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We showed up here and there was no official forfeit. I prefer a deserved loss to a forfeit win, to be honest, they are nice guys and I hope they’re well and can enjoy the rest of this. They’re good curlers. Of course, they were 0-7, but we knew they would give us a hard time on the ice. – Martin Rios	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There have been too many occasions where faculty members had to abandon their beliefs and forfeit their academic freedom in order to keep their jobs. I'm concernedthat the more resources universities pour into this endeavor by only hiring facultywho are willing to tow the line, the less they will focus on developing highly skilled individuals who can easily enter the workforce at top levels. – Cherise Trump	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Nobody wants to be in a position to forfeit games. – Lane Kiffin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Lamar’s gotta get (vaccinated), with the rules the NFL put down, I can’t imagine a team wanting to forfeit a game or lose a chance at the playoffs and none of the players getting paid because someone won’t get a vaccine. – Larry Hogan	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
In this particular case, the petition was not filed because the family in this particular case had agreed to forfeit the firearm that was in question and they were not going to pursue the return of that firearm. – Marion County	Found on CNN 3 years ago
[W]henever the Legislators endeavor to take away, and destroy the Property of the People, or to reduce them to Slavery under Arbitrary Power, they put themselves into a state of War with the People, who are thereupon absolved from any farther Obedience, and are left to the common Refuge, which God hath provided for all Men, against Force and Violence. Whensoever therefore the Legislative shall transgress this fundamental Rule of Society; and either by Ambition, Fear, Folly or Corruption, endeavor to grasp themselves, or put into the hands of any other an Absolute Power over the Lives, Liberties, and Estates of the People; By this breach of Trust they forfeit the Power, the People had put into their hands, for quite contrary ends, and it devolves to the people, who have a Right to resume their original Liberty. – John Locke	added by Normando 3 years ago
There was a lull, but I think the lull is over. there was pretty broad consensus that this was an emergency and you could take emergency measures and forfeit some other priorities in the name of public health. – Daphne Keller	Found on CNN 3 years ago
There was pretty broad consensus that this was an emergency and you could take emergency measures and forfeit some other priorities in the name of public health. – Daphne Keller	Found on CNN 3 years ago
After reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case, including Mr. Smollett's volunteer service in the community and agreement to forfeit Jussie Smollett bond to the City of Chicago, we believe this outcome is a just disposition and appropriate resolution to this case. – Cook County prosecutors	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Those who commit serious offenses here forfeit their right to stay here. – Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Our family has always owned and used firearms, no foster parent should have to forfeit their constitutional rights in order to be a foster parent. – Kenneth Shults	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I don't have to forfeit my town, I don't need to forfeit my relationship with my Heavenly Father, I just have to have some time to do a moral reset, a spiritual reset, a financial reset, a friendship reset. – Willie Jessop	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The primary dues a writer or any artist pays is to remain sentient, and to forfeit the illusionary luxury of such anesthetics as avoidance, numbness, and denials. – Vanna Bonta	added by anonymous 9 years ago
I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty. – Phaedrus	added by anonymous 10 years ago
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. – Abraham Lincoln	added by anonymous 14 years ago
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people. – Arthur Schopenhauer	added by anonymous 14 years ago

We showed up here and there was no official forfeit. I prefer a deserved loss to a forfeit win, to be honest, they are nice guys and I hope they’re well and can enjoy the rest of this. They’re good curlers. Of course, they were 0-7, but we knew they would give us a hard time on the ice.

– Martin Rios

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There have been too many occasions where faculty members had to abandon their beliefs and forfeit their academic freedom in order to keep their jobs. I'm concernedthat the more resources universities pour into this endeavor by only hiring facultywho are willing to tow the line, the less they will focus on developing highly skilled individuals who can easily enter the workforce at top levels.

– Cherise Trump

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Nobody wants to be in a position to forfeit games.

– Lane Kiffin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Lamar’s gotta get (vaccinated), with the rules the NFL put down, I can’t imagine a team wanting to forfeit a game or lose a chance at the playoffs and none of the players getting paid because someone won’t get a vaccine.

– Larry Hogan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

In this particular case, the petition was not filed because the family in this particular case had agreed to forfeit the firearm that was in question and they were not going to pursue the return of that firearm.

– Marion County

Found on CNN
3 years ago

[W]henever the Legislators endeavor to take away, and destroy the Property of the People, or to reduce them to Slavery under Arbitrary Power, they put themselves into a state of War with the People, who are thereupon absolved from any farther Obedience, and are left to the common Refuge, which God hath provided for all Men, against Force and Violence. Whensoever therefore the Legislative shall transgress this fundamental Rule of Society; and either by Ambition, Fear, Folly or Corruption, endeavor to grasp themselves, or put into the hands of any other an Absolute Power over the Lives, Liberties, and Estates of the People; By this breach of Trust they forfeit the Power, the People had put into their hands, for quite contrary ends, and it devolves to the people, who have a Right to resume their original Liberty.

– John Locke

added by Normando
3 years ago

There was a lull, but I think the lull is over. there was pretty broad consensus that this was an emergency and you could take emergency measures and forfeit some other priorities in the name of public health.

– Daphne Keller

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There was pretty broad consensus that this was an emergency and you could take emergency measures and forfeit some other priorities in the name of public health.

– Daphne Keller

Found on CNN
3 years ago

After reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case, including Mr. Smollett's volunteer service in the community and agreement to forfeit Jussie Smollett bond to the City of Chicago, we believe this outcome is a just disposition and appropriate resolution to this case.

– Cook County prosecutors

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Those who commit serious offenses here forfeit their right to stay here.

– Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Our family has always owned and used firearms, no foster parent should have to forfeit their constitutional rights in order to be a foster parent.

– Kenneth Shults

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I don't have to forfeit my town, I don't need to forfeit my relationship with my Heavenly Father, I just have to have some time to do a moral reset, a spiritual reset, a financial reset, a friendship reset.

– Willie Jessop

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The primary dues a writer or any artist pays is to remain sentient, and to forfeit the illusionary luxury of such anesthetics as avoidance, numbness, and denials.

– Vanna Bonta

added by anonymous
9 years ago

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

– Phaedrus

added by anonymous
10 years ago

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

– Abraham Lincoln

added by anonymous
14 years ago

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.

– Arthur Schopenhauer

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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