"It is pardonable to be defeated, but never to be surprised."

-- Frederick The Great

#Defeated Quotes

“Big ideas don't make them selves known as big. They begin with the little, ridiculous ideas that most people would discard or reject. Every successful picture I've done has really been based on taking a very flimsy, fleeting little idea, grabbing hold of it, and taking it seriously.”
“The Universe is either expressing a miracle or is pregnant with the next one.”
“There is a fine line between assertiveness and being relaxed.”
“Sometimes the messages I put out are somewhat of that [street] nature, but the thing is, that's not the person, it's just like an actor or something. It's just like when Wesley Snipes is not [the character he played in] 'New Jack City,' but a lot of people get it twisted. They think, 'That's that guy. That's that dude. That's how he roll.' But man, that's definitely not how I roll. I believe in God. I'm a Christian... People always trying to stereotype people because of their job.”

Source : "Project Pat Out Of Prison, 'Taking It One Day At A Time'" by Corey Moss, www.mtv.com. August 3, 2005.
“Lacan , Derrida and Foucault are the perfect prophets for the weak, anxious academic personality, trapped in verbal formulas and perennially defeated by circumstances. They offer a self-exculpating cosmic explanation for the normal professorial state of resentment, alienation, dithering passivity and inaction.”
“As long as you live, it is never too late to make amends. Take my advice, child. Don't waste your precious life with regrets and sorrow. Find a way to make right what was wrong, and then move on.”
“We're all going to die sometime, so you might as well die pushing the odds for something that matters.”

Source : Karen Traviss (2011). “Hard Contact: Star Wars Legends (Republic Commando)”, p.165, Del Rey
“One of the big challenges I've thought about in making record is that the role of computers has become so inescapable and computers offer so many possibilities for creativity, but they also make you lazy.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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