When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.
Madeleine L'Engle
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AMITY GAIGE I love Chris Crutcher, Sara Zarr, Lois Lowry, Elizabeth Scott, Madeleine L'Engle, Gordon Korman,...
LISA MCMANN Our story is never written in isolation. We do not act in a one-man play. We can do nothing that doe...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory o...
DAN BROWN When we lose our composure, when we don't play our game, we're going to lose.
CHARLES BURKS Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time' has been targeted by censors for promoting N...
JUDY BLUME When we lose these woods, we lose our soul. Not simply as individuals, but as a people.
KEVIN WALKER When we stop caring about what people think, we lose our capacity for connection. When we become def...
BRENé BROWN I'm from the Madeleine L'Engle school. The more she delves into science, the more she knows ...
TOM SHADYAC If we lose our optimism, we lose our greatest power to make things better.
GARY EDWARD GEDALL When we lose our wonder for the weather, we try to control everything.
MATT MALDRE When we lose our spiritual child then that is when we have grown old.
STEPHEN RICHARDS We are lucky when we are helped while we lose our balance; but we are certainly much luckier when we...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN We must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We lose our hair, our teeth! Our bloom, our ideals.
SAMUEL BECKETT We just kept our cool. We didn't lose our heads.
KAYLA PARKER In the United States, because we are a nation of laws, you can lose an election and keep your life. ...
KELLY AYOTTE If we close the doors of the store, we lose our homes. We?re really between a rock and a hard place.
ANNA LAPLUME We lose our soul, to find our life.
JOANNE CRISNER Once we lose our fear of being tiny, we find ourselves on the threshold of a vast and awesome Univer...
CARL SAGAN And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE With our backs against the wall, we're in familiar territory. We play better when we know we can't a...
GLENYS BAKKER The sorrow we feel when we lose a loved one is the price we pay to have had them in our lives.
ROB LIANO When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.
C.S. LEWIS When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place
C.S. LEWIS When we win, we win together. When we lose, we lose together.
BUCK KICINSKI We battled back. It was our game to win or lose in the end, we just didn't execute when we needed to...
ERIC SPIVEY In order not to stand out we lose our dignity
SUNDAY ADELAJA We will lose control of our home affairs. We will lose control, I believe, eventually of our foreign...
MICHAEL ANCRAM White Rock Lake is a refuge from city life. If we lose that, we lose our natural beauty ... and I do...
BRAD ROGERS We are in a win-lose kind of relationship with communities that have the power to annex. When they w...
JEFF LANG We played our hardest and that's all we can do. Even when we lose a game ... we learn by our mistake...
ANDY JONES When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved ...
MAURICE MAETERLINCK When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we lov...
MAURICE MAETERLINCK When we lose someoe we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we lov...
MAURICE MAETERLINCK We're not able to capitalize on our momentum. When we do have it, we lose it immediately.
KRIS KALIVAS Kira is childish and hates to lose. I am also childish and hate to lose. - L
TSUGUMI OHBA Our music/they think that we lose it,
BURNING SPEAR Yeah, we wouldn't want to lose our little Mockingjay when she's finally begun to sing.
SUZANNE COLLINS In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.
MAO ZEDONG Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.
COCO CHANEL In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements
MAO TSE-TUNG We must constantly remind ourselves that we are the image and likeness of God
SOTONYE ANGA We may lose — and certainly the odds are not in our favor — but we will fight!
DAN WALDSCHMIDT As we consider the fast pace of scientific and technological progress in our modern world, we must n...
SAM BROWNBACK Our state cannot be severed, we are one,
One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
JOHN MILTON It is a well-known fact that we always recognize our homeland when we are about to lose it.
ALBERT CAMUS We should set our goals; then learn to control our appetites. Otherwise, we will lose ourselves in t...
HARK HERALD SARMIENTO When you say "I" and "my" too much, you lose the capacity to understand the "we" and "our".
STEVE MARABOLI When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.
BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY It was our game to lose. Unfortunately, we faltered under the pressure. That's our fault - we blew i...
CODY WHITE It was our game to lose. Unfortunately, we faltered under the pressure. That's our fault. We blew it...
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BRENE BROWN I think Britain can be one of the great success stories of the 21st century - we've got the tale...
GEORGE OSBORNE We could lose our funeral home business if that happens,
KATHLEEN RHODES The ocean is the lifeblood of our world. If we were to lose our fish that we appreciate so much by o...
AARON PEIRSOL When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
CHARLES HUGHES When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES I was very concerned when Josh fouled out. I was afraid we?d lose our momentum that we?d gained.
BRIAN MORSE We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives.
THICH NHAT HANH I am the daughter of Basra, ... We will never lose our kindness.
IMAM ALI The thing is, we abruptly lose focus on our focus too easily.
BRANDON A. TREAN We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.
JOHN IRVING We all lose our looks eventually. Better develop your character and interest in life.
JACQUELINE BISSET Our health always seems much more valuable after we lose it.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Our health always seems much more valuable after we lose it.
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KIP DROWN We've learned from our losses when we were down in the first quarter and at halftime, when we were d...
JOE WALTERS I lose sleep at night wondering whether we are intelligent enough to figure out the universe. I don&...
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON If we do not believe in ourselves- neither in our efficacy nor in our goodness- the universe is a fr...
NATHANIEL BRANDEN If we fail in in our levy attempt, we will lose our progress. We will likely slide into a near total...
PAUL ALLISON We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live.
The universe may for...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Kids were making plays all over the place. They refused to lose. We refused to lose. Time just ran o...
ANDY SCHULZ We didn't play our best game this season. But when we when or lose, either way we showed a little we...
GLENN MCANNINCH We are what we remember. If we lose our memory, we lose our identity and our identity is the accumul...
ERIK PEVERNAGIE When we die our deeds shall be left for humanity to judge & our flesh shall become dust for humanity...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) It's not just the fines. More importantly, our licenses are our livelihood. We can't be in a positio...
WADE SHANOWER We only care about our faults when we realize them.
DANIEL MELGAçO As we age, not only do we lose fat in our faces but our bones actually change in contour, often maki...
DAVID KAHN As we age, not only do we lose fat in our faces but our bones actually change in contour, often maki...
DAVID KAHN We decided we were not going to lose this game, though. We played with our hearts.
EMILY COCHRAN We can't afford to lose that bar. It's our only regular income.
COMMANDER ELMO NORTON For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It's always our self we find in the sea.
E.E. CUMMINGS No matter how smart we may think we are, no matter how committed we are to our truth, we can lose ou...
KAMAL RAVIKANT About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo...
PETER LERANGIS When we are able to systematise and theologise God down to a set of absolute theological principles,...
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WOLFGANG BERNHARD Where the apple reddens never pry -- lest we lose our Edens, Eve and I.
ROBERT BROWNING We knew it was going to be a game of runs. We told our guys we were going to make ours, and when we ...
ERIK GOETZ We cannot lose the battle, if we release our faith knowing that God can do a miracle
SUNDAY ADELAJA If we continue to postpone funding, not only would we lose money, but we could be in violation of ou...
CHARLIE WILLIAMS It is when we are trapped in incessant streams of compulsive thinking that the universe really disin...
ECKHART TOLLE To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
JOSEPH CHILTON PEARCE Now we have to be careful not to lose sight of our goal.
ADRIANO GALLIANI We think we have an excellent bid. We certainly don't think we'll lose on the quality of our bid.
DOUG MITCHELL I would also argue... that we are, by inclination and in terms of our history, we are small 'l...
DALTON MCGUINTY We have everything to lose. So we always have to come ready to play our best.
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L'PONI BALDWIN La vida es un regalo diario. Valóralo. Al final, lo que importa no son los años de vida, sino la v...
PAOLA CALASANZ ''DULCINEA'' The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of pe...
MADELEINE PEYROUX Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.
MADELEINE PEYROUX I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played th...
MADELEINE PEYROUX I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become ...
MADELEINE PEYROUX Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their ar...
MADELEINE PEYROUX I love playing to people and seeing them react.
MADELEINE PEYROUX I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But i...
MADELEINE PEYROUX My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to th...
MADELEINE PEYROUX Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.
MADELEINE PEYROUX My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
MADELEINE PEYROUX Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful th...
MADELEINE PEYROUX I've always loved singing. I find it exhilarating.
MADELEINE PEYROUX I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary j...
MADELEINE PEYROUX I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk ...
MADELEINE PEYROUX You have to let it all hang out, let go of the ideas that were more comfortable and embrace some of ...
MADELEINE PEYROUX No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, a...
MADELEINE PEYROUX It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status.
MADELEINE PEYROUX A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, w...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, qu...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've ...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are.
MADELEINE L'ENGLE Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
MADELEINE L'ENGLE Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.
MADELEINE L'ENGLE In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well,...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE