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You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. ↗

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party. ↗

#defeating #leads #legislation #party #purpose

I did what I did not to make money but to help prevent the defeat of a new system which had, at great cost, given ordinary people food and fares which they could afford, a good education and a health service. ↗

— Melita Norwood

#cost #could #defeat #did #education

The inconvenience, the glaring lights, the long hours of waiting, and the repetition of every scene are all calculated to defeat anything more than a real mastery of love technique. ↗

— Ivor Novello

#calculated #defeat #every #glaring #hours

Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn't feature. ↗

— Phillip Noyce

#books #feature #history #history books #losers

I am not surprised that this is a longer bit of work than many of us would have hoped. It is not where any of us would have hoped it is. And I think we need to give credit to the Republicans in Congress who have done everything they can to defeat every jobs bill and slow down the economy. ↗

— Martin O'Malley

#any #bill #bit #congress #credit

In painting feathers, you want to create the look of feathers, but if you try to paint all the feathers, you have nothing but disaster. ↗

— John O'Neill

#disaster #feathers #look #nothing #paint

Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead. ↗

— Barack Obama

#actually #afghanistan #ago #al #attacked

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated. ↗

— Barack Obama

#found #must #pursued #real #these

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life. ↗

— Phil Ochs

#art #attempt #defeat #even #expect