"As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion."
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"Everything was a constant battle. My first film was beautiful. I got an amazing cast. That worked out great. Everything else was like murphy's law. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong."
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"There is a culture of corruption in many parts of the Mexican media, of course. It seems that there are fewer and fewer media outlets that permit authentic free expressions. But Mexico also has extraordinary journalists who, despite the dangers they face, have also been leading the way in this battle, who've really played a role in keeping the cause of justice alive in the Ayotzinapa case. And no matter what, they'll keep doing that."
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"I went through a lot of battles in high school."
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"It is highly unlikely that an airplane, or fleet of them, could ever sink a fleet of Navy vessels under battle conditions."
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"Knowledge is a Weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to Battle."
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"Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner."
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"One of your northmen hit me with a morningstar during the battle on the Green Fork. I escaped him by falling off my horse. (Tyrion)"
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"Children are a battle of a different sort. ... A battle without banners or warhorns but no less fierce."
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"The accusation that President Clinton cares deeply about nothing is refuted by his tenacious and guileful battle to prevent any meaningful limits on the form of infanticide known as partial-birth abortion."
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"There are cases - for example, the American Revolution. George Washington's army lost just about every battle with the British, who had a much better army. The war was basically won by guerrilla forces that managed to undermine the British occupation."
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"You know," he (Tweedledee) added very gravely, "it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle--to get one's head cut off." pg. 199"
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"I know Quebecers don't want to relive old battles; they prefer to build for the future."
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"There were several Battles between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians, in which the former (as they ought) usually won."
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"You hold the ones you love close and fight the battles you can win, and that, Kitten, is how it is."
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"The world has to tell us. In other words, we don't have an agenda or a battle plan or a map or a direction or anything. We're just going along, and our world is telling us."
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"Look at that battle you are involved in; you are caught in it: you are it."
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"We all miss you so much. It just never ends. It feels like we were all wounded in your battle, Caroline. I miss you. I love you."
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts."
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"We battle on in words, as always, mere words, and what's the cure? We cannot find a thing."
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