"Lighting new cigarettes, pouring more drinks. It has been a beautiful fight. Still is."
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"If they attack, we shall fight to the end. If the rockets had remained, we would have used them all and directed them against the very heart of the United States, including New York, in our defense against aggression. But we haven't got them, so we shall fight with what we've got."
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"You cannot win in a fight against women, cause men have a need to make sense"
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"When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession."
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"The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence."
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"Sometimes you have to fight with music."
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"Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them."
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"Health insurance needs to be affordable and available for everyone, not just the wealthy. I will always fight to improve the access, level of care, and affordability of health care."
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"If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions, and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it."
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"I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand."
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"I've never felt Truth was Beauty. Never. I've always felt that people can't take too much reality. I like being in Ingmar Bergman's world. Or in Louis Armstrong's world. Or in the world of the New York Knicks. Because it's not this world. You spend your whole life searching for a way out. You just get an overdose of reality, you know, and it's a terrible thing. I'm always fighting against reality."
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"Happiness isn't a constant. You get fleeting glimpses. You have to fight for those moments, but they make it all worth it."
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"Someone is always going to try to knock you down and take your place. It is up to you to fight for what you want."
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"I will not vote to send my sons, or your sons, daughters, brothers, sisters or friends to fight for a stalemate."
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"I'm not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here."
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"I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you."
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"On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other."
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"Freedom is the very essence of our nation. To be sure, ours is not a perfect nation. But even with our troubles, we remain the beacon of hope for oppressed peoples everywhere. Never give up the fight for freedom - a fight which, though it may never end, is the most ennobling known to man."
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"He who wishes to fight must first count the cost"
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"To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills"
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