#losing

Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into democracy. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#being #bombed #britain #burned #democracy

As an actor, particularly in theatre, you're trying to get jobs on TV; but you're also losing jobs in theatre to people who are on television. ↗

— Andrew Rannells

#also #get #jobs #losing #particularly

Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure. ↗

— Cathy Rigby

#allows #failure #fear #freedom #go

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it. ↗

— Antoine Rivarol

#does #losing #make #only #people

I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me than sitting in a theater and feeling a lot of people losing control of themselves. ↗

— Jay Roach

#addiction #am #control #dysfunctional #feeling

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#baseball #game #like #losing #nobody

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#am #because #ever #finish #first

Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm. ↗

— Knute Rockne

#disastrous #enthusiasm #falling #get #losing

The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#drink #enough #having #immerse #losing

I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder. ↗

— Wayne Rooney

#extra #gives #harder #hate #i