- Long
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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
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our long-range predictions - especially those which anticipate extreme-weather events - rely on an assumption that the future will be similar to the past. Lose that, and we lose the tools that have allowed us to prepare for such eventualities.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to keep away from being big-headed. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink for the rest of their lives.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I basically have a very positive philosophy of life, because I don't feel I have anything to lose. Most things are going to turn out okay.
- Blessing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's actually a blessing to be able to walk off that field win, lose or draw. If you walk off that field healthy, that's the important thing.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I need to lose some weight. I'm getting really fat. But I'm getting older, and I just can't stop eating wonderful food. Rich, wonderful food.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have seen many successful people fail after they start fearing they might lose what they have built.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm being told it saves money to shoot in Toronto, because of tax benefits, the crews are cheaper, but what I save in the bottom line, I lose in a million other ways.
- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
For notes related to books I'm writing, I've wondered whether I should organize my notes better, but I do find that the action or scrolling through them and seeing odd juxtapositions of ideas helps to stimulate my own ideas and creativity. I worry that if I kept the notes in a highly-structured way, I might lose some of these benefits.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lose my bags all the time. Sometimes for two months. One of the worst times was when I had come from France and I had packed cheese, because I was really crazy about camembert, so I have this really nice suit that stinks of camembert, no matter how many times I dry clean it.
- Extensions
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're all going to eventually, even in the developed world, going to have to lose everything that we love. When you're beginning to rot a little bit, all of the videos crammed into your head, all of the extensions that extend your various powers, are going to being to seem a little secondary.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020