"I have been heartbroken once and it has affected all my relationships from there on. But now I look at it as a occupational hazard. If you are in the meat market at some point you are gonna get mad cows disease"
- Dominic Monaghan
About this Quote
In this quote, actor Dominic Monaghan reviews a past experience of heartbreak and how it has impacted his relationships. He acknowledges that this heartbreak has had a lasting effect on him, causing him to approach future relationships with care and perhaps even fear. Nevertheless, he also sees it as a natural effect of remaining in the dating world, comparing it to an occupational threat. Simply as someone working in a meat market might ultimately come into contact with mad cow disease, Monaghan thinks that anyone who is actively seeking love and relationships will inevitably experience heartbreak. This quote highlights the vulnerability and risk associated with opening oneself approximately like.
"Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside"
"The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent"
"The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision"
"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace"
"I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage"
