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Losing a job is never as much fun or as dignified as you...

Losing a job is never as much fun or as dignified as you imagine it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about contentment

With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But...

Quote by Thich Nhat Hanh about courage, contentment, death, children, fear, mother, happiness, love, people

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may...

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about rightness, things, time

Militarily we are not in any danger of losing. We can't...

Militarily we are not in any danger of losing. We can't be defeated militarily based on what the enemy currently throws against us.

Quote by John Abizaid about danger, enemies

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about judges, games, law

It just clicked: if the character had a nosebleed, it would be like a 'losing the virginity' thing, physical evidence like blood on the sheets. That was exactly the kind of image I'd been looking for.

Quote by Michael Chabon about blood, character, things

Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that...

Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we're losing our individuality.

Quote by Boy George about individuality

Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers...

Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore; only the life I have lived. The pain now is part of the happiness then.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about love, pain, happiness, life

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure,...

Quote by Samuel Johnson about flight, pleasure, hope, mind, objects, present, future, human imperfections, moment

During the course of any endeavor you will always see the...

During the course of any endeavor you will always see the winning move right after you've executed the losing one.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about rightness, contentment

We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in...

We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.

Quote by Rosie O'Donnell about commerce, democracy, nation, rightness

We're very aware of not losing the spirit of the early...

We're very aware of not losing the spirit of the early Wallace and Gromit films.

Quote by Nick Park about spirit

Secondly, reflect upon that love and entire affection...

Secondly, reflect upon that love and entire affection which you have lost, and could no otherwise be lost, but by losing him, in whom it lived.

Quote by John Pearson about love, affection, contentment

After forty a woman has to choose between losing her...

After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.

Quote by Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland about woman, advice, face

The attack is the evidence of losing control.

The attack is the evidence of losing control.

Quote by Morihei Ueshiba about attack

Knowledge is the ability to listen others, without losing...

Knowledge is the ability to listen others, without losing the sight of his own reflection and the keyquestions.

Quote by Mag. Cornelia Klappacher about knowledge, ability

The difference between winning and losing is most often...

The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting

Quote by Walt Disney about sport

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