1,952 Quotes About Giving-up


  • Author Lenny Bruce
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    Every tribe needs a good front man to sell the program. Who better to convince the Middle East to give up the oil, than a brown man with a Muslim name?

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  • Author Louise Brown
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    Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in.

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  • Author Louis de Bernières
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    Family law is institutionally anti-male. I've been lobbying MPs, and I'm not going to give up campaigning for equality until I get equality.

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  • Author Louise Bourgeois
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    Horizontality is a desire to give up, to sleep. Verticality is an attempt to escape. Hanging and floating are states of ambivalence.

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  • Author Lynda Barry
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    When you think about it, giving up your real personality is a small price to pay for the richness of living happily ever after with an actual man!

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  • Author Marcus Brigstocke
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    And much as I enjoy writing and creating stuff, I don't enjoy it so much that I am willing to give up any time that could otherwise be spent performing.

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  • Author Martha Beck
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    We are a time-starved people, obsessed with fitting huge achievements into our few years. In the process, we often fill our buckets with things that don't matter or work. But when we give up on trying to change what can't be changed, and simply embrace what we love, a miracle occurs. We notice that the moment to be happy has already arrived. It's here, now.

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