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"We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor."

"We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor."

Al Waleed bin Talal, Saudi Arabian Businessman

Hurt, Saudiarabian

135

"Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful."

"Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful."

Richard Gere, American Actor

75

"I've been asked about this constantly, and I compare it to how if you're walking down the street and some schizo guy comes up to you and vomits on you: You wouldn't be hurt by that, you'd just think it's weird."

"I've been asked about this constantly, and I compare it to how if you're walking down the street and some schizo guy comes up to you and vomits on you: You wouldn't be hurt by that, you'd just think it's weird."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

74

"I would never want to hurt anyone by writing a book."

"I would never want to hurt anyone by writing a book."

Kathie Lee Gifford, American Entertainer

Hurt, Want, Writing

71

"I really didn't mean to hurt anybody. I liked John Lennon."

"I really didn't mean to hurt anybody. I liked John Lennon."

Mark David Chapman, American Criminal

68

"I would have to say that looked like it hurt."

"I would have to say that looked like it hurt."

Adam Savage, American Entertainer

66

"Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical."

"Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical."

Edwin Hubbel Chapin, American Clergyman

63

"If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait."

"If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait."

Diego Rivera, Mexican Artist

Hurt, Obvious, Woman

61

"Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it."

"Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it."

Joe Paterno, American Coach

Hurt, Poison, Publicity

60

"Forgive those who have hurt you."

"Forgive those who have hurt you."

Les Brown, American Businessman

59

"Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again."

"Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again."

Rosa Parks, American Activist

59

"I don't go to clubs and stuff like that, so I don't have to put up with it in there. And normally, because obviously I could hurt somebody, and if I look at it that way, I have to back off."

"I don't go to clubs and stuff like that, so I don't have to put up with it in there. And normally, because obviously I could hurt somebody, and if I look at it that way, I have to back off."

Bubba Smith, American Athlete

57

"Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen."

"Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen."

Dick Armey, American Politician

57

"It's more than a job. It's very personal, so when you're hurt, you're really hurt inside."

"It's more than a job. It's very personal, so when you're hurt, you're really hurt inside."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

56

"Between now and then and I just felt it was ready and it was a long enough period gone by. I obviously didn't want to hurt anybody, you know. It was done out of a genuine memorial or tribute whatever you want to call it."

"Between now and then and I just felt it was ready and it was a long enough period gone by. I obviously didn't want to hurt anybody, you know. It was done out of a genuine memorial or tribute whatever you want to call it."

Jack Bruce, British Musician

Hurt, Now, Tribute, Want

54

"No man is hurt but by himself."

"No man is hurt but by himself."

Diogenes of Sinope, Greek Philosopher

54

"I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much."

"I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much."

Evel Knievel, American Entertainer

53

"I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that?"

"I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that?"

Loretta Young, American Actress

Hurt, Right, Want

53

"I have reason to be shy. I've been hurt plenty."

"I have reason to be shy. I've been hurt plenty."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

52

"I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt."

"I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt."

Kirsten Dunst, American Actress

52

"There was one where Gomez was on a Trapeze hanging by the legs upside down. I remember how much the backs of my knees would hurt until I got used to it. It was hard."

"There was one where Gomez was on a Trapeze hanging by the legs upside down. I remember how much the backs of my knees would hurt until I got used to it. It was hard."

John Astin, American Actor

52

"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something."

"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something."

Dick Butkus, American Athlete

51

"I have never been hurt by what I have not said."

"I have never been hurt by what I have not said."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

51

"Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you."

"Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

51

"This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain."

"This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain."

Shaquille O'Neal, American Athlete

Hurt, Pain, Play

51

"George W. Bush has helped those who have most, hurt those who have least and ignored everyone in between."

"George W. Bush has helped those who have most, hurt those who have least and ignored everyone in between."

Wesley Clark, American Soldier

50

"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was, you know, important - like a league game or something."

"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was, you know, important - like a league game or something."

Dick Butkus, American Athlete

50

"The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our interests far outweighed whatever benefit they gave us and they are not essential to our national security."

"The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our interests far outweighed whatever benefit they gave us and they are not essential to our national security."

Dennis C. Blair, American Public Servant

Hurt, National security, World

50

"I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough."

"I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough."

Dana Hill, American Actress

Hurt, Teenage, Years

50

"When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed."

"When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed."

Jane Fonda, American Actress

50

"I'm not going to hurt anybody other than that dick who keeps writing songs about me."

"I'm not going to hurt anybody other than that dick who keeps writing songs about me."

Courtney Love, American Musician

Hurt, Songs, Writing

49

"The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough."

"The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough."

Nina Simone, American Musician

Hurt, Prejudice, Rest, Self

49

"Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists."

"Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

48

"Certainly, we are hurt by the high fuel prices because it raises our cost."

"Certainly, we are hurt by the high fuel prices because it raises our cost."

David Neeleman, Brazilian Businessman

48

"Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened."

"Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened."

William Henry Hudson, British Author

Hurt, Now, Regret

47

"I don't have nothing to regret at all in the past, except that I might've unintentionally hurt somebody else or something."

"I don't have nothing to regret at all in the past, except that I might've unintentionally hurt somebody else or something."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Hurt, Nothing, Past, Regret

46

"To deaden yourself against any hurt is to deaden yourself also against the hurt of others."

"To deaden yourself against any hurt is to deaden yourself also against the hurt of others."

Max Lerner, American Journalist

45

"When I hear anything derogatory towards the Raiders, I am definitely hurt."

"When I hear anything derogatory towards the Raiders, I am definitely hurt."

Jim Otto, American Athlete

45

"Oh, I just wish someone would try to hurt you so I could kill them for you."

"Oh, I just wish someone would try to hurt you so I could kill them for you."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

44

"I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want to not be me."

"I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want to not be me."

Melanie Chisholm, English Musician

44

"Most chick singers say 'if you hurt me, I'll die'... I say, 'if you hurt me, I'll kick your ass.'"

"Most chick singers say 'if you hurt me, I'll die'... I say, 'if you hurt me, I'll kick your ass.'"

Pat Benatar, American Musician

43

"I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have."

"I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have."

Merlin Olsen, American Athlete

43

"I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great."

"I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great."

Ernie Pyle, American Journalist

Hurt, Mind, Spirit

42

"If anybody says their facelift doesn't hurt, they're lying. It was like I'd spent the night with an axe murderer."

"If anybody says their facelift doesn't hurt, they're lying. It was like I'd spent the night with an axe murderer."

Sharon Osbourne, English Entertainer

Hurt, Lying, Night

41

"It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash."

"It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash."

Fred Woodworth, American Author

Hurt, Race, Shame

41

"Usually when I wielded a hockey stick, it meant somebody was going to get hurt. This is just a friendly match."

"Usually when I wielded a hockey stick, it meant somebody was going to get hurt. This is just a friendly match."

Stan Mikita, Canadian Athlete

41

"Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all."

"Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Hurt, Man, Mind

41

"We feel that what's too far is when you make a joke and somebody gets hurt."

"We feel that what's too far is when you make a joke and somebody gets hurt."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

40

"I remember seeing Bill Hurt in New York once. I talked to him on the phone around 1988 and that's about it. I was shooting in New York and somebody said Glenn Close came by the set."

"I remember seeing Bill Hurt in New York once. I talked to him on the phone around 1988 and that's about it. I was shooting in New York and somebody said Glenn Close came by the set."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

40

"There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt."

"There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt."

Tillie Olsen, American Novelist

40

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