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"I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing."
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"The eruption of lived pleasure is such that in losing myself I find myself; forgetting that I exist, I realize myself."

"Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying."

"Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing."

"Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers."

"If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation."

"We're going to have to look very seriously at what we're doing right or wrong because we just keep losing."

"I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale."

"Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip."
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"I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it."

"During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service."

"We're going to have to look very seriously at what we're doing right or wrong because we just keep losing."

"There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back."

"Right after 9/11 there was a magazine with a cover of kids, mostly 12-14 year-olds, who were being trained for military combat. I thought that this had just gone too far."

"This was the first time a woman in Dallas had won public office of any kind - even women questioned whether or not I was qualified, whether or not I could take it."

"Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace."
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