- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lose Quotes
On defeat, restraint, and what slips away.
This set covers losing in several senses: standing by a cause even in defeat, losing enjoyment by over-thinking something, and losing composure under pressure. The tension between winning and losing shows up again in our Game quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Deep Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
The safest person, sometimes, is a stranger on the Internet who lives in a different place. If they're a daily source of support and advice, no one really wants to lose that once they have it. If they know deep down that the person they're talking to isn't exactly who they say they are, it's not worth finding out.
- First-Rate
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- Nov 07, 2020
You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I'd lose the joy.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes when you lose your mobile phone, even though it's frustrating, it's sort of rewarding in many ways because, though we do rely on them a lot, we are not reliant on them. The world continues without.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've been around long enough and have been to enough award shows to know that it is easy to lose to Phil Collins at any time.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the idea of coming into a struggling franchise and seeing if I can help them win. First off, I hate to lose. At anything. Secondly, who doesn't want to be the guy to help turn something around?
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even a side with great mental strength will have moments where they lose confidence.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's an old rule in neuroscience that does not alter with age: use it or lose it. It is a very hopeful principle when applied to critical thought in the reading brain because it implies choice.
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
We would be the worst of fools if we would ever lose this extraordinary capacity to go beyond the limits of past thought and past prejudices.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020