"It was disappointing that I lost a lot of track time as I think it may have cost me in qualifying, " said Firman.

BBC: David Coulthard

I'd lost a lot of big fish in those helter-skelter first few seconds when you feel like you've hooked the Acela on its way to Boston.

FORBES

This is a point that I think sadly gets lost on a lot of people.

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"I felt the brand had lost a lot of its significance over the past five years, " says Harvey.

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"I had kind of rough matches in the past weeks so it gave me of course a lot of confidence, even though I lost them, " Dimitrov said.

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Because I got a lot of e-mails of women who lost not one but seven children, six children, so many I can't even believe.

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So we lost a lot and we're still rebuilding - I literally just moved out of a trailer three months ago and got into a house.

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And so since that time I know a lot of you have probably comforted loved ones of those who were lost.

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"We lost a lad who I thought might make it through, but we've still got a lot of Asian talent playing in our youth teams... so we're hoping they'll be able to progress, " says Mr Lawn.

BBC: British Asian footballers bid for breakthrough

Sometimes you trim yourselves a little bit depending on your voters, but the fact is I know a lot of folks - I know lot more than I used to - who've run and lost but feel good about it because they, you know, they've said what they believed in and stood up for principle.

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