“If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.” IfsWayWritingBookLosesAcceptingOkayMy WayWriting A Book Author:Asne Seierstad
“The worst part is that if you become part of a major - all these independent labels become farm teams for your corporate parent. Basically, you do all the work for years, blowing up an artist - you discover them, blow them up, you build their fan base. And then that artist is like, "Okay, now I'm here. Now I want more. I want to be bigger." And you're either going to be able to accommodate them, you're going to be able to figure out how to take that step with them, or you're going to lose them.” IfsWantYearsAbleArtistParentLosesStepsTeamFansWorstFiguresMajorsOkayBiggerIndependentBlowLabelsCorporateFarmsAccommodateBlowing Up Author:El-P
“Maybe freedom really is nothing left to lose. You had it once in childhood, when it was okay to climb a tree, to paint a crazy picture and wipe out on your bike, to get hurt. The spirit of risk gradually takes its leave. It follows the wild cries of joy and pain down the wind, through the hedgerow, growing ever fainter. What was that sound? A dog barking far off? That was our life calling to us, the one that was vigorous and undefended and curious.” PainJoySpiritLeftSoundLosesHurtOur LivesGrowingRiskTreeCrazyChildhoodDogCryWindCallingOkayPaintCuriousClimbsBikeWipeVigorousJoy And PainHedgerows Author:Peter Heller
“I have a great editor and I enjoy, in a masochistic way, being ruthless about my own performance. How do I know, but I think I'm quite good at saying, "That's no good. That's no good. That's it. That's it. That's good." And I'm with the editor who goes, "No, I think you're wrong. That's not your best." There's an initial point in the editing, if you're directing yourself, especially in my case, where you go, "Ouch, ouch, ouch, I can't watch this." And then, there's a point where you become hard-nosed and just take your neurosis away and go, "What's working? That's okay. That's okay. We can lose that, and lose that." You get objective about it.” IfsWayI CanHardEnjoyLosesMy OwnWatchesCasesOkayPerformancesObjectivesEditorsEditingInitialsRuthlessNeurosisOuchMasochistic Author:Ralph Fiennes
“Once you lose attachment to how you want things to be because you realize you don't control anything, there's a curiously liberating aspect of that. I've always been a control freak, I've always felt that if I try hard enough, everyone I love will be kept safe and everything will be okay. Being shown, in such brutal terms, that that's simply not the way it works, in someways, it messed me up. I've been through hell, but on another level, if you pile up so much tragedy, it either destroys you, or you just start laughing about it. Because at the end of the day, no one gets out alive.” IfsWayWantTryingEndsHardEnoughFeltTermRealizingLosesLevelsLaughingHellAliveSafeAspectOkayTragedyThe End Of The DayAttachmentFreakBrutalLiberatingControl Freak Author:Daniele Bolelli
“I know when I watch a film at this point, if I completely lose myself in the characters and the story and the world of the film I know that it's at least in my opinion, that was great. Otherwise I'm thinking: "Oh I know they were just doing A, B and C, right before they walked into the scene, then the camera was there, then they probably took the shot from this reverse close-up and moved it into this." When all of that drops away then I'm like: "Okay this was phenomenal, this was fantastic." I mean, any film or TV performance in general is probably good.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldMeanCharacterStoriesFilmLosesOpinionWatchesTvsSceneShotsOkayPerformancesCamerasMovedFantasticReversePhenomenal Author:Gabriel Mann
“I think I started out okay but with AIDS came a great deal of silence about gayness and this period of lose and morning, but at the same time a kind of feeling like you wanted to get back into the closet because being gay was such a terrible thing at that point.” ThinkingKindFeelingsWantedLosesDealsSilenceMorningLike YouPeriodsTerribleGayOkayAidsGet BackClosetsTerrible ThingsBeing GayGayness Author:Margaret Cho
“If [the Conservatives] lose, we say, "Okay, we gotta change. We gotta improve, come back and win the next election." They [leftists] don't. When they lose and even when they win, because they know that they're in a numerical minority. But that numerical minority is a vast majority of pop culture and education environments. And so they just bully their way.” IfsKnowsWayCultureNextWinningLosesEnvironmentOkayElectionMajorityPopsMinoritiesBullyPop CultureLeftistsCulture And Education Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It's okay to lose, to die, but don't die without trying, without giving it your best.” GivingTryingRunningDiesEasyLosesPayOkayBoundsCarrieFacetsLinebackers Book:Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton Source: Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton
“A successful song comes to sing itself inside the listener. It is cellular and seismic, a wave coalescing in the mind and in the flesh. There is a message outside and a message inside, and those messages are the same, like the pat and thud of two heartbeats, one within you, one surrounding. The message of the lullaby is that it’s okay to dim the eyes for a time, to lose sight of yourself as you sleep and as you grow: if you drift, it says, you’ll drift ashore: if you fall, you will fall into place.” IfsMindTwoEyeSongFallGrowsLosesSleepSuccessfulMessagesOkaySightWaveFleshWithin YouListenersHeartbeatLullabyFall Into PlaceCellular Author:Kevin Brockmeier
“Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?” IfsThinkingLifeWholeLosesInspireOkayWhole LifeExtremely Happy Book:The Time Traveler's Wife Source: The Time Traveler's Wife
“A writer with her work needs to be like a dog with a bone all the time. She needs to know where she's hidden it. Where she's stored the good stuff. She needs to keep gnawing at it, even after all the meat seems to be gone. When a student of mine says (okay, whines) that she's impatient, or tired, or the worst: isn't it good enough? this may be harsh, but she loses just a little bit of my respect. Because there is no room for impatience, or exhaustion, or self-satisfaction, or laziness. All of these really mean, simply, that the inner censor has won the day.” KnowsNeedsMayMeanLittlesSelfEnoughSeemsStuffBitsLosesRoomsGoneWorstDogStudentsMinesLittle BitOkayTiredSatisfactionBonesMeatGood EnoughLazinessHarshImpatientImpatienceReally MeanExhaustionSelf-satisfaction Author:Dani Shapiro
“The truth of the matter is, beauty is a specific thing, rare and fleeting. Some of us have it in our teens, 20s and 30s and then lose it; most of us have it not at all. And that's perfectly okay. But lying to yourself that you have it when you don't seems to me simple-minded at best and psychotic at worst.” MatterSeemsLyingLosesSimpleWorstOkayTeensFleetingPsychoticLying To Yourself Author:Julie Burchill
“I'm sure that inside your heart... you're trying with all your might to find it on your own... the reason you were born. Because... because really... there might not be anyone who was born with a reason. I think that everyone... everyone might have to find one on their own. [in her head] A reason for being born... A reason that it's okay to be alive... A reason to exist. [aloud] I think everyone might have to find it themselves... and decide it for themselves. It could be your dreams... your job... or a person... The reason you're looking for... might be vague, unclear... and uncertain. [in her head] And you might lose it. [aloud] But as long as you're alive... you have to keep searching for that reason.” ThinkingTryingHeartLongReasonMightBornLosesAliveOkayUncertainVagueUnclearFruits Basket Author:Natsuki Takaya
“It's okay, girl, we'll make it till the sun goes down forever. And until then what you got to lose but the losing? We're fallen angels who didn't believe that nothing means nothing.” BelieveMeanGirlLosesSunForeverLosingAngelOkayFallenFallen Angels Author:Jack Kerouac
“I mean, if you're gonna purposely lose your mind, you want to get it back some day. Don't you? Okay, maybe not.” IfsWantMindMeanLosesOkay Book:Impulse Source: Impulse