It was, you know, heartbreaking to see what they've gone through down there.

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The other day you told ESPN that the scandal at Penn State -- which you said was heartbreaking -- should prompt some soul-searching throughout the nation.

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You can hear the heartbreaking, beautiful sound of Koro being sung, or read 18th-century manuscripts written in a nearly-dead Native American tongue.

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"The tragic and heartbreaking information you received is, regrettably, true, " he wrote.

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Losing out on a property that you were almost ready to make an offer on because someone beat you to it can be heartbreaking.

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Ms. LITHWICK: There's so many and each of them is sort of heartbreaking, but you know, there's the guy in Atlantic City who kept scamming women he met online and would send them love letters and tell them to spend money so he could move to be near them and then he would gamble it away at the casinos.

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You come here to Joplin and it is just as heartbreaking and in some ways even more devastating.

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And that's painful and it's heartbreaking. (Applause.) And yet you continue, leading by the force of the arguments you make, and by the power of the example that you set in your own lives -- as parents and friends, as PTA members and church members, as advocates and leaders in your communities.

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"When you see civilians, whether Palestinian or Israeli, harmed, under hardship, it's heartbreaking, " Obama said in a TV interview.

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