#losing

The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to. ↗

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#anniversaries #another #between #closing #doors

What is new in all of this is that the old poles of attraction represented by nation-states, parties, professions, institutions, and historical traditions are losing their attraction. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#historical #institutions #losing #new #old

Losing my mum. That was a punch-me moment. ↗

— Stella McCartney

#moment #mum

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle. ↗

— David Mamet

#battle #half #losing #many #surprise

It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian 'wall of separation' between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#among #appeal #been #between #christianity

President Obama is now losing to 'Republican Nominee' in polls - no name needed. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#name #needed #nominee #now #obama

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves. ↗

— Henry Miller

#fear #finding #full #give #hope

Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#bomb #capacity #care #certain #cliff

I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them. ↗

— Adnan Pachachi

#class #confidence #i #i think #losing

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

#dropped #end #life #like #masks