“Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.”
Haruki Murakami book Norwegian Wood
Source: Norwegian Wood
“Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.”
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Variant: The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will be there to support you when all other resources are gone. . . . It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
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Context: I am not a Labor Leader; I do not want you to follow me or anyone else; if you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of this capitalist wilderness, you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into the promised land if I could, because if I led you in, some one else would lead you out. You must use your heads as well as your hands, and get yourself out of your present condition; as it is now the capitalists use your heads and your hands.
Elizabeth Noble (1968) British novelist
Source: Things I Want My Daughters to Know
Charlize Theron (1975) film actress and producer, former fashion model
Reader's Digest.com interview http://www.rd.com/face-to-face-with-charlize-theron/article18057.html <br class="br">Context: I was raised with the idea that you can feel sorry for yourself, but then, get over it, because it doesn't get you anywhere. … There was always this awareness that you have to be responsible for yourself in order to have what you want. And that meant "Be responsible with this little motorcycle that we're going to give you, because you're only five. If you're not, you're going to hurt yourself" -- which I did. My mom wasn't like, "Poor baby." She was like, "You do wheelies. That's what's going to happen." My mom's philosophy was, "If you get yourself in trouble, you've got to get yourself out of trouble."
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Source: Find and Use Your Inner Power
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All Cleaned Out.
Lyrics, New Moon (posthumous, 2007)