- 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
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought it was beautiful to be able to forgive and give love and to fight only with flowers. So I created the idea of a 'Souldier,' which is like an army guy but fights for love.
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I now have Youth Olympic, Olympic and European Games titles, which is a dream. I didn't fight that well and just scraped through a lot of the fights, but winning is a relief, and it's more points towards the Rio Olympics, which takes a bit of pressure off me.
- Family
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Everyone has a few little quirks in their preparation - I just tend to do the same sort of things as I did in previous competitions - but there's nothing too weird, sticking with lucky knickers or socks! For instance, I'll see my family the day before a fight but won't see them on the day.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's not like an action star.
- People
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here's the problem the Free Syrian Army has. They really want to topple the regime in Damascus, and this is where most of the fight takes place, between Aleppo and Damascus for the Free Syrian Army.
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I'm still very aware of the violence in our culture, more so than other people. I know where it comes from when someone is trying to suppress someone else, sometimes they fight back.
- Civilisation
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I can understand better than most the contradiction between the idealistic civilisation and religious morals of Europe and what they did with the slaves, because the root of the evil is only two generations away from me. Maybe this has fed my need to fight against the abuses of modern civilisation.
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A changeling is one child substituted for another. I couldn't find anything more apt. We had to kind of fight that supernatural element in the publicity, and I offered to try and find another title, but Clint liked it, and it stayed.
- King
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
- Dream
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The dream of empire died when Shanghai surrendered without a fight. Even at the age of 11 or 12, I knew that no amount of patriotic newsreels would put the Union Jack jigsaw together again. From then on, I was slightly suspicious of all British adults.
- Lead
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bruce Rauner needs to lead, and until he does, we must fight to hold him accountable.
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There are not 'many sides' in the fight against hatred and bigotry. There is only right and wrong.
- Overcome
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