Thich Nhat Hanh

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, 'why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,' and they abandon their values.

Vietnamese Clergyman

Kirk Franklin

When we go through being rejected and abandoned like I did as a kid, you have a lot of fear and anxiety issues that you didn't even know that's what it was defined as. You live your life a lot of times living with the ghost of fear.

American Singer

Hanya Yanagihara

There comes a point when you're writing a novel when you're in it so deep that the life of the novel becomes more real to you than life itself. You have to write your way out of it; once you're there, it's too late to abandon.

American Novelist

Nastassja Kinski

But when it really happens I'm very fascinated, I'm waiting for the moment, because the moment where life abandons you and death steps in, that moment must be fantastic, no?

German Actress

Zach Braff

When we shoot 'Scrubs' I spend every waking hour of my life in an abandoned and haunted hospital. All I can date there are ghosts and they tend to be horrible snugglers.

American Actor

Jonny Bairstow

My dad was an only child. His father raised him all but alone after his mother abandoned the two of them. He was only three years old.

English Athlete

Jim Crace

When a book goes well, it abandons me. I am the most abandoned writer in the world.

English Writer

Joan D. Vinge

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

American Author

Halle Berry

My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.

American Actress

James Q. Wilson

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

American Politician

Using 'abandon' can evoke strong feelings as it implies neglect or betrayal.

Emotional Weight

'Abandon' often suggests a permanent decision, not just leaving temporarily.

Not Temporary

'Abandon' implies a plan or activity is stopped before completion, usually for a specific reason.

Change of Plans

When you abandon something like a project, it means you're not going back to it.

Final Decision

'Abandon' in this context means fully immersing oneself without resistance.

Deep Involvement

This usage is more common in literature, adding a dramatic or poetic tone.

Literary Flair

As a noun, 'abandon' describes a carefree attitude, often positive and liberating.

Uninhibited Action

In legal terms, 'abandon' means giving up rights in a formal, often irreversible way.

Legal Finality

Legally abandoning something usually requires certain conditions or procedures.

Specific Conditions

 But I also meet people who love what they do and couldn't imagine doing anything else. If you said, "Don't do this anymore," they'd wonder what you're talking about. It isn't what they do, it's who they are. They say, "But this is me, you know. It would be foolish to abandon this,

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