- 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
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
We play fair and we play hard. If we win the game we win, if we lose the game, we lose.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in Dallas and I had gained weight and knew becoming a vegetarian was the quickest way to lose it. I just wasn't sure if I could do it.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the successes of Kickstarter is that it takes the guesswork out of greenlighting games. Publishers of larger games have to carefully choose which titles they publish, lest they lose a bunch of money on a quirky game that doesn't sell. Kickstarter is all reward, no risk, since nobody has to pay if the project isn't completely funded.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My husband is experimental, loves to cook, and is really good at it. If I do the cooking, I lose my appetite. Why is that?
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jerry Seinfeld has an interesting theory. He goes, '20 pounds up or down, and you lose your funny.'
- Extended
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- Nov 07, 2020
Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous jobs and also lose the habits needed to hold down any job.
- Horse
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where do thoroughbreds go after they lose one too many races, throw one too many riders, or develop a limp? Many thousands of thoroughbreds end up being slaughtered for horse meat. The unpleasant truth is horse meat is eaten in Europe and Asia.
- Nov 07, 2020
Often, women who lose babies are blamed for the loss of those children and are ostracised.
- Start
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you spend too much time in L.A., you might start to lose a sense of what's normal.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
You might not want to go without essential health benefits or lose consumer protections if an insurance company many states away denies your claim or goes belly-up.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just think action films now have... often, because you can do anything with CGI, people do. And I don't think you necessarily should. You lose that sort of human dimension, and you get all the stuff breaking the laws of physics.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020