Quotes with battle-field

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  • Bennie Thompson Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake.
    Bennie Thompson
    American politician (1948 - )
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  • Anne Edwards She represented the distilled essence of the battle between the sexes.
    Anne Edwards
    American author (1927 - )
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  • Anthony Trollope Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Tacitus So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
    Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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  • Bryce Harper Spirituality is something that makes you who you are on and off the field. It's something you try and live by. The way you play is one thing, but the way you act is a little different. You're just trying to be a good person, the best you can be, on and off the field.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • Edwin C. Bliss Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives. It means winning the war, not every battle.
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Robert Collier Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Seneca That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this - that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Barry Commoner The AEC scientists were so narrowly focused on arming the United States for nuclear war that they failed to perceive facts - even widely known ones - that were outside their limited field of vision.
    Barry Commoner
    American cellular biologist, college professor, and politician (1917 - 2012)
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  • Georges Bataille The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives.
    Georges Bataille
    French writer and critic (1897 - 1962)
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  • Bruno Dumont The battle between two men over a girl is the same as the fight for two men over a piece of land. It is all about desire. There is no difference between a love triangle and the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
    Bruno Dumont
    French film director and screenwriter (1958 - )
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  • Margaret Thatcher The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Napoleon Hill The battle is all over except the ''shouting'' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Arthur C. Brooks The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake.
    Arthur C. Brooks
    American social scientist and musician (1964 - )
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  • Samuel Smiles The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Arthur Wellesley The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
    Arthur Wellesley
    Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman (1769 - 1852)
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  • Thomas Carlyle The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against unbelief.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Bob Newhart The best advice I was probably given and the best advice I could give someone who is trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you have to work to hone your skills.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Bruce Sutter The Cubs gave me a chance to play. They signed me as a free agent and brought me to the Major Leagues. The first day I walked into Wrigley Field was one of the best days of my life. And I owe them an awful lot.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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