1,952 Quotes About Giving-up


  • Author Lorrie Moore
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    Sometimes it seemed that she and rudy were two people attempting to tango, sweating and trying, long after the orchestra had grown tired, long after everyone else had gone home.

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  • Author Abigail Adams
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    I desire you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could… that your sex are naturally tyrannical is a truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute, but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of master for the more tender and endearing one of friend.

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  • Author Adele
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    Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavement, even if it leads nowhere?

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  • Author Akon
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    As long as you're giving up quality records and you're makin' hit records, people are always gonna want to hear a hit, and they'll always want to be attached to something that's doin' great.

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  • Author Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
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    You speak of giving up my dreams. Have you ever, since Maeve's coven split, had a dream? Have you ever had anything worth dying for?

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  • Author Aristotle
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    We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.

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  • Author Aristotle
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    The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government change something else which is a little more important, until they have undermined the whole fabric of the state.

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  • Author Bea Arthur
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    PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.

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