“You make your own luck, Gig. You know what makes a good loser? Practice.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Speaking to his son Gregory, as quoted in Papa, a Personal Memoir (1976) Gregory H. Hemingway
Me & Mr. Jones
Song lyrics, Back To Black (2006)
“You make your own luck, Gig. You know what makes a good loser? Practice.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Speaking to his son Gregory, as quoted in Papa, a Personal Memoir (1976) Gregory H. Hemingway
M. K. Hobson (1969) American writer
Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 8, “Chaos and Disorder” (p. 133)
“sometimes what you miss the most is the way a loved one made you feel about yourself.”
Mitch Albom (1958) American author
Source: The First Phone Call from Heaven
St. Vincent (musician) (1982) American singer-songwriter
QRO Magazine interview (2007)
Context: I enjoyed, and I tried to soak up and learn everything as fast as I could from doing any kind of music. It's good to have a gig. If you're a musician, it's good to be working.
I love doing all of it, but Marry Me is my baby, St. Vincent is my child.
“I've got to tell you, I don't miss the limelight. At all. Kind of weird to say it.”
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2010s, 2011, Speech at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (2011)
“You could grow up in the city where history was made and still miss it all.”
Jonathan Lethem book The Fortress of Solitude
Source: The Fortress of Solitude
Katie Melua (1984) British singer-songwriter
[York Membery, Travelling Life - Katie Melua, http://ultratravel.telegraph.co.uk/site/pages/ultra_experts/travelling_life_-_katie_melua_page1.php, The Telegraph, 2006-09-18]