“Those who know in their hearts that they are not really necessary -- and are entirely replaceable-- must inevitably be tempted to misrepresent the nature of their work and build up a false notion of its importance. A further alienation from truth takes place, a further loss of contact with reality. And one thing we can be sure of is that self-deception, whether on the level of the wind and the rain or on that of spiritual reality, must always come up against the real sooner or later, and that its destruction is very painful.” KnowsHeartRealSelfRealitySpiritualLossLevelsOne ThingWindRainDestructionImportanceNotionCome UpPainfulContactDeceptionSooner Or LaterTemptedAlienationSelf Deception Author:Charles le Gai Eaton
“I would like to like to make one thing clear at the very outset and that is, when you speak of a train robbery, this involved no loss of train, merely what I like to call the contents of the train, which were pilfered. We haven't lost a train since 1946, I believe it was - the year of the great snows when we mislaid a small one.” YearsBelieveLostSpeakI BelieveLossClearOne ThingHavensInvolvedTrainSnowRobbery Book:Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Comedy of Peter Cook Source: Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Comedy of Peter Cook
“We don't sell wins or losses. The one thing you can't control in sports is which games you are going to win or which games you are going to lose. But what I could control was the experience the fans have.” GamesWinningSportsLosesLossOne ThingFansSells Author:Mark Cuban
“I know that a lot of songwriters write about a break up. It's a really popular topic. I think heartbreak is the number one thing people write about. I could say that's narcissistic somehow because they want everybody to admire how pained they are. But I actually do think there's something beautiful and uplifting about knowing that you're not the only one who is experiencing or has experienced that kind of devastating loss. Everyone's experienced that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantWritingKindBeautifulLossNumbersBreakKnowingOne ThingAdmireUpliftingSongwritersTopicsNarcissisticSomething BeautifulReally PopularDevastating Loss Author:Mirah
“One thing leads to the other. Deforestation leads to climate change, which leads to ecosystem losses, which negatively impacts our livelihoods - it's a vicious cycle.” LossOne ThingImpactClimateClimate ChangeCyclesViciousEcosystemsLivelihoodDeforestationVicious Cycles Author:Gisele Bundchen
“Now that mine is almost over, I can say that the one thing that struck me most about life is the capacity for change. One day you're a person and the next day they tell you you're a dog. At first it's hard to bear, but after a while you learn not to look at it as a loss. There's even a moment when it becomes exhilarating to realize just how little needs to stay the same for you to continue the effort they call, for lack of a better word, being human.” NeedsFirstsHumansLooksLittlesPersonsI CanHardMomentsLife IsNextRealizingLossEffortOne ThingDogMinesBearsOne DayCapacityBeing HumanNext DayExhilaratingAlmost Over Book:The History of Love: A Novel Source: The History of Love: A Novel
“I knew that somewhere God was laughing. He had taken the other half of my heart, the one person who knew me better than I knew myself, and He had done what nothing else could do. By bringing us together, He had set into motion the one thing that could tear us apart.” HeartPersonsDoneTogetherLossHalfLaughingTakenOne ThingTearsMy HeartBreakupBreak UpOther Half Author:Jodi Picoult
“Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language. In spite of everything, it remained secure against loss.” LanguageLossOne ThingSecureSpite Book:Collected Prose Source: Collected Prose