- Nov 07, 2020
Fight Quotes
Historical words on standing your ground.
This collection of fight quotes includes historical rhetoric about fighting for a united Europe and the case against tolerating imperialism at home while opposing it abroad. Several reflect mid-20th-century debates about liberty that still read as pointed today. Related content appears in our Fighter quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Economic Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't come to Washington to fight against my Republican colleagues, or even against my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. I came to Washington to fight for the values that make our country unique - for the economic freedom that gives life to the American Dream.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot believe that person just lit me up - how humiliating.'
- Safe
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is actually true of the overall fight against al-Qaeda and trans-national extremists, that as you put pressure on them in one location, they'll seek safe haven sanctuaries in other areas. So you do have to continue to pursue them. But they have less capability.
- Trend
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to fight against a declining trend, you've got to have a much bigger bazooka.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seemed romantic but also tragic - people would be winning but then lose it all, or crash but fight on, break bones but get back on their bikes and try to finish. Just getting to the end was seen as an achievement in itself.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
You learn tricks to make action look more dynamic - having the fight come toward you or shooting on a longer lens to compress the speed.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fight choreography has far more in common with dance choreography than it does with actual martial arts. You learn martial arts techniques, but those are just the movements for the choreography. You're working with a partner in choreography. You're working on timing.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
Choreographing a fight scene is telling a little story. You learn a lot about the characters involved.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find fight scenes actually more interesting, in a way, than chase scenes because you're watching your character go through this problem-solving process and fight the antagonist mano-a-mano. It's more powerful, more emotional.
- Nov 07, 2020
Shooting a fight is like shooting any other scene. You have to tell a story using a very specific choreography.
- Crammed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans were outraged and horrified by this president's reckless spending and his endless assaults on the Constitution, but no issue drove them to rise up and fight back like Obamacare - both the abominable legislative monstrosity itself and the tyrannical, corrupt manner by which Obama crammed it through the legislative process.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must fight intolerance, racism and the far-Right.
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020