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• An argument frequently used by believers [is] to force unbelievers to soften their terms by accepting their opponents' definition; "Atheist" means without a concept of God that is logically convincing, not with proof that God does not exist.

  Jim Herrick

  Atheist, Mean, Doe

  Jim Herrick (1985). “Against the Faith: Essays on Deists, Skeptics, and Atheists”

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• Golf is the only game that pits the player against an opponent, the weather, the minutest details of a large chunk of local topography and his own nervous system, all at the same time.

  Mike Seabrook

  Golf, Player, Games

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• Be honest, Look for areas where you can admit error and say so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your opponents and reduce defensiveness.

  Dale Carnegie

  Mistake, Errors, Looks

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.104, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• I just smile. And they - my opponents don't like it when I smile at them. They think I'm playing or something. But - like I smile throughout the whole fight. Sometimes I'll be throwing combinations and I just smile and stick my tongue out at them.

  Rau'shee Warren

  Smile, Fighting, Thinking

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• The religious quality of Marxism also explains a characteristic attitude of the orthodox Marxist toward opponents. To him, as to any believer in a Faith, the opponent is not merely in error but in sin. Dissent is disapproved of not only intellectually but also morally. There cannot be any excuse for it once the Message has been revealed.

  Joseph A. Schumpeter

  Religious, Attitude, Errors

  Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.5, Routledge

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• We must never underestimate our opponents; nor should we forget that the closer we come to reaching our objectives, the more vicious and forthright will their opposition become.

  Tommy Douglas

  Underestimate, Forget, Reaching

  Tommy Douglas' address at the Provincial Convention, July 16, 1952.

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• When two men step into the ring, one and only one deserves to win. When you step into the ring, you gotta know you deserve to win. You gotta know destiny owes you victory , cause you trained harder than your opponent. You sparred harder. You ran farther.

  Cus D'Amato

  Destiny, Men, Winning

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• The wisdom of the chess player is displayed more in winning over a capable opponent than a novice. The wisdom of the general is displayed more in defeating a superior army than in subduing an inferior one. Even more so, the wisdom of God is displayed when He brings good to us and glory to Himself out of confusion and calamity rather than out of pleasant times.

  Jerry Bridges

  Army, Winning, Player

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “Trusting God”, p.123, NavPress

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• Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

  Charles de Gaulle

  Way, Hardest

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• We wrestle with our own opponents on a daily basis. These challengers can come in numerous forms whether it be a physical challenge, emotional, or even relational issues that can overtake us. No matter what opponent we are wrestling against we can be UNSTOPPABLE.

  Anthony Robles

  Wrestling, Emotional, Issues

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• Every soul who comes to earth with a
  leg or two at birth must wrestle his
  opponents knowing its not what is, but
  what can be that measures worth. Make it hard, just make it possible and through
  pain, I wont complain. My spirit is unconquerable. Fearless I will face each
  foe for I know I am capable. I don't care whats probable, through blood sweat and tears I am unstoppable.

  Anthony Robles

  Pain, Blood, Sweat

  "Jay Leno Honors Anthony Robles". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 2011.

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• I lost my balance, making my body unstable and falling on top of my opponent. At that moment I hit my face against the player leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth.

  Luis Suarez

  Football, Strong, Pain

  "Luis Suárez recognises no limits, either good or bad" by Daniel Taylor, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2014.

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• As I stood in the booth chatting to people, it occurred to me that besides good racing, the Crew Classic provided an ideal setting for the brotherhood of rowing. The brotherhood connects real rowing people. Teammates who haven't visited in years came together, and so do former opponents who once battled like mortal enemies. Suddenly they discovered they have much more in common. Long live the brotherhood of rowing.

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Real, Years, Long

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• Rowing is an absurdly simple sport. I can easily guide a beginner throught the right technical motions. The difficulty arises when the beginner attempts to repeat those motions on a bumpy race course, at 40 strokes a minute, with his heart rate zooming, and an opponent charging up his stern.

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Sports, Heart, Simple

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• Rowing is such a fine sport. Everyone goes backward, and the leader can see his opponents as they struggle in vain.

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Sports, Struggle, Leader

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• Armon stared into the wild darkness of his opponent and saw a reflection of his own fall.

  Wayne Gerard Trotman

  Fall, Reflection, Darkness

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• The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves the communal good. The best leader follows the will of the people. All of the embody the virtue of non-competition. Not that they don't love to compete, but they do it in the spirit of play. In this they are like children and in harmony with the Tao.

  Laozi

  Children, Athlete, Play

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• The technologists claim that if everything works [in a nuclear fission reactor] according to their blueprints, fission energy will be a safe and very attractive solution to the energy needs of the world. ... The real issue is whether their blueprints will work in the real world and not only in a "technological paradise."... Opponents of fission energy point out a number of differences between the real world and the "technological paradise." ... No acts of God can be permitted.

  Hannes Alfven

  Real, Science, Differences

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• But there's a fourth interpretation: Obama can't leave his comfort zone. No president since Woodrow Wilson has been as enamored of abstract ideas or more sure that disagreement with him is proof of ignorance, bad faith or dogmatism. As a candidate, he insisted his real opponent was 'cynicism,' and in his address last week, he returned to this trite formulation, insisting again he was bravely battling the cynics.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Real, Ignorance, Ideas

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• Among top grandmasters the Dutch is a rare defense, which is good reason to play it! It has not been studied very deeply by many opponents, and theory, based on a small number of 'reliable' games, must be rather unreliable.

  Bent Larsen

  Small Numbers, Games, Play

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• Like mortars in old war films, they are often ready to destroy the opponent's unsupported defences.

  Alexey Suetin

  War, Chess, Film

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• By playing slowly during the early phases of a game I am able to grasp the basic requirements of each position. Then, despite being in time pressure, I have no difficulty in finding the best continuation. Incidentally, it is an odd fact that more often than not it is my opponent who gets the jitters when I am compelled to make these hurried moves.

  Samuel Reshevsky

  Time, Moving, Games

  Samuel Reshevsky (1948). “Reshevsky's best games of chess: (Formerly titled: Reshevsky on chess)”, Dover Publications

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• One does not succeed by sticking to convention. When your opponent can easily anticipate every move you make, your strategy deteriorates and becomes commoditized.

  Garry Kasparov

  Moving, Doe, Chess

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• I prepare for my fights to well that I don't wanna give a chance to my opponent to crash my 'glass chin' as they say, so I'm knocking them in the way that I like.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Motivation, Fighting, Glasses

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• You have to learn the opponent psychologically inside out and mental strength is one of the important makers. You're either gonna break it or make it.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Motivation, Important, Fighter

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