2,008 Quotes About Regret

  • Author J. R. Moehringer
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    Of course many bars in Manhasset, like bars everywhere, were nasty places, full of pickled people marinating in regret.

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  • Author Jack Ma
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    If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Walmart, I will regret it for the rest of my life.

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  • Author Jack McDevitt
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    There is no justice. There are occasional acts of vengeance, or regret, but there's no real justice. In the natural scheme of things, it is not possible.

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  • Author Jane McGonigal
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    If you are a gamer, it’s time to get over any regret you might feel about spending so much time playing games. You have not been wasting your time. You have been building up a wealth of virtual experience that, as the first half of this book will show you, can teach you about your true self: what your core strengths are, what really motivates you, and what make you happiest.

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  • Author Jason Mraz
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    I thought I was the center of the world and that my parents had nothing to do with me, and I regret that. I wish I had been a little kinder to my family and been friends with them and let them into my life and shared with them the things I was doing rather than feel like I needed to do my life in secret.

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  • Author Joel McHale
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    When I initially met with Robert I was just so excited to meet the guy. I was able to go to Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas and just hanging out was fantastic. Working on this took up all of my weekends while I was shooting Community. It was crazy, but again, no regrets.

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  • Author John Major
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    I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.

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  • Author John McGahern
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    I suppose . . . in writing you can't have regrets. I mean, you just get it down the way it was . . . it's only wishful thinking that things could be other than they were.

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