Battle Quotes - Page 19

• For me personally, and as a band, there are a lot of challenges. Being in a band is like war, it's a battle - to focus, to really put together something that's formidable and then keeping everything together.

  Erik Rutan

  War, Focus, Challenges

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I told myself I never wanted to rent again. Even though it's a battle, I'm lucky cause I'm living in a cheaper part of the country. I just told myself I'm never going to do this again. I'm never gonna work, I'm never going to pay somebody rent again. I'm never going to sign another lease at least.

  Justin Vernon

  Country, Pay, Causes

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• That was how I got into music and art was being a battle kid from Jersey, so I didn't have these wonderful ways of learning commitment, dedication, practicing skill.

  Doseone

  Art, Kids, Commitment

  "Doseone" by Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2005.

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• Liberals were just as engaged and using the rhetoric of a sort of a battle with the Soviets and with Communism in general, with an evil empire.

  Jeff Sharlet

  Evil, Empires, Communism

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Russia's 62% of women and only 38% men, many of whom are heavy drinkers, so the battle for the female happiness is a rude one, only the slimmest, the leggiest, the blondest and the sexiest are the winners.

  Alexander Vassiliev

  Men, Russia, Rude

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Some of the inspirations I had as far as following that story would be, like, say, "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly," the way they use the Civil War in that, or even the idea that - the movie that Leone was going to do before he died was going to be a movie about the battle of Stalingrad.

  Quentin Tarantino

  War, Inspiration, Ideas

  "Pulp And Circumstance: Tarantino Rewrites History". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. August 27, 2009.

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• It hit me that an Apache resistance would be a wonderful, you know, it would be a wonderful metaphor for Jewish-American soldiers to be using behind enemy lines against the Nazis because the Apache Indians... were able to fight off for decades both the Spaniards and the Mexicans and the U.S. Cavalry for years because of their - they were great guerrilla fighters. They were great resistance fighters. And one of their ways of winning battles was psychological battles.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Fighting, Winning, Years

  "Pulp And Circumstance: Tarantino Rewrites History Listen". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. August 27, 2009.

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• Jesus defeated satan in Gethsemane on the cross, not by directly confronting the devil, but by fulfilling the destiny to which He had been called. The greatest battle that was ever won was accomplished by the apparent death of the victor, without even a word of rebuke to His adversary!

  Francis Frangipane

  Jesus, Destiny, Devil

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• Too many Christians become bitter and angry in the conflict. If we descend into hatefulness, we have already lost the battle. We must cooperate with God in turning what was meant for evil into a greater good within us. This is why we bless those who would curse us: It is not only for their sakes but to preserve our own soul from its natural response toward hatred.

  Francis Frangipane

  Christian, Evil, Hatred

  Francis Frangipane (2013). “The Power Of Covenant Prayer”, p.114, Charisma Media

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• Women's battle for financial equality has barely been joined, much less won. Society still traditionally assigns to woman the role of money-handler rather than money-maker, and our assigned specialty is far more likely to be home economics than financial economics.

  Paula Nelson

  Home, Equality, Roles

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• The Bible says, Be anxious for nothing, and that is a commandment! I took up a battle in this area, fought my way through and avoided having to be anxious! You can agonize over something for ages and plague yourself and those around you. It's much better to fight your way through as soon as it comes up.

  Esther Smith

  Fighting, Age, Way

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• You always wonder whether the attacks on my capabilities came from an honest evaluation of my accomplishments or from stereotypical presumptions that we, people of color, just can't do it, for some reason. This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Color, Accomplishment, People

  Source: www.eldiariony.com

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• On the most recent battles on health insurance reform, the women led the battle to end gender discrimination by the insurance companies [where] women paid more and got less of a benefit, and also the whole issue of prevention.

  Barbara Mikulski

  Issues, Reform, Benefits

  Interview with Brien Williams, digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu. May 4, 2010.

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• We have to be very cautious not to accept the scam of polarization we see in the media. It is not in fact between secularists and Islamists, it is a battle within the Islamic reference.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Islamic, Media, Scams

  "'You Want My Reaction? You Get My Silence'". Interview with Lars Mensel and Clemens Lukitsch, www.theeuropean-magazine.com. November 19, 2012.

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• The psychological detective story in "Equus" made Peter Shaffer's name as a playwright. But it was his next play, "Amadeus," that cemented his reputation, largely because of the movie version. Another battle of wills, it was the story of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart seen through the eyes of lesser composer Antonio Salieri.

  Bob Mondello

  Eye, Play, Names

  "British Playwright Peter Shaffer, Who Wrote 'Equus,' Dies At 90". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. June 6, 2016.

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• How could someone with a renowned ability to inspire, communicate complex ideas, and connect with voters find himself in this position? The President [Barack Obama], though a dedicated student of history, has seemingly failed to learn the lesson of our nation's most significant political confrontations: They've required single-minded determination, and the willingness to battle until the fight was won.

  Arianna Huffington

  Determination, Fighting, Ideas

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• Elizabeth Warren is, I think, a great demonstration of the kind of movement-oriented model-wielding power from within the Senate. Over and over, she's rallied tons of people to battles that they don't normally get involved in.

  Ben Wikler

  Thinking, People, Wielding Power

  "What Should Bernie Sanders Do Next?". Interview with Josh Harkinson, www.motherjones.com. June 11, 2016.

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• Capricornia is one of the most marginal seats in the country. So naturally the electoral battle is fought in the marginal seats.

  George Brandis

  Country, Seats

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Louis Brandeis beloved uncle, Lewis Dembitz, was an ardent abolitionist. His mother was an abolitionist in Kentucky at a time when Brandeis remembered hearing the shot from the confederate soldiers after the second battle of Bull Run. Amazing to think that he heard that and I studied with one of his last law clerks in college. And that encapsulates almost all of American history.

  Jeffrey Rosen

  Running, Mother, Uncles

  Source: www.slate.com

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• If you're fighting against a minimum wage increase, you're fighting an uphill battle, because most Americans, even most Republicans, are okay with raising the minimum wage.

  Frank Luntz

  Fighting, Minimum Wage, Republican

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• The culture war in America can best be described by the battle between workin' hard, playin' hard s - tkickers that bust our ass to make America strong by earning our own way and kickin' maximum ass versus soulless weaklings who have been brainwashed into thinking they are entitled to a free ride.

  Ted Nugent

  Strong, War, Thinking

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• When historians get to write the truth about this completely unnecessary referendum [Brexit] they won't say it was a vote demanded by the British people to decide their national destiny. They will say it was the final battle in a decades-long Tory Civil War, at the heart of which was a fight to the death between two Old Etonians, David Cameron and Boris Johnson, for the hollow crown. A sort of Eton Wall Game. Where the poorest are put up against the wall and shot.

  Brian Reade

  Wall, War, Writing

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• Tens of millions of Russian people died, fighting all sorts of Western expansionism. They defeated Nazism. They helped to liberate much of our world from colonialism. Of course the West never forgave Russia for fighting the epic battles against its expansionism and colonialism.

  Andre Vltchek

  Fighting, Epic, Russia

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• There will be great battles fought for the future of the world! The coming years will be very tough.

  Andre Vltchek

  Years, World, Tough

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• The truth has to be unveiled. If the West insists, if it keeps pushing, the battles have to be fought. And they will be fought.

  Andre Vltchek

  West, Pushing, Ifs

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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