"I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business."
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"Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent."
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"Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn "reasonable" and become your enemies, one quarter are afraid to speak, and one quarter are killed and you die with them. But the blessed final quarter keep you alive."
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"However desperate the situation and circumstances, don't despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none of them. When without resources, depend on resourcefulness. When surprised, take the enemy by surprise."
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"Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency."
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"You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love."
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"If you feel blocked, do not turn to others, but look inside, in silence, for the enemy of your progress."
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"Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit."
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"All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him."
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"I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words toward anyone, for neither diminishes the strength of the enemy."
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"Laughter is no enemy to learning"
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"If your enemy is superior, evade him"
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"The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny."
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"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
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"The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies."
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"Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us."
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"We cannot learn real patience and tolerance from a guru or a friend. They can be practiced only when we come in contact with someone who creates unpleasant experiences. According to Shantideva, enemies are really good for us as we can learn a lot from them and build our inner strength."
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"Is it possible, then, to doubt that we can and must gain victory over the German invaders? The enemy is not as strong as some terror-stricken pseudo-intellectuals picture him. The devil is not as terrible as he is painted."
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"Never do an enemy a small injury."
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"Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies of the political cause, which, in his eyes, was that of Italy and God."
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