#giving up

The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates. ↗

— Frank Chodorov

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The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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Giving up is something a Lauda doesn't do. ↗

— Niki Lauda

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I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do. ↗

— Jessica Lynch

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It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that. ↗

— Garry Marshall

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I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

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Shifting toward management meant greater responsibility and influence, but it also meant giving up programming day-to-day in my role, which was hard because it took me out of my comfort zone. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

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Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the people and the planet Earth. ↗

— Evo Morales

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