#lose

Those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness. ↗

— Alcuin

#close #crowd #god #keep #listened

You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching. ↗

— Tiki Barber

#close #come #even #eye #get

We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#arab countries #because #beliefs #circumstances #closely

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. ↗

— Benjamin Banneker

#courage #despair #difficulties #easy #lose

It's easy to win. Anybody can win. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#life-and-living #loser #winning #life

All losers are romantics. It's what keeps us from blowing our brains out. ↗

— Richard Kadrey

#losers #richard-kadrey #romantics #spyder-lee #romantic

There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn’t be fair if they tried. ↗

— Harper Lee

#win #men

and in that single moment she felt as though she had seen into his soul and the very heart of the the love he bore for her and their children ↗

— Catrin Collier

#love

While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with each other. Joining in their conversation was fraught with risk. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#closest friends #conversation #different #different language #each

I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around some of the clubs in New YorkI felt that jazz should be presented in a more prestigious atmosphere. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#around #atmosphere #certain #closeness #clubs