#giving up

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

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Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

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An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist. ↗

— Stephen Stills

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What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going. ↗

— Patrick Swayze

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Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer! ↗

— Garth Brooks

#anyone #anything #being #cooler #day

I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading. ↗

— John M. Ford

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Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up. ↗

— Daniel Pipes

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Taxpayers should not be coerced into giving up their privacy rights just to file their taxes. ↗

— Melissa Bean

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As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

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I never got to the point of needing drugs or thinking about giving up myself. ↗

— Stuart Appleby

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