore, do not seek pleasure as ... A. LAWRENCE LOWELL I take much pleasure in being alone but there is also a strange warm grace in not being alone. CHARLES BUKOWSKI It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing. NORA ROBERTS A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or picture... RALPH WALDO EMERSON I've seen Jay get an IV. I've never thought a quarterback could get an IV. It lets me know he's bust... BRIAN CLARK This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him ... VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that i... ANONYMOUS Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that i... ROBERT BLOCH Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the... MARK TWAIN Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the... MARK TWAIN It's getting pretty intense. Every day has been ticking by. I just want to get there. The anticipati... MILES AUSTIN 'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams is a great play. I had to read it for school whe... JAKE T. AUSTIN It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure. MARQUIS DE SADE Her voice is much stronger than it was, and getting better each day. RUSTY AGTE I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting cl... AMY HEMPEL If you're writing, it means getting up and writing all day, and if you're filming, it's ... JEREMY CLARKSON I was in my 20s when I started writing my goals down, assigning each a date that I would achieve the... LEWIS HOWES [singing] Don't get strung out by the way I look./ Don't judge a book by its cover./ I'm not much o... TIM CURRY Hell is indefinite. CHARLES WILLIAMS Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a stran... THEODORA GOSS Almost 70 percent of the time, if January is unusually warm, February is warm, too. But there's stil... HARRY HILLAKER I love to direct! I get really jazzed by directing, but directing is not the same kind of personal e... ALAN BALL It allows officers to see that they do matter and are not just doing a job. Too much of this job is ... ERNIE MORRIS A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. UNKNOWN Sometimes we disagree when writing songs. We'll get mad at each, but eventually we'll put everything... SAM ADAME He got a little tired and started getting the ball up, but he was pretty much untouched. DAVE ROY I feel blessed that I haven't seen or felt real pain to be immune to it. But I am dreading the t... SALMAN KHAN I think most fiction writers naturally start by writing short stories, but some of us don't. Whe... ANDREA BARRETT It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain intensity they a... ARNOLD BENNETT It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain intensity they a... ARNOLD BENNETT Just by writing this story, I thought that I am the real monster, I had the feeling that I am doing ... DEYTH BANGER A babe at the breast is as much pleasure as the bearing is pain MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY The glasses were fine in the beginning, it was like you knew they were there, but they didn't bother... AARON GREEN I think they're beginning to get a little more relaxed. The hardest part is just getting a basketbal... GAYLE GREEN I'm happy to get through it. I wasn't feeling good all day and I got tired pretty fast. I've beaten ... BRANDON HERRINGTON What I'm getting out of it is a feeling that when I come out here, I'm not going to be overwhelmed b... 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