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• One of the ways to avoid being beaten by the system is to laugh at it.

  Peter Cook

  Laughing, Way

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• Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouraged As Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirling Flames -- a king, before, but now A beaten warrior. None of his comrades Came to him, helped him, his brave and noble Followers; they ran for their lives, fled Deep in a wood. And only one of them Remained, stood there, miserable, remembering, As a good man must, what kinship should mean.

  Burton Raffel

  Kings, Mean, Warrior

  Burton Raffel, Robert Payson Creed (1963). “Beowulf: A New Translation with an Introduction”

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• I absolutely don't relate to being beaten down my whole life - I had amazing opportunities at a young age - but there is still in many, many people's minds the notion that I'll never be able to escape Harry Potter.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Opportunity, Amazing Opportunities, People

  "Daniel Radcliffe: 'My drive is to prove I'm not a one-trick pony'". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2013.

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• I've been lucky to have made a number of travel programmes with the BBC, the object being to see places off the beaten track. As a result, I've often had a guide who's been able to show me things that you wouldn't see with a tour group.

  Michael Palin

  Numbers, Track, Groups

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• And I used to go the punk clubs such as a gay club in Poland Street that everyone would go to because it was the only place you could go to looking like that without getting beaten senseless.

  Gary Numan

  Gay, Clubs, Punk

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• I've got no dark secrets, I wasn't beaten up, my parents were kind to me and there was a low crime rate where we lived. Maybe that's where the comedy comes from, as some sort of reaction to the safe, boring suburbs.

  Will Ferrell

  Dark, Parent, Secret

  "The $29 million man". Interview with Jason Solomons, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2006.

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• I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything... and then 'The Wire' came up.

  Idris Elba

  Order, Years, Law

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• I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

  Rita Dove

  Children, Thinking, Talent

  Interview with Jesse Kornbluth for "The Book Report", www.math.buffalo.edu. April 8, 1997.

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• I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.

  Davy Crockett

  Dog, Men, Littles

  "David Crockett: The Man and the Legend". Book by James Atkins Shackford, p. 133, 1994.

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• I think if you believe in past lives, I must have been an extremely deprived being. I must have been mistreated, beaten, and forced into indentured servitude because this life has just been phenomenal.

  Bryan Cranston

  Believe, Past, Thinking

  "Exclusive: Bryan Cranston Talks Breaking Bad Season 3 and 4, Total Recall, Drive, Rock of Ages, Larry Crowne & Lincoln Lawyer". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. June 1, 2011.

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• If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Success, Witty

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• One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

  Samuel Butler

  Sunset, Fighting, Men

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Samuel Butler's notebooks”

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• One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.

  John Burroughs

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Battle

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• You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

  Yogi Berra

  Sports, Baseball, Isms

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• Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Motivational, Courage, Clever

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• The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.

  David Hume

  Peace, War, Philosophical

  Adam Ferguson, David Hume, David R. Raynor (1982). “Sister Peg: A Pamphlet Hitherto Unknown by David Hume”, p.19, Cambridge University Press

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• I have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once.

  Robert Mugabe

  Jesus, Christ, Died

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• Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and those whose souls are murdered will murder.

  Alice Miller

  Children, Giving, Soul

  "Forgiving Others and Trusting God . . . a Handbook for Survivors of Child". Book by J. E. Norris-Bernal, p. 16, 2011.

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• As a reward for their efforts, however, those early Christians were beaten, stoned to death, thrown to the lions, tortured and crucified. Every conceivable method was used to stop them from talking.

  Josh McDowell

  Christian, Talking, Effort

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• I live a reasonably simple life, off the beaten track.

  George Lucas

  Simple, Track, Simple Life

  "George Lucas: No, Star Wars is not supposed to be funny" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2002.

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• I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working, my friends were all adults. I had a tough time going to different schools because people knew me from films and I was the fat child who got beaten up every day.

  Drew Barrymore

  Children, School, People

  "Drew Barrymore Admits Her Directorial Debut Whip It Has the Pain of Her Childhood". The Mail on Sunday Interview, www.dailytelegraph.com.au. March 14, 2010.

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• Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Genius, Path

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “Lincoln Speeches”, p.41, Penguin

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• If liberalism discredited itself, Obama woulda never gotten elected, and the New Deal woulda gone by the wayside, and LBJ woulda never gotten the Great Society. Liberalism does not discredit itself. It has to be explained and beaten back.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Doe, Gone, Lbj

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• At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Girl, Stupid, People

  "Kendrick Lamar: the rise of a good kid rapper in a mad city". Interview with Hattie Collins, www.theguardian.com. December 7, 2012.

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• I would rather have been beaten up in the media than live a life that wasn't happy.

  Kim Kardashian

  Media, Has Beens

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