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• The essential factor of military success is speed, that is taking advantage of others' unpreparedness or lack of foresight, their failure to catch up, going by routes they do not expect, attacking where they are not on guard. This you cannot accomplish with hesitation.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

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• I said in October of 2008 that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or had the intention or capability of attacking the United States. Here we are. Almost 4,700 troops died, tens of thousands injured, over a million Iraqis dead. It will cost $5 trillion in the end for the war.

  Dennis Kucinich

  War, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  "Interview with Representative Dennis Kucinich". Interview With John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. December 30, 2011.

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• When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.

  Johnny Weir

  Athlete, Judging, Want

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• When you're dodging, you're "afraid of getting hit." When you're attacking, you're "afraid of hitting me." When you're protecting someone, you're "afraid of them dying." It's pathetic! You can't give into fear in a fight! When you're dodging, think "I won't let you hit me!" When you're protecting someone, think "I won't let you die!" When you're attacking, think "I will cut you!" --Urahara Kisuke

  Tite Kubo

  Fighting, Cutting, Thinking

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• Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as will be seen, in any sense attacking logic: I only say that this danger does lie in logic, not in imagination.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Lying, Science, Math

  Orthodoxy ch. 2 (1908)

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• I prefer rationalism to atheism. The question of God and other objects-of-faith are outside reason and play no part in rationalism, thus you don't have to waste your time in either attacking or defending.

  Isaac Asimov

  Play, Atheism, Waste

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• Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders.

  Oscar Wilde

  Women, Strange, Surrender

  Oscar Wilde (1998). “Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations”, p.7, Courier Corporation

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• Donia asked incredulously. “What were you doing?” “The day had just begun, and we were dancing,” Aislinn said. “Dancing?” Donia looked at the Summer Queen with the same disdain Keenan had once seen on her face when she looked at the Summer Girls. “Of course you were. Bananach is attacking faeries, stealing from our courts. Irial is injured. Faerie is closed. Yes, dancing is precisely what will help.

  Melissa Marr

  Girl, Summer, Queens

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• there was an assumption that I was personally attacking Sarah Palin by impersonating her on TV. No one ever said it was 'mean' when Chevy Chase played Gerald Ford falling down all the time. No one ever accused Dana Carvey or Darrell Hammond or Dan Aykroyd of 'going too far' in their political impressions. You see what I'm getting at here. I am not mean and Mrs. Palin is not fragile. To imply otherwise is a disservice to us both.

  Tina Fey

  Fall, Mean, Here I Am

  "She's the Boss: Tina Fey on Sarah Palin, Sexism, and More" by Sheila Marikar, abcnews.go.com. April 5, 2011.

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• A man was attacking me with a wet handkerchief.

  Gail Carriger

  Men, Handkerchiefs, Wet

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• I imagined having that bronzed dragon in our fight against the Titan lord Kronos. His monsters would think twice about attacking camp if they have to face that thing. On the other hand, if the dragon decided to go berserk again and attack the campers-that would pretty much stink.

  Rick Riordan

  Fighting, Thinking, Dragons

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• The impact of an attacking tiger can be compared to that of a piano falling on you from a second story window. But unlike the piano, the tiger is designed to do this, and the impact is only the beginning.

  John Vaillant

  Fall, Impact, Piano

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• There was no warning before the outbreaks began. One day, things were normal; the next, people who were supposedly dead were getting up and attacking anything that came into range. This was upsetting for everyone involved, except for the infected, who were past being upset about that sort of thing.

  Mira Grant

  Past, People, Upset

  Mira Grant (2012). “Countdown: A Newsflesh Novella”, p.91, Hachette UK

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• This is really good,” Donovan Caine said, attacking his third strawberry pancake. “You sound surprised,” I said. He shrugged. “I just didn’t think an assassin would be able to cook like this.” “Well, I do get lots of practice with knives. You could say I’m multitasking.” The detective froze, his fork halfway to his mouth. “I’m kidding. I enjoy cooking. It relaxes me.

  Jennifer Estep

  Food, Thinking, Knives

  Jennifer Estep (2010). “Spider's Bite: An Elemental Assassin Book”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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• Folks build a reputation by attacking you while you’re alive - or praising you after you ain’t.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Alive, Reputation, Praise

  Chuck Palahniuk (2009). “Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey”, Anchor Canada

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• As soon as the boy left the hall, Ramsey suggested that Brodick fill Gideon in on all that had transpired. "Our commanders are going to have to coordinate their efforts for the attack," he said. "Iain wants Winslow and Dylan and you to handpick the soldiers who'll ride with us into England." "We're attacking England?" Gideon asked, astonished. "No," Brodick answered. "Though the thought of it warms my heart.

  Julie Garwood

  Heart, Boys, Effort

  Julie Garwood (2010). “Ransom”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

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• Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be. "Foolhardy?" Kelsier asked with a laugh. "that wasn't foolhardy - that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things I'm planning to do! Dockson stood for a moment then he laughed too. "By the Lord Ruler, it's good to have you back, kell! I'm afraid I've grown rather boring during the last few years" "We'll fix that" Kelsier promised.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Years, Laughing, House

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “Mistborn: The Final Empire”, p.46, Macmillan

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• You’re attacking that one like a wolverine.

  Cassandra Clare

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.2119, Simon and Schuster

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• No, no," said Taran slowly, "It would be folly to think of attacking them." He smiled quickly at Fflewddur. "The bards would sing of us," he admitted, "but we'd be in no position to appreciate it.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Thinking, Appreciate, Would Be

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• Two thousand miles, Rachel,” he said tightly, and I guessed that no, it didn’t violate the rules of whatever he was doing out here, because he sure wasn’t out here keeping the coven from attacking me. “I have eaten nothing but slop for two days and used facilities I wouldn’t let my dogs urinate in. And what about that couple in the RV outside Texas? I’ll never get that memory out of my head.” - Trent to Rachel

  Kim Harrison

  Dog, Couple, Memories

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• The enemy is not individuals, churches, 'ex-gay' organisations or political parties; the enemy is ignorance. Change is created by focusing our energies on overcoming the latter instead of attacking the former.

  Anthony Venn-Brown

  Party, Ignorance, Gay

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• There is an almost universal tendency, perhaps an inborn tendency, to suspect the good faith of a man who holds opinions that differ from our own opinions. It obviously endangers the freedom and the objectivity of our discussion if we attack a person instead of attacking an opinion or, more precisely, a theory.

  Karl Popper

  Men, Objectivity, Society

  "The Importance of Critical Discussion". "On the Barricades: Religion and Free Inquiry in Conflict" by Robert Basil, 1989.

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• Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

  Joseph Addison

  Life, Laughter, Humor

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• Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also defending non-corrupt communication.

  Rowan Williams

  Communication, Media, Democracy

  "This media tribe disfigures public life" by Rowan Williams, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2005.

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