Fought Quotes
1062 Fought quotes by 823 unique authors
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He spreads his fingers over my heart, like he’s holding it, like it belongs to him, the hard-fought-for territory he’s won fair and square.
— Rick Yancey
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I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. Why do I fight? I thought, and…
— S E Hinton
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Roarke had to force himself not to snatch her up as she swept through the hallowed Senate halls. Members of the media were already leaping…
— Nora Roberts
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What are these guys?" He whispered "Canadians," Percy said. Frank leaned away from him. "Excuse me?" "Uh, no offense," Percy said. "That's what Annabeth called…
— Rick Riordan
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Kestilan?" There was that name again. Oliver fought down an irrational surge of jealousy for this mysterious being who took up so much of Petunia's…
— Jessica Day George
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I realized that my battle to survive this war would have to be fought inside of me.
— Immaculee Ilibagiza
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He could hear himself screaming and he knew it was his death cry. Still he fought on, as he had fought all his life. I...will...control...…
— Margaret Weis
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It is true I do not like fire. But Leo Valdez's flames are not strong enough to trouble me." Somewhere behind Hazel, a soft, lyrical…
— Rick Riordan
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Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read. Fought against it for a minute. Then looked out…
— Raymond Carver
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Make no mistake, dwarf. I fought for you, but I do not love you'' ''It was your blade I needed'' Tyrion said, ''not your love.
— George R. R. Martin
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Compassion is not against anger. When anger disappears, compassion is. Compassion is not to be fought for; it is not against passion. When passion disappears,…
— Rajneesh
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To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
— Novalis
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I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will…
— Nelson Mandela
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A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a very good chance of eventually being fought.
— Anais Nin
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The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations…
— Sun Tzu
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The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought…
— Ronald Reagan
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It is necessary to curb the power of government. This is the task of all constitutions, bills of rights and laws. This is the meaning…
— Ludwig von Mises
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I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people. I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false. But…
— Mother Jones
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History has a long-range perspective. It ultimately passes stern judgment on tyrants and vindicates those who fought, suffered, were imprisoned, and died for human freedom,…
— Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
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To bring about a genuine political realignment, Republicans must kill the Government Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs - the very Goose they have fought…
— Jeb Bush
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There was no place in the land where the seeker could not find some small budding sign of pity for the slave. No place in…
— Mark Twain
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I hope that my achievements in life shall be these-that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked…
— Unknown Author
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An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.
— Herbert Kaufman
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