- 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
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lose now and then. I get lazy. And sometimes I work just hard enough to win.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anthony and I are putting together a company where we won't lose our jobs based on quarterly earnings and can afford to play a longer game. That short game is what creates a glut of mediocrity in the market because people are desperate for hits, and it puts so much pressure on executives to deliver them. We will take that pressure off the artists.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really believe, if I learned anything in the military, it was that I was accountable for my actions and I like to be part of the team that kind of brings that back to Washington, D.C. - not just responsibility, but accountability and being ready to lose my job over doing what's right.
- Losing
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- Nov 07, 2020
You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.
- Nov 07, 2020
I coached in Washington - and in Washington, you lose the ballgame, it's a bad Monday, I just want to tell you that.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feared the verdict of the watch, where I either lost the race against time that day or would lose it soon by making the record even harder to break. The time trap had snapped shut.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a terrible, terrible degree - a devastating degree - is that their victims are real people who will suffer forever whatever abuses are perpetrated on them.
- Easy Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
I gained weight and struggled to lose it quickly in order to pursue my dreams of being a model. Being 20 years old, I had no idea how to lose weight fast, and laxatives were an easy way out.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is one final point I would like to make this week. As I said on the floor of the House during deliberation of this latest supplemental, hope is something Americans should never lose. Let each of us, both by our words and actions, continue to provide that hope.
- Financial Services
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the U.K.'s position as a global financial services hub weakens, our competitors will lose no time in attracting jobs in services from our shores.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate to lose more than I love to win.
- Use
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- Nov 07, 2020