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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed. -- William Makepeace Thackeray
I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety? -- Zbigniew Brzezinski
You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian. -- Lynn Johnston
Attacking a belief can be the first step toward embracing it. -- Mason Cooley
Attacking or fleeing are part of the struggle; being paralysed by fear is not. -- Paulo Coelho
Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of -- Morgan Freeman
I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations. -- Jean-Pierre Raffarin
I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings. -- Ritchie Blackmore
I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball -- Monica Seles
I keep attacking the villains, the know-nothings, the people who want to take our freedoms away. -- Al Goldstein
Attacking me and women who use contraception by calling us prostitutes and worse cannot silence us, -- Sandra Fluke
Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case. -- Joseph Wambaugh
It's unbelievable, there's a book out attacking Gore, when he's the most unfortunate loser in political history. -- Vincent Bugliosi
There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point. -- Charles Horton Cooley
And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader. -- Rafik Hariri
Officially, MPAA stands for Motion Picture Association of America, but I suggest that MPAA stands for Malicious Power Attacking All. -- Richard Stallman
The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind. -- Carol P. Christ
For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001. -- Zach Wamp
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. -- Laozi
Since Israel does not differentiate between attacking this group or that, we are saying our people can work individually or collectively to face this aggression. -- Ahmed Yassin
Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity, of patronizing kindness. It is a matter of intense self-interest. -- Anthony Lewis
Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random cruelty of fatal illness or the woes of old age attacking them or their loved ones? -- Joan D. Vinge
I just wanted to get back to playing attacking football after my time in Italy. It was a little difficult at first but the atmosphere and the fans were just fantastic. -- Dennis Bergkamp
It must be born in mind that one does not see directly - as is the case in the exploration of the surface of the brain - where the electrodes are attacking. -- Walter Rudolf Hess
I think we are not serious about attacking the long-term debt problem, and that's one of the things that he's going to have to find a way to get on the agenda. -- Michael Bloomberg
Nixon, who spent much of his career attacking the press and saying he was a victim of the press, was in fact created by the press, in this case the L.A. Times. -- David Halberstam
The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived. -- Mort Walker
Today's terrorists are pursuing a distinct route. They are increasingly attacking civilians in symbolic targets, such as those of economic importance, or venues of bustling life like public transportation or entertainment, like nightclubs. -- Cliff Stearns
Let the man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim. Attacking is his only secret. Dare, and the world always yields: or, if it beat you sometimes, dare again, and it will succumb. -- William Makepeace Thackeray
Repeating easy tasks again and again gets you not very far. Attacking only steep cliffs where no progress is made isn't particularly effective either. No, the best path is an endless series of difficult (but achievable) hills. -- Seth Godin
Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch. -- Craig Kilborn
The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable. -- Sun Tzu
Well, I think a handshake is something that honorable men do. Before we had contracts we had handshakes that expressed that we were making an arrangement that was based on our honor. And I don't think I can shake the hand of someone who shows and lacks honor by attacking a man's faith. -- Rand Paul
As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role. -- Amanda Peet
I don't care who is attacking my son. I still support him; I still love him. -- Magic Johnson
Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone. -- Horatio Nelson
Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education. -- Sargent Shriver
The prime goal of censorship is to promote ignorance, whether it is done via lying and bowdlerized school texts or by attacking individual books. -- Felice Picano
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. -- Laozi
You should be attacking the carbon emissions, period, and whether it's cap-and-trade or carbon tax or whatever, that's the realm in which we should be playing. -- Joe Biden
It is impossible to preserve my friendship with people who are allegedly leaders when they are attacking their own people, shooting at them, using tanks and other forms of heavy weaponry. -- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The way you give love is the most profoundly human part of you. When people say it's ugly or a perversion or an abomination, they're attacking the center of your being. -- Tony Kushner
Scandinavia is boring. People living there apparently have little to do. And as European history teaches, when there is nothing much to do, you may as well amuse yourself by attacking the Jews. -- Elliott Abrams
When you play soccer, most of the time you got to get the ball moving, but once you get into that attacking third you gotta' be creative, you gotta' let your talent take over. -- Freddy Adu
Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry. -- Manfred von Richthofen
While I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown, giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns, and even attacking the police, only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos. -- Barack Obama
Let me completely condemn these sickening scenes; scenes of looting, scenes of vandalism, scenes of thieving, scenes of people attacking police, of people even attacking firefighters. This is criminality pure and simple and it has to be confronted. -- David Cameron
I visited the compound of the American embassy and talked to the police and the people and encouraged them, and I told them to take the proper measure and apply the law against the people who are attacking them and attacking the buildings. -- Hesham Qandil
But, you know, we have these entrenched entities - and I'm talking about both Republicans and Democrats - who believe that when you're elected to office, you become some kind of member of the aristocracy, and that anyone who challenges you is attacking you and is unpatriotic. This is foolishness. -- Ben Carson
On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved. -- Vince Cable
What a lot of people don't realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone. -- Michael Caine
Obama hasn't lost his standing because of tricks played by the Republicans. He hasn't lost his standing because the media's not fair to him. He hasn't lost his standing or his approval number because the media spent four years attacking him like they did George W. Bush. This is all on him. -- Rush Limbaugh
Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people. The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people. -- Noam Chomsky
When you play in the Premier League, say you're playing against a lower-end team, they set up to defend all the time, they set up to block you off. But when you play in the Champions League, all the other teams are used to winning every week, so it's more of an open game, it's more attacking, end-to-end. -- Gareth Bale
This year I've just been aggressive. I still have that mindset of passing the ball, and being aggressive and attacking to the basket is going to draw more attention, and that way I can find my teammates. Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful. -- James Harden
I don't like attacking. -- Barbara Bush
How are they defensively, attacking-wise? -- Ron Atkinson
It is useless attacking the insensible. -- Aesop
Sheffield United are attacking their own fans. -- Matt Murray
I'm not attacking liberals with a broad brush. -- Howard Dean
Nothing is more shameful than attacking sleeping children -- Ban Ki-moon
Youâ??re attacking that one like a wolverine. -- Cassandra Clare
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes. -- Norman Vincent Peale
I'm not interested in attacking, I'm interested in astonishing. -- Terry Southern
A man was attacking me with a wet handkerchief. -- Gail Carriger
There's not much benefit in attacking an empty house. -- Eiji Yoshikawa
Painting is like being a lawyer and attacking a corporation. -- John Currin
You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it. -- Akbar Ganji
During negotiations nothing is gained by attacking people's comfort zones. -- Alan Sugar
When you start attacking cronyism and peoples political interests, it gets nasty. -- Charles Koch
Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young -- St. Jerome
Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength. -- Sun Tzu
When you start attacking cronyism and people's political interests, it gets nasty. -- Charles Koch
You can't be involved in modern American politics without somebody attacking you. -- William J. Clinton
If someone's not attacking you that means you're not doing your job effectively. -- Sean Hannity
Try to secure advantages before attacking. If possible, keep the sun behind you. -- Oswald Boelcke
There are people who wish to draw attention to themselves by attacking me -- Donald Bradman
Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders. -- Oscar Wilde
In the NFL, everyone's attacking, so you have to be quicker in your decisions. -- LaDainian Tomlinson
Dravid Could play attacking cricket like me but i could never play like him -- Chris Gayle
Assad's regime helped ISIS grow by attacking other opposition forces and rarely targeting ISIS. -- Richard Engel
Obscurity is dispelled by augmenting the light of discernment, not by attacking the darkness. -- Socrates
Messi alone is more dangerous than Real Madrid's attacking trio Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale. -- Diego Simeone
I want to change something. I want to stop the germs from attacking my daughters. -- Aleksandar Hemon
There is nothing likely to get you a bigger headline than attacking your own party. -- Michael Laws
Jameel McCline acts as if attacking Wladimir Klitschko is akin to attacking Russia during winter -- Larry Merchant
I spent my life attacking everything because I was too afraid to risk creating anything. -- Chuck Palahniuk
Donald Trump in a church getting interrupted by the pastor because he started attacking Hillary Clinton. -- Bill Burton
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. -- Confucius
Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you -- Ellen DeGeneres
I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that. -- Billy Corgan
Even if your heart is broken and attacking you, you're still not better off without it. -- Rainbow Rowell
I don't think Russia could start a war by attacking any of the NATO member states. -- Milos Zeman
For me their biggest threat is when they get into the attacking part of the field. -- Ron Atkinson
A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people -- Al-Ghazali
Problems breed problems, and the lack of a disciplined method of openly attacking them breeds more problems. -- Phil Crosby
Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend. -- Jackie Chan
Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm -- Sun Tzu
Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity. -- Abdolkarim Soroush
I'm not thick-skinned at all, and of course I'm hurt by people attacking me as a person. -- Diane Abbott
Liberals go straight to ugly racist stereotypes when attacking conservative blacks, calling them oversexualized, stupid and/or incompetent. -- Ann Coulter
Laying siege to enemy-controlled cities allows attacking armies to keep their own casualties low by avoiding urban combat. -- Walid Muallem
When a man calls himself an atheist, he is not attacking God; he is attacking his own conscience. -- Michael Pearl
The radical Left loves attacking people as anti-science when anyone dares question their computer models on global warming. -- Ted Cruz
What developed in my early days was the attitude to start attacking the thing I was scared of -- Will Smith
You can't talk about attacking or assassinating the President of the United States and you shouldn't be able to. -- Newt Gingrich
If Twitter, Youtube & Facebook will be honest; if they'll stop being so immoral, stop attacking families, we'll support them -- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Success in solving the problem depends on choosing the right aspect, on attacking the fortress from its accessible side. -- George Polya
Our own GOP machine, the establishment, they who would assemble the political landscape, they`re attacking their own front-runner. -- Sarah Palin
Satan is attacking the great institutions of America. This is a spiritual war. I believe in good and evil. -- Rick Santorum
With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop. -- Mikhail Botvinnik
Folks build a reputation by attacking you while youâ??re alive - or praising you after you ainâ??t. -- Chuck Palahniuk
When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help. -- Zach Johnson
I'm saying there's plenty of money out there for great consumer entrepreneurs with great consumer products attacking really big markets. -- Dan Levitan
I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you're sure of what you're doing and you're working with allies. -- Al Franken
The most dangerous fundamentalists aren't just waging war in Iraq; they're attacking evolution, blocking medical research and ignoring the environment. -- Jill Greenberg
The Communists , following Hegel , speak of humanity and its future as of some monolithic individuality. I was attacking this illusion. -- Simone de Beauvoir
My opposition to the socialist and the other consists in attacking violence as a means of effecting any lasting reform. -- Mahatma Gandhi
To win, I have to get angry. My anger is directed at the course, at attacking it and beating it. -- Ingemar Stenmark
What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal. -- Jimmy Hill

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