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It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to… — Loren Eiseley
Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet. — Alfred Thayer Mahan
Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat to become American… — Ronald Reagan
I think a lot of Hollywood is in retreat right now trying to figure out how to make money and make the safest bets. — Judd Apatow
Retreat itself is often a plan of resistance and may be a precursor of great bravery and sacrifice. Every retreat is not cowardice which implies… — Mahatma Gandhi
The life of Dumas is not only a monument of endeavour and success, it is a sort of labyrinth as well. It abounds in pseudonyms… — William Ernest Henley
A writer is in danger of allowing his talent to dull who lets more than a year go past without finding himself in his rightful… — Cyril Connolly
Man is about to be an automaton; he is identifiable only in the computer. As a person of worth and creativity, as a being with… — William O. Douglas
Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat. — Sun Tzu
A revolution does not march a straight line. It wanders where it can, retreats before superior forces, advances wherever it has room, attacks whenever the… — Mao Zedong
There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why… — Margaret Mahy
All my work, really, is based on my brothers and sisters. I had so many adventures with them and a big part of the work… — Ryan McGinley
You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat… — Russell Pearce
A spiritual retreat is medicine for soul starvation. Through silence, solitary practice, and simple living, we begin to fill the empty reservoir. This lifts the… — David A. Cooper
To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally is no longer… — Sun Tzu
The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow. — Charles Olson
There are few retreats, that can escape the penetrating eye of avarice. — Thomas Clarkson
You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I… — Jennifer Ehle
Trust is essential for our social wellbeing. Without trusting the good will of others we retreat into bureaucracy, rules and demands for more law and… — Eva Cox
Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat from it. — Anthony Giddens
I long for, not a writer's retreat - I can write in any situation - but a reader's retreat. — Aleksandar Hemon
I'm happy that I have my family, and I'm happy that I had Virginia, where I grew up, to retreat to any time I felt… — Dave Grohl
The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin. — William Hague
John F. Kennedy:] Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring down an adversary to the choice… — Elie Abel
If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of… — B. H. Liddell Hart

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