"The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day."
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"A battle avoided cannot be lost."
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"Without harmony in the State, no military expedition can be undertaken; without harmony in the army, no battle array can be formed."
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"The DEFENSE of anything is UNTENABLE. The only way to defend anything is to ATTACK, and if you ever forget that, then you will lose every battle you are ever engaged in, whether it is in terms of personal conversation, public debate, or a court of law. NEVER BE INTERESTED IN CHARGES. DO, yourself, much MORE CHARGING, and you will WIN."
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"A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost."
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"The battle against the dark one and the clinging to the right one is what my life is about."
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"The fundamental principle is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won."
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"Adherence to dogmas has destroyed more armies and cost more battles than anything in war."
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"All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated."
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"The main thing about archery is a battle with yourself. You can ruin it all. Once you have learned the technique, the point is to recreate the perfect technique over and over and over."
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"In the never-ending battle between order and chaos, clutter sides with chaos every time. Anything that you possess that does not add to your life or your happiness eventually becomes a burden."
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"You might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here."
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"Neurosis can be understood best as the battle between tendencies within an individual; deep character analysis leads, if successful, to the progressive solution."
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"Certainly the soda companies, the junk food companies fought hard against this and today's agreement doesn't mean the battle is over, we still have to pass this bill."
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"The casting is the most important thing. If you cast a picture really well a lot of things take care of themselves. You get actors that like to give a lot to the role and who appreciate the role on the same level that you do. If you miscast it, you're working an uphill battle a little bit and maybe you can come out okay but you can't always come out great."
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"Before our eyes is fought a battle of symbols... for there can be theatre only from the moment when the impossible really begins and when the poetry that occurs on the stage sustains and superheats the realized symbols."
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"Every battle is won before it is fought."
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"To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally is no longer an enemy."
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"In the tumult and uproar, the battle seems chaotic, but there is no disorder, the troops appear to be milling about in circles but cannot be defeated."
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"Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle."
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