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- Nov 07, 2020
Derail Quotes
Sharp lines about plans, careers, and trains going off course
This page gathers quotes that use "derail" in its many senses, from literal train accidents to careers and political plans knocked off course. See related lines under Back Quotes for more reflections on setbacks.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
You'd prefer to fight somebody that you really would rather derail their whole career.
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- Nov 07, 2020
They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2002 and 2003, the Bush administration decided against bombing Zarqawi's camp in northern Iraq because it might derail plans to depose Saddam Hussein. By focusing on Zarqawi in his speech at the United Nations, Secretary of State Colin Powell inadvertently spread his fame throughout the Arab world.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
By every measure, John Kennedy's sex life was compulsive and reckless. At one level, it had clear public consequences. Knowledge of Kennedy's behavior gave FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover absolute job security, as well as the potential power to derail Kennedy's re-election had he survived assassination.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Iraq is the central battleground in the war on terror. The terrorists certainly know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts there. They know that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The terrorists know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts. They understand that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020