Giving Up Quotes - Page 39

• There are many people who don't do well on a vegetarian or vegan diet, that for them, meat is a very nutritious food. So, I'm not prepared to give up meat. I don't think we need to give up meat, but we certainly need to change the way we raise meat and diminish the amount of it in our diet.

  Michael Pollan

  Thinking, People, Meat

  Source: indianapublicmedia.org

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• Nothing ever gets settled in this town (Washington). It's not like running a company or even a university. It's a seething debating society, in which the debate never stops; in which people never give up, including me, and that's the atmosphere in which you administer.

  George P. Shultz

  Running, People, Atmosphere

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• That is what they call being reconciled to die. They call it reconciled when pain has strummed a symphony of suffering back and forth across you, up and down, round and round you until each little fibre is worn tissue-thin with aching. And when you are lying beaten, and buffeted, battered and broken - pain goes out, joins hands with Death and comes back to dance, dance, dance, stamp, stamp, stamp down on you until you give up.

  Marita Bonner

  Death, Pain, Lying

  Marita Bonner (1987). “Frye Street & environs: the collected works of Marita Bonner”, Beacon Press (MA)

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• You should never give up your inner self.

  Clint Eastwood

  Self, Should, Giving

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• Canada's ruling circles seek to ally themselves more closely with American imperialism without giving up the economic advantages of membership in the British Empire.

  Tim Buck

  Circles, Allies, Membership

  "Tim Buck A Conscience for Canada". Book by Oscar Ryan, 1957.

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• Young man the simple answer is: land, land and land. No-one gives up land. Ever.

  Munir Butt

  Simple, Men, Land

  "Review of Guest Speaker Dr Munir Butt". Yale Daily News, 1994.

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• When couples start a family, they give up their personal love to achieve a greater responsibility - to nurture their children into good human beings. Nothing should deter them from that goal until the kids are up on their own feet

  Siddharth Katragadda

  Couple, Children, Kids

  "Dark Rooms: A Saga". Book by Siddharth Katragadda, 2002.

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• Never give up on something you believe in.

  Steve Scalise

  Believe, I Never Give Up, Never Give Up On Something

  "What I've Learned: Representative Steve Scalise (R, La.)" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. October 19, 2010.

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• What is important is not the right doctrine but the attainment of the true experience. It is giving up believing in belief.

  Alan Keightley

  Believe, Important, Doctrine

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• Jesus offered a single incentive to follow himto summarize his selling point: 'Follow me, and you might be happy-or you might not. Follow me, and you might be empowered-or you might not. Follow me, and you might have more friends-or you might not. Follow me, and you might have the answers-or you might not. Follow me, and you might be better off-or you might not. If you follow me, you may be worse off in every way you use to measure life. Follow me nevertheless. Because I have an offer that is worth giving up everything you have: you will learn to love well.'

  Samir Selmanovic

  Jesus, Use, Answers

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• As long as we see abusers as victims, or as out-of-control monsters, they will continue getting away with ruining lives. If we want abusers to change, we will have to require them to give up the luxury of exploitation.

  Lundy Bancroft

  Luxury, Long, Want

  Lundy Bancroft (2003). “Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men”, p.157, Penguin

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• If we want abusers to change, we will have to require them to give up the luxury of exploitation.

  Lundy Bancroft

  Luxury, Want, Exploitation

  Lundy Bancroft (2003). “Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men”, p.157, Penguin

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• I could never give up Mexican food. Nachos are usually my go-to if I'm courtside at an NBA game. I always, always get my picture taken with my mouth wide open and a tortilla chip sticking out of it!

  Eva Longoria

  Taken, Nba, Games

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• Seriously, I grew up a fan of Hulk Hogan, and I think I bring some of his best values to the ring... the values of a superhero. Always do your best. Never give up... I think kids want to believe in that, and they should believe in that.

  John Cena

  Believe, Kids, Thinking

  "'Monday Night Raw' star John Cena talks about 'WrestleMania'". Interview with Houston Mitchell, latimesblogs.latimes.com. March 26, 2012.

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• We have to give up the idea of realism to a far greater extent than most physicists believe today.

  Anton Zeilinger

  Believe, Ideas, Today

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• To give up my job as a temp and actually make a living doing comedy, it was staggering.

  Kathy Griffin

  Jobs, Comedy, Staggering

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• I'm disciplined. And I'm persevering. And I don't give up very easily... and I'm reliable.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Don't Give Up, Giving

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• If you look at films about becoming a man, coming-of-age movies are made with 12-, 16-, 40-, 50-year-olds... For a guy to feel like hes a 100 percent grown-up is almost like giving up. Like admitting that youre on your way into the grave.

  Kevin Bacon

  Men, Years, Guy

  Interview with George Gurley, www.elle.com. June 17, 2011.

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• Never give up your day job. I do all sorts of things, but at the end of the day, it all boils down to The Today Show, and I love doing this thing, and they will have to blow me out of here with dynamite before I leave.

  Al Roker

  Jobs, Blow, The End Of The Day

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• Love me, please, I love you; I can bear to be your friend. So ask of me anything ... I am not a tentative person. Whatever I do, I give up my whole self to it.

  Bill Vaughan

  Love You, Commitment, Self

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• To be in the music industry, to be in any kind of entertainment industry, you really, really have to be passionate about it and love it and persevere, because if that passion isn't there, it's easy to give up. If you really want it, the ambition is there, it'll come. It's definitely harder work than some people think.

  Alexandra Chando

  Ambition, Passion, Thinking

  "Talent and The Lying Game Star Alexandra Chando Admits She Totally Watches Gossip Girl and Vampire Diaries". Interview with Haley Longman, www.clevver.com. April 29, 2011.

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• Hey, Barack Obama had to give up his Blackberry. He's the first wired president. ... He might have to give his Blackberry because of security reasons. Because they're easy to hack into. In fact, when Obama heard he might have to give it up, he said, 'OMG! WTF?' I mean, he couldn't believe it.

  Jay Leno

  Believe, Mean, President

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• When I tap, it means I've accepted the technique, learned the lesson and look to apply the experience next time I step on the mat. I never give up.

  Ryron Gracie

  Mean, Technique, Looks

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• My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what.

  Mandy Moore

  Mom, Passion, Support Systems

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• Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.

  Hal Sparks

  Two, Political, Want

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