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title: "3 Thinking Regret Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I don't go around thinking about regret; regret doesn't consume me as a person... I'm not certain about whether any writer, any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/i-don-t-go-around-thinking-about-regret-regret-doesn-t-consume-me-as/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

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> [“Colin was beginning to be afraid(...)of the future, of the possibility, suddenly glimpsed, that his life might end like this. Like most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-barker/colin-was-beginning-to-be-afraid-of-the-future-of-the-possibility/)

[Pat Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-barker/)

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> [Thinking before acting is wisdom but acting before thinking is regret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-mark/thinking-before-acting-is-wisdom-but-acting-before-thinking-is-regret/)

[Terry Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-mark/)

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