#loses

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

It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one loses him to death. ↗

— Mary Renault

#bitter #death #evil #friend #him

Yachts are the closest a commoner can get to sovereignty. ↗

— Charles Simonyi

#commoner #get #sovereignty #yachts

If God closes a door AND a window, consider the fact that it might be time to build a whole new house. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#closed-doors #destiny #faith #faith-in-god #holding-out-for-the-best

I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#detail #every #full #given #i

It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding. ↗

— Halle Berry

#closest #hard #me #people #self

Power without abuse loses its charm. ↗

— Paul Valery

#charm #loses #power #without

What I can't quite see at this stage is that the evidence, even to the president, seems to be that clear. And if it is that clear, I can't understand why we are not capable of convincing our closest allies that given that evidence, they ought to join us in this effort. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#capable #clear #closest #convincing #effort

Once you work with a studio on a film, the studio is sort of like this enormous clam that just opens, takes everything and then closes, and no one enters again. They own it all. ↗

— Don Bluth

#closes #enormous #enters #everything #film

This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook. ↗

— Larry Elder

#battle #common-sense #contest #control #crook