Quotes with fight-or-flight

Quotes 181 till 200 of 301.

  • Paracelsus Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
    Paracelsus
    Swiss doctor and alchemist, born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493 - 1541)
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  • E. M. Cioran Only one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist - a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist - only when life has been defeated many times in its fight against depression.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Thomas Mann Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
    Thomas Mann
    German author, critic and Nobel laureate in literature (1929) (1875 - 1955)
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  • Lord George Byron Our thoughts take the wildest flight: Even at the moment when they should arrange themselves in thoughtful order.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Billie Holiday People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Abigail Van Buren People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
    Abigail Van Buren
    American advice columnist and radio show host (1918 - 2013)
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  • Bea Arthur PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.
    Bea Arthur
    American actress and comedian (1922 - 2009)
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  • Bev Perdue President Obama is also standing up for women in North Carolina and across our country. He has helped women fight for equal pay for equal work; he has fought to guarantee that women have access to quality, affordable health care, including making sure that insurance plans cover birth control with no out-of-pocket cost.
    Bev Perdue
    American businesswoman and politician (1947 - )
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  • Carl Gustav Jung Primitive superstition lies just below the surface of even the most tough-minded individuals, and it is precisely those who most fight against it who are the first to succumb to its suggestive effects.
    Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle (1960)
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Brock Lesnar Really, it was either fight in the UFC or fight in the WWE. There wasn't the option of both. That was a key factor. What am I going to do? I didn't want to juggle two careers anyway.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin Retain the vision for space exploration. If we turn our backs on the vision again, we're going to have to live in a secondary position in human space flight for the rest of the century.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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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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  • Roger Sherman Baldwin So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.
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  • Barack Obama So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you - and fight alongside you - until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Arsene Wenger Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know.
    Arsene Wenger
    French football manager and former player (1949 - )
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  • Billie Holiday Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Robert Alan Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place. Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight. Lend a hand when you can, get involved this is good. You can help to make a difference in your neighborhood.
    Robert Alan
    American singer/songwriter and comic book creator (1971 - )
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  • Stephen King Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight.
    Just After Sunset (2008) 531
    Stephen King
    American author of horror and supernatural fiction (1947 - )
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