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I would say you might encounter many defeats but you must never be defeated, ever. In fact, it might even be necessary… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
It is quite clear from what has been said and written that, time after time after time, there has been a conspiracy… — James Callaghan Copy Share Image
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I always say, "Don't let a 'no' or even a dismissal defeat you, let it be the fire that makes you want… — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
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Among some of the organized methods used to control the world is the thing known and called PROPAGANDA. Propaganda has done more… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Let us face at the outset how many Christians are not victorious, but defeated. Defeated by circumstances, defeated by other peoples? natures… — Sam Shoemaker Copy Share Image
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I may say that this is the greatest factor: the way in which the expedition is equipped, the way in which every… — Roald Amundsen Copy Share Image
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The laws of Nature take precedence of all human laws. The purpose of all human laws is one - to defeat the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I think disease and all the things that we treat are tied to national security in a lot of ways that we… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
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I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts- because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting... I… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
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For the rest of my life there are two days that will never again trouble me. The first day is yesterday with… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The economy is still substantially that of the fur trade, still based on the same general kinds of commercial items: technology, weapons,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I give it as my fixed opinion, that but for our graduated cadets, the war between the United States and Mexico might,… — Winfield Scott Copy Share Image
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Only the power of unbounded love practiced in regard to all human beings can defeat the forces of interhuman strife, and can… — Pitirim Sorokin Copy Share Image
So far as photography satisfied a wish, it satisfied a wish not confined to painters, but a human wish, intensifying since the… — Stanley Cavell Copy Share Image
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I walked over to Drake and stomped on his foot. Hard. "What will I give you to help me? What will I… — Katie MacAlister Copy Share Image
We all have unfair situations and things we don't like. You can get bitter, discouraged and sour, or you can see it… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
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Your defeat is not only a reality, which has been historically proven time and again. It can also be seen in your… — Ashraf Dehghani Copy Share Image
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