Losing Effort

Famous quotes containing the words losing and/or effort:

    “... a full notecase,
    Dull Bodley, draught beer, and dark blue,
    And most often losing the Boat Race ...”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Words like “freedom,” “justice,” “democracy” are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.”
    —James Baldwin (1924–1987)