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"Freedom is indivisible - there is no "s" on the end of it. You can erode freedom, diminish it, but you cannot divide it and choose to keep "some freedoms" while giving up others."
"I believe that you need to be the person you are and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. If you want something, go out and get it. Follow your dreams, and never give up!"
"Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life."
"Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction cannot give up the thought of fame; those that cleave to power cannot give the handle of it to others. While they hold their grasp of those things, they are afraid of losing them. When they let them go, they are grieved and they will not look at a single example, from which they might perceive the folly of their restless pursuits - such men are under the doom of heaven."
"My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west."
"I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself."
"I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me."
"For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in."
"Your journey to a healthier weight is not a journey that you start and then give up. It is a journey that you are living every day for the rest of your life."
"When we give up dieting, we take back something we were often too young to know we had given away: our own voice. Our ability to make decisions about what to eat and when. Our belief in ourselves. Our right to decide what goes into our mouths. Unlike the diets that appear monthly in magazines or the thermal pants that sweat off pounds, unlike a lover or a friend or a car, your body is reliable. It doesn't go away, get lost, stolen. If you will listen, it will speak."
"Never ride a bike with the brakes on. If something is proving too difficult, give up and do something else. Try to live without resort to perseverance."
"It seems as though every time you learn something new you have to give up something."
"When I went travelling around Europe there was the Eurovision song contest on, and I got a bit dunk and we missed our train to Budapest the next day. Anyway, when I got back I kind of realised how many songs there were about people giving up things for somebody, so I thought I'd make a song about giving up things I don't have. These elaborate things that I don't have that I could give up to somebody, and I kind of thought there was kind of some sweet sentiment in that."
"It is called working your ass off. The difference is what you are willing to sacrifice. For every writer who wants balance in their life, there is a guy like me who gives up a lot to make their dreams come true. There is always going to be someone out there that knows they have to compensate for maybe having less talent with harder work and preparation."
"Despite all the types of rejection, the most important part is to keep on moving forward and to not give up. If things are getting bad, take a break and seek out people for their opinion on what you may do to improve your presentation. In the end, it is all a numbers game and it does become a lot easier. It stops becoming this big ordeal and is just part of the job."
"I had to learn, as I soon did, that one must give up everything and not do anything else but write, that one must writer and write and write, even if everybody in the world advises you against it, even if nobody believes in you."
"When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom."
"i want to give up my bearings, slip out of who i am, shed everything, the way a snake discards old skin."
"I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself."
"I wish that more and more adventurous young men would give up the gun in favour of the camera."
