There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.
People live too much of their lives on email or the Internet or text messages these days. We're losing all of our communication skills.
The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.
We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more godlike, that we do not become discouraged and lose hope.
We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor.
People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy.
Without an understanding of history, we are politically, culturally and socially impoverished. If we sacrifice history to economic pressures or to budget cuts, we will lose a part of who we are.
Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.
I have become aware on my travels that when a country loses the connection between its history and its traditional dress, something truly precious is lost.
Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion.
Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents.
Teachers need to feel they are trusted. They must be allowed some leeway to use their imagination; otherwise, teaching loses all sense of wonder and excitement.
The thing about drugs and sex is that you lose all your inhibitions. I've had sex in trains, planes, wine bars... and quite a few car parks!
I don't know, I just want to be happy. I could be in a hole somewhere. Or I could completely lose it and be some hippy living in the woods with my dad.
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
There's no quick or magical way to lose weight. You just have to do it the natural way - diet and exercise and stick to it - and be able to do it at your own pace.
It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can't I lose weight when I've had a baby?' Well, everyone you're reading about has money for a trainer and a chef. That doesn't make it realistic.
We have the opportunity to provide the first FDA reviewed and approved over-the-counter option that can help people lose weight and make changes to their lifestyle and diet.
Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it.
