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“Simon Jones was so important and is going to be a big loss. It is a chance for someone like James Anderson to step up to the mark”

Important Bigs Chance Loss Steps Mark Step Up

Author:Duncan Fletcher

“And to lose the chance to see frigatebirds soaring in circles above the storm, or a file of pelicans winging their way homeward across the crimson afterglow of the sunset, or a myriad terns flashing in the bright light of midday as they hover in a shifting maze above the beach -- why, the loss is like the loss of a gallery of the masterpieces of the artists of old time.”

Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia

“Life actually is this mystery and gift. And every moment of it can be full of real radical joy and wakefulness. And for some reason in our most difficult times, we have the best chance to wake up. Many people will tell you that their divorce or illness or loss of job was the wake up call.”

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Author:Elizabeth Lesser

“Recreational talking is, along with private singing, one of our saddest recent losses. Like singing, talking has become a job for trained professionals, who are paid considerable sums of money to do it on television and radio while we sit silently listening or, if we're truly lonely and determined, call the station and sit holding the phone waiting for a chance to contribute our two cents' worth.”

Ifs Two Jobs Waiting Chance Loss Talking Television Listening Singing Lonely Paid Phones Radio Determined Stations Cents Saddest Two Cents Television And Radio

Author:Barbara Holland

“Rick Perry was philosophical about (his election losses). He said, 'Last week was Iowa. Yesterday was New Hampshire. ' He said at least it's giving him a chance to learn the names of all the states.”

Giving Said States Lasts Names Chance Loss Week Philosophical Election Yesterday Iowa Hampshire New Hampshire

Author:Jay Leno

“Better risk loss of truth than chance of error--that is your faith-vetoer's exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.”

Faith Religious Chance Loss Risk Fields Position Errors Believer Stakes Hypothesis

Book:James and Dewey on Belief and Experience

Source: James and Dewey on Belief and Experience

“Even with a margin of safety in the investor's favor, an individual security may work out badly. For the margin guarantees only that he has a better chance for profit than for loss - not that loss is impossible. But as the number of such commitments is increased the more certain does it become that the aggregate of the profits will exceed the aggregate of the losses.”

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Author:Benjamin Graham

“Why am I more cautious as I age instead of the other way around? I wonder if it's all tied in to failure. I tend to forget my gains and remember only the losses. The failures have piled up, wreaking havoc with my confidence until, as an adult, I've become afraid to take chances.”

Ifs Way Age Remember Chance Loss Forget Wonder Adults Gains Tied Take A Chance Cautious Havoc

Book:A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

Source: A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

“The first chance you have to avoid a loss from a foolish loan is by refusing to make it; there is no second chance.”

Firsts Chance Loss Foolish Loan Second Chance No Second Chances

Author:Charlie Munger