4,593 Quotes About Fighting

  • Author Tim Wise
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    And in "Elbow Room" the cast sings the glories of westward expansion in the United States, which involved the murder of native peoples and the violent conquest of half of Mexico. Among the lines in the song is one that intones, "There were plenty of fights / To win land right / But the West was meant to be / It was our Manifest Destiny?" Let it suffice to say that happily belting out a tune in which one merrily praises genocide is always easier for those whose ancestors weren't on the receiving end of the deal.

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  • Author Timothy West
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    Anybody can decide if they have got the money to fight a case if they don't like a particular thing, and they complain to the watch committee, local council or whatever.

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  • Author Todd Walker
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    I like first. It's relaxing for me. Up the middle is pretty tense. At first, you're fighting complacency.

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  • Author Tom Waits
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    I'm not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.

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  • Author Venus Williams
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    We're all conditioned that we shouldn't like our brothers and sisters, that we should be angry and fight. But that's abnormal. A lot of people think that the way Serena and I are with one another is weird. It's not.

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  • Author Virginia Woolf
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    I have a feeling I shall go mad. I cannot go on longer in these terrible times. I shan't recover this time. I hear voices and cannot concentrate on my work. I have fought against it but cannot fight any longer.

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