- Nov 07, 2020
Battles Quotes
Fought with the same spirit, won or lost.
These quotes honor the people behind any battle won, crediting soldiers over commanders, and reflect on duty carried out under difficult command. For related themes of resolve, see Fight.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Explain
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- Nov 07, 2020
In many ways, 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' is modeled on Shakespeare's Henry V, which relied on a chorus to explain in words the battles of Harfleur and Agincourt that could never be captured on the Elizabethan stage.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
One ought to begin an analysis of power from the ground up, at the level of tiny local events where battles are unwittingly enacted by players who don't know what they are doing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Warren Buffett has shown you can be very, very successful without being rapacious, while still being honest, without engaging in constant legal battles.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
For years, we talked about how the only way to really win the political battles was to win the cultural ones. And rather than simply ignore pop culture, it would be far better to give it a big fat bear hug.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life.
- Honor
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- Nov 07, 2020