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It's a game of making great pitches at the right time, being opportunistic by getting a run at the right time and playing good defense. — Mike Candrea
To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defense against that hardship. This is what is meant by accepting suffering. Those who, by their… — Cesare Pavese
Stress is something that's created in the mind, basically. It's how we look at things. So ovr greatest defense against stress is the ability to… — Goldie Hawn
Let me remind you that you have a two-fold task to perform. With the force of arms and at the cost of your blood you… — Subhas Chandra Bose
The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of a peaceful lake. Our line… — Douglas MacArthur
You know, I know, all of us know that the time factor is the vital consideration - and vital is the correct meaning of the… — George C. Marshall
A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have… — Woodrow Wilson
No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the strongest, most generous and proudest… — Michel de Montaigne
If a war be undertaken...before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is… — Charles Eliot Norton
Killing a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man. — Jean-Luc Godard
The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an… — Ronald Reagan
Our national defense will be consolidated and no imperialist will be allowed to invade our territory again. Our People's armed forces must be maintained and… — Mao Zedong
It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be… — Chris Chelios
It is pretty tough for a goalie when you look at it. You're always the last line of defense. If you let a goal in,… — Unknown Author
Two or three years ago, every game I want to score. And after I score a goal I have a spark and I'm so happy… — Peter Bondra
We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score. — Unknown Author
Usually a championship team is built on a strong defense. That is something you can bring to every game. A great attack is always going… — Anson Dorrance
Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength. By training you in attacks and defenses it refines your… — Kano Jigoro
Against those skilled in attack, an enemy does not know where to defend; against the experts in defense, the enemy does not know where to… — Sun Tzu
[T]he strike is inherently dangerous to the rich, and to the corporations who have brought this country to her knees, because it is the only… — Keith Olbermann
There is no defense against reproach, but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness. — Joseph Addison
The character truest to itself becomes eccentric rather than immovably centered, as Emerson defined the noble character of the hero. At the edge, the certainty… — James Hillman
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense. — Mark Twain
Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners. — Lord Chesterfield
I believe that the most essential element of our defense of freedom is our insistence on speaking out for the cause of religious liberty. — Ronald Reagan

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