Quotes 21 till 40 of 41.
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Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
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O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.
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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
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Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.
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Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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Sometimes when you get to the press conferences, you hear you're going to play this person in the semifinals, and in the quarters, you're going to play her. And I'm like, 'Hold on a second.' First of all, you have to make it there. Second, your opponent needs to make it there. It looks easier on paper than it is in real life.
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That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one.
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The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.
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The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.
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The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
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The strongest knowledge (that of the total freedom of the human will) is nonetheless the poorest in successes: for it always has the strongest opponent, human vanity.
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The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He's a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.
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To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.
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War therefore is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will.
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War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.
On War (1832) Ch. 1, paragraph 2 -
We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.
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We know that their adventures are childish. They themselves are fools. They are ready to kill or be killed over a card-game in which an opponent - or they themselves - was cheating. Yet, thanks to such fellows, tragedies are possible.
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When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally.
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Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
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