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• The late William Jennings Bryan, L.L.D., always had one great advantage in controversy; he was never burdened with an understanding of his opponent's case.

  H. L. Mencken

  Punishment, Understanding, Crime

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• Persecution means an attempt to drive out, attempt to subjugate, and there are various ways that that can be done. Sarah Palin's opponents and her critics would like to see her leave the public square by insulting, degrading, demeaning, abusing and ridiculing her, and - by pretending that she has nothing to say.

  Matthew Continetti

  Mean, Squares, Insulting

  "Without Further Ado, Sarah Palin Returns". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. November 20, 2009.

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• Really, running an underdog, insurgent political campaign against an opponent many folks think cant be beat, and going out and meeting folks and talking about your ideas for America and Washington, is a lot of fun and a real privilege.

  Michael Baumgartner

  Running, Fun, Real

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• PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy or opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Enemy, Encounters, States

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.165, 谷月社

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• You must be deadly serious in training. When I say that, I do not mean that you should be reasonably diligent or moderately in earnest. I mean that your opponent must always be present in your mind, whether you sit or stand or walk or raise your arms.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Mean, Training, Mind

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• If supporters of equality for women want to vote for the best candidate, they must look to a person regardless of gender and must disregard the gender of political opponents.

  Karen DeCrow

  Political, Looks, Want

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• Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.

  Aberjhani

  Moments, Historic, Celebrate

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• A war was coming either way. Now all I had to do was choose my opponent

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  War, Way

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• Relax and calm your mind. Forget about yourself and follow your opponent's movement.

  Yip Man

  Art, Mind, Relax

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• One finds life through conquering the fear of death within one's mind. Empty the mind of all forms of attachment, make a go-for-broke charge and conquer the opponent with one decisive slash.

  Takenaka Shigekata

  Art, Warrior, Attachment

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• My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy.

  Renzo Gracie

  Teacher, Art, Ego

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• Do not fall into the trap of thinking that just because a kata begins to the left that the opponent is attacking from the left.

  Kenwa Mabuni

  Art, Fall, Thinking

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• Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Mean, Justice, Desire

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.106, Courier Corporation

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• For the past weeks I'd been reacting. That was no way to win. To win, you take the initiative. You instigate the action. You make the opponent react to you.

  Richard Marcinko

  Winning, Past, Way

  Richard Marcinko (1995). “Green Team”, Atria Books

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• And when other people see me play basketball...the way I treat my teammates, the opponents, the refs, that's all a reflection of God's image and God's love so that's the stuff I try to focus on.

  Jeremy Lin

  Basketball, Reflection, Play

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• Non-violence is backed by the theory of soul-force in which suffering is courted in the hope of ultimately winning over the opponent. But what happens when such an attempt fail to achieve the object? It is here that soul-force has to be combined with physical force so as not to remain at the mercy of tyrannical and ruthless enemy.

  Bhagat Singh

  Winning, Soul, Enemy

  The Sikh Review, Volume 55, p. 173, 2007.

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• Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponent will do it for you.

  Mark Twain

  Hilarious, Tree, Waste

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• The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While I was wearing these glasses, all he could admire was his own reflection.

  Viktor Korchnoi

  Reflection, Simple, Glasses

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• My most difficult opponent is myself. When I am playing I often involuntarily make a world champion out of a candidate master.

  Lev Polugaevsky

  Psychology, Champion, World

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• ... Tal accepted absolutely all the world champion's conditions with a smile, taking away a very important psychological trump card from him - the harsh, prickly relations with his opponent that were characteristic of all Botvinnik's matches.

  Gennadi Sosonko

  Psychology, Champion, Important

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• How vain are our fears! I thought to myself. Sometimes we fear that which our opponent (or fate) had never even considered! After this, then, is it any longer worthwhile to rack one's brain to find new ghosts to fear? No, indeed: All hail optimism! - upon playing Hermanis Mattison after he overlooked an unusual knight manouevre.

  Aron Nimzowitsch

  Fate, Knights, Optimism

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• For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on his rich intuitive talent. But for the chess struggle nowadays one needs a subtle knowledge of human nature, an understanding of the opponent's psychology.

  Alexander Alekhine

  Struggle, Psychology, Understanding

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• You must not let your opponent know how you feel.

  Alexander Kotov

  Psychology, How You Feel, Feels

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• Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent's games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the most thorough fashion.

  David Bronstein

  Fashion, Character, Games

  David Bronstein (1991). “200 Open Games”, p.97, Courier Corporation

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• One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent.

  Edmar Mednis

  Play, Psychology, Trying

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