Jewel Staite

I've had to gain weight for roles and ugly myself up for roles. So yeah, I'm game. I'm game for that kind of thing. I'm certainly not too vain in that respect. If it's a great role, I'm willing to do whatever it is that it takes.

Canadian Actress

Evgeny Morozov

As leakers take great risks in releasing information, assuring them that they are not sacrificing themselves in vain and that their leaks would have public consequences would most likely encourage more people to leak.

Belarusian Writer

Friedrich Nietzsche

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

German Philosopher

Lord Byron

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.

British Poet

Muhammad Ali

I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven't lived in vain.

American Boxer

Jack Gilbert

I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.

American Poet

James M. Barrie

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

British Playwright

Theodor W. Adorno

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

Bodhidharma

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.

Indian Leader

Sibel Kekilli

German Actress

When calling somebody vain, it usually suggests disapproval of their excessive pride.

Negative Connotation

Someone may not openly show it, but can be vain in subtle ways, like through attitudes.

Not Always Obvious

Vanity is seen negatively in many cultures, but expressing confidence isn't always vanity.

Cultural Perceptions

Used to describe efforts that fail to achieve their goal, often despite serious effort.

Effort Without Reward

Acknowledging something as a 'vain attempt' can show an understanding of tough odds.

Realistic Expectations

If something is described as vain, it lacks practical utility or tangible worth.

Value and Utility

Describing actions as vain can indicate a detachment or lack of empathy in the speaker.

Emotional Distance

 It's good to be accurate. Of course we should be aware of suffering and danger wherever they occur, but we should also be aware of how they can be reduced, because there are dangers to indiscriminate pessimism. One of them is fatalism. If all our efforts at improving the world have been in vain,

Is the world getting...

 wouldn't get the money to build their hospitals and schools. It's also very difficult to confront a general with medals on his chest. It's very difficult for a politician, because you're afraid that many lives have been lost in vain. You feel deep, deep guilt.

Rory Stewart: Time to...

 Tragically, the characters are locked in an existential they wait in vain for an unknown figure to give them a sense of purpose, but their only sense of purpose comes from the act of waiting, While they wait, they sink into boredom,

Why should you read...

 He is my grandfather. I never knew him in real life. But our lives are much more than our memories. My grandmother never let me forget his life. My duty was not to allow it to have been in vain,

Tan Le: My immigration...

 important the wife has to understand everything the older brother's nature the younger brothers nature had Toto make you say what about jealousy that vain of even the most mundane marriage

Multiple Husbands PIPE...

 and a common enemy, the pandemic, has not been met with a common response. So any hope that we might have a world vaccine or a world recovery program is in vain.

Mike O'Sullivan: The end...

 can we make sure that they did not die in vain? Could we be inspired by what happened, and take a stand for a world in which every life matters? Thank you.

A boat carrying 500...

 None of these would go in vain because people would experience, and hopefully be moved by, what I faced. For another project,

Documenting what life is...

 but the dead Queens life has not been in vain from the ruins of the empire new lives

Hornet Queen Murdered By...

 but the dead queen's life has not been in vain

Vain

Negative Connotation

Not Always Obvious

Cultural Perceptions

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