#lose

I had a rough spot about being a goody-goody Mormon, and not drinking or smoking. But I'm kind of grateful I've got this image now. There are no skeletons in my closet. What you see is what you get. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#being #closet #drinking #get #got

The system becomes logically closed when each of the logical implications which can be derived from any one proposition within the system finds its statement in another proposition in the same system. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#any #becomes #closed #derived #each

Working-class Americans have waited too long, close to a decade in fact, for an increase in the minimum wage. This has been the second longest period without a pay raise since the Federal minimum wage law was first enacted in 1938. ↗

— Bill Pascrell

#close #decade #enacted #fact #federal

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#energy #lose #more #something #than

In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#continue #current #drop #fallen #female

I've really been sick with this cold, but I think I might have kept the columns going anyhow except I was just so low in spirit, I didn't have the will to struggle against them when my deadline was so close and I felt so lousy. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#anyhow #been #close #cold #columns

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#big #big ones #break #closest #died

I never thought my marriage could be stronger, or I could be closer to Bill. We prayed on our own, but now we prayed together and you'll never know how much that means until you do it. ↗

— Giuliana Rancic

#closer #could #how #i #know

Anyone who loses a parent, you have to find those parts of yourself that your parent held true in themselves, especially if they're supportive parents. ↗

— Anthony Rapp

#especially #find #held #loses #parent

I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot. ↗

— Natasha Richardson

#am #areas #believed #close #dad