#loser

I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang of the string, which is a lot closer to the source of the sound making. ↗

— Ian Williams

#closer #distortion #guitar #i #i think

Sooo, I'm tired of people thinking I'm a freak. I know you can't relate to that but -" "Get over it already, will ya?" Candace stood. "You're not Smellody anymore. You're pretty. You can get hot guys now. Tanned ones with good vision. Not geeky hose jousters." She shut the window. "Don't you ever want to use your lips as something other than veneer protectors?" Melody felt a familiar pinch behind her eyes. Her throat dried. Her eyes burned. And then they came. Like salty little paratroopers, tears descended en masse. She hated Candace thought she had never made out with a boy. But how could she convince a seventeen-year-old with more dates than a fruitcake that Randy the Starbucks cashier (aka Scarbucks, because of his acne scars) was a great kisser? She couldn't. ↗

— Lisi Harrison

#dating #frustration #hurt-feelings #loser #nicknames

I look at it logically. We need four wins. We're one step closer. ↗

— Brady Anderson

#four #i #logically #look #need

Google is a global Rorschach test. We see in it what we want to see. Google has built an infrastructure that makes a lot of dreams closer to reality. ↗

— John Battelle

#closer #dreams #global #google #infrastructure

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#arts #aspect #closer #easy #easy way

I have to introduce the part of me that feels like a winner to the part of me convinced I’m a loser, and see if they can’t agree to exist somewhere closer to the middle. ↗

— Lauren Graham Someday Someday Maybe

#lauren-graham #losers #winners #inspirational

We all want to be the best at something. Trouble is, some people are only the best at being second best.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#better #competition #desire #life #lose

Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me? ↗

— Beck

#loser #music-lyrics #music

We were always loyal to lost causes...Success for us is the death of the intellect and of the imagination. ~ Professor MacHugh ↗

— James Joyce

#death

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. ↗