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Daily Inspiration Quote by Jude Law

"There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good"

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Jude Law is selling a kind of emotional hygiene: regret isn’t a profound teacher, it’s a parasitic plant, and the only sane response is to cut it out before it takes root. The language is bluntly physical - “sow a seed,” “live in me,” “snip them” - turning an abstract feeling into something invasive and bodily. That matters because it reframes self-reproach as maintenance, not morality. He isn’t arguing you never make mistakes; he’s arguing you don’t have to build a home for the feeling that follows.

The subtext is actorly in the most pragmatic way. A public life is a loop of replay and revision: interviews rehashed, performances reviewed, relationships turned into narrative. Regret, in that ecosystem, becomes content - a story you’re expected to perform as proof of depth. Law’s refusal (“I don’t believe it”) reads like a boundary against the culture of confession, where remorse is often treated as the admission ticket back into good standing.

Pairing regret with guilt and jealousy is strategic, too. He’s collapsing “useful reflection” and “self-punishment” into the same bucket of psychic toxins. That’s the risky, compelling part: it’s not therapy-speak about processing; it’s a vote for triage. Feel it, clock it, discard it. In an era that fetishizes brooding authenticity, his stance is almost countercultural: self-awareness without self-flagellation, accountability without the extended afterparty of shame.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Law, Jude. (2026, January 17). There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-no-regret-you-cant-regret-i-mean-ive-felt-78372/

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Law, Jude. "There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-no-regret-you-cant-regret-i-mean-ive-felt-78372/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-no-regret-you-cant-regret-i-mean-ive-felt-78372/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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Jude Law (born December 29, 1972) is a Actor from United Kingdom.

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