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Lose Quotes by John Irving
- Be serious. Life hurts. Reflect what hurts. I don't mean that you can't also be funny, or have fun, but at the end of the…
- We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.
- When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long…
- Human beings are remarkable - at what we can learn to live with. If we couldn't get strong from what we lose, and what we…
- We don't always have a choice how we get to know one another. Sometimes, people fall into our lives cleanly--as if out of the sky,…
More Lose Quotes
- We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate… — Paul Auster
- I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness. — Karen Armstrong
- Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders. — Karen Armstrong
- They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of… — Chinua Achebe
- If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if… — Saint Augustine
- Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are… — Teresa of Avila
- Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in… — Roger Babson
- I just wanted to be an ordinary, middle-class person. When I was at Cambridge, I made great efforts to lose the last… — Peter Ackroyd
- One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare,… — Michelle Bachelet
- I want to state unequivocally for the world, as well as for the markets, as well as for the American people: I… — Michele Bachmann
- It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power… — Francis Bacon
- The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. — James A. Baldwin