- Ego
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- Nov 07, 2020
Abandoning Quotes
Letting go of ego and old convictions.
These abandoning quotes explore what it means to let go, whether it's ego during recovery, old philosophies, or long-held convictions. See Attitude quotes for more on mindset shifts.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Keep Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't imagine Weezer stopping. We just love doing what we're doing, and I think we'll keep going until we fall down dead. Even if the audience is abandoning us, I can't imagine doing anything else!
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have ourselves begun to put our house in order by banning some experiments that may contain a risk for mankind. We would like to see society take a similar attitude, abandoning selfish practices that are dangerous for society itself.
- Boring
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of abandoning competition and giving banks protected monopolies once again, the public would be better served by making it easier to close banks when they get into trouble. Instead of making banking boring, let us make it a normal industry, susceptible to destruction in the face of creativity.
- Convictions
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
The history of thought, of knowledge, of philosophy, of literature seems to be seeking, and discovering, more and more discontinuities, whereas history itself appears to be abandoning the irruption of events in favor of stable structures.
- Cobbled
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the old parts of Nice, the family tables are out in the cobbled streets so that you can't drive past. They insist you join them at midnight on a hot July evening. So that's just what you do, abandoning the car.
- Say
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- Nov 07, 2020
All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we gently say.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about working in Hollywood is that, at some point, you really get tired of hearing how godless you are, and how if you and the rest of the heathens in Tinsel town would put more God-centric shows on TV, people wouldn't be abandoning prime time in favor of their Bible study classes.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.
- Promises
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- Nov 07, 2020
United States forces have always relied on local allies to accomplish military and diplomatic missions and will need this support in the future. But why would anyone agree to help the United States if we have a record of breaking our promises and abandoning those who assist us?
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
We may very well be faced with the choice of retaining the AAA credit rating or abandoning some of our key infrastructure projects, which are about jobs for the future. I will choose jobs in that equation every time.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.
- Choice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting institutions.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020