The oppression of it, the sense of helplessness, and really being part of a system and a bureaucracy that is arbitrary. I never thought of the depth of losing your freedom and what that meant. And I was surprised and delighted by ways people maintain their humanity and try to survive.
My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.
It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine.
He who loves has conquered the world and has no fear of losing anything. True love is an act of total surrender.
But if we play it safe, the problem is that we may be losing out, and I believe we are.
We are afraid of losing what we have.
Once she made him watch Pride and Prejudice and for ages he would re-word Mr Bingley's apology to Jane Bennet, saying, 'I've been an inexplicable fool', for anything from losing his keys to burping out loud. Her reply to anything she wanted to do was Jane Bennet's response to Bingley's marriage proposal, 'A thousand times yes.
I can maintain my sense of the sacredness of existence only by understanding my own limitations and losing my self-importance.
One thing that's interesting to me is how we as humans seem to be losing our ability to stand still and be alone with our thoughts. If you want to, you have to arrange it now. You have to go off where there's no WiFi and leave your equipment behind, but still have some sort of GPS tracking to make sure you don't get lost or die.
sometimes I was so bored that I started arguments just to experience the rush of almost losing him.
Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid of losing what they had.
If I have given my all and still do not win, I haven't lost. Others might remember winning or losing; I remember the journey.
As a child I had dealt with a lot of loss and grief. I was constantly losing my parents, losing my home, constantly moving around, living with this stranger, that stepfather, or whatever.
Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that's why people gravitate to that so much.
Youll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. Not least of which is how much more enjoyable it is to win. Its inevitable to lose now and again. The trick is not to make a habit of it.
The secret of losing weight is patience.
Suicide is part murder, revenge on those who hurt you, just as murder is part suicide, for a murderer knows he risks losing his life.
I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.
The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.
Most of our difficulties come from losing contact with our instincts, with the age-old forgotten wisdom stored up in us.