I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared. And it was after that that I found out the truth… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
She probably gave up and started playing Minesweeper." [...] We reached the cafe and found Sydney bent over her laptop, with a… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Things get complicated at times, so there are certainly moments when you wish your life were different. That's true for everybody, not… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
A psychiatrist once asked me to draw a picture of my family. This is when I was a member of a family… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Mostly, I could tell, I made him feel uncomfortable. He didn't understand me, and he was sort of holding it against me.… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
It was more that his career was going down again and he was tired of the songs. He was tired of the… — Priscilla Presley Copy Share Image
“One day I woke up and realized no amount of love, care, pain, hurt, anger, or retribution could ever transform those who… — Ken Poirot Copy Share Image
...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
We also need to look at precedent before making these decisions. Instead of listening to Muammar Qaddafi's rhetoric, we should look at… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
Eventually I got asked to be in a Michael J. Fox sitcom called High School U.S.A. I didn’t think it was funny… — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
I, Tivadar Kosztka, who gave up his prime of youth for the rebirth of the world, accepting the call of the invisible… — Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary Copy Share Image
The McCarthy period came along...and many of the other scientists who had been working on these same lines gave up. Probably saying… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
I knew right then you were the only one for me." He pulled her hand from his face, kissed her palm, then… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Let's just say that where a change was required, I adjusted. In every relationship that exists, people have to seek a way… — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol and it was the worst 20 minutes of my life. — George Best Copy Share Image
It was hopeless. She was flawless. She was a sunbeam. Mosca gave up and got on with hating her. — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I never really had stage nerves but I did have had trouble getting up to the right energy level. For a long… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I have two children. I gave up a lot for my career, but I'm very happy for it. I've done what I've… — Maria das Gracas Silva Foster Copy Share Image
I tell ya, sex is getting harder all the time. Me and my wife were trying to have sex for hours last… — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
It was at this time that she entirely gave up on reading. The covers of books looked like coffins to her, either… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I know so many writers who are a hundred times better than me and have longer, greater ideas than mine, but they… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I've never been in parliament as a National, I gave up smoking about the same time [and] I've rid myself of two… — Tony Windsor Copy Share Image
Comedians don't get Oscars, so I gave up on that a long time ago. And I can't really speak about the Oscar-worthiness… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Colonialism has a bad reputation in the modern context, but Colonial Africa was a far better place for both black and white… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
I like commas. I detest semi-colons — I don’t think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
I gave up my music because I had received from it all I had to receive. To serve God one must sacrifice… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
I can't function without coffee and I cannot refuse chocolate. Drink I gave up years ago and don't miss it in the… — Richard Norris Copy Share Image
Other than a couple of moments in time, I always thought that, some way, I'm going to make it. I'm just going… — Tommy Hilfiger Copy Share Image
Well, what did you have for lunch?” I snapped. “Surely that’s not top secret superhero information.” “Steak with mashed potatoes and a… — Jennifer Estep Copy Share Image
Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up. We never gave… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
O, how much those men are to be valued who, in the spirit with which the widow gave up her two mites,… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
I wrote the first draft of the New People quickly but it had been percolating a lot longer. It's a hard question… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
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I think competing is more important than winning. There have been a lot of times when I've teed it up and I… — Juli Inkster Copy Share Image
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![“She probably gave up and started playing Minesweeper." [...] We reached the cafe and found Sydney bent over her laptop, with a barely eaten Danish and what was probably her fourth cup of coffee. We slid into seats beside her. "How's it—hey! You ARE playing Minesweeper!” quote by Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/65a/richelle-mead-46_bent_she-probably-gave-up-and-started-playing_2996588.jpg)
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