Confrontational things, admission of error, admission of defeat, restructuring, laying people off - those are not American ideals.
Wilbur Ross
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Obviously, the death of Usama Bin Laden marked a strategic milestone in our effort to defeat al-Qa'ida. Unfortunately, Bin Laden's death, and the death and capture of many other al-Qa'ida leaders and operatives, does not mark the end of that terrorist organization or its efforts to attack the United States and other countries.
John O. Brennan
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The Keynesian idea is once again accepted that fiscal policy and deficit spending has a major role to play in guiding a market economy. I wish Friedman were still alive so he could witness how his extremism led to the defeat of his own ideas.
Paul Samuelson
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I think coaches should get the same amount of credit in victory that they get in defeat.
Jeff Van Gundy
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An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
Mao Zedong
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I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life.
John W. Thompson
LifeSucceedMediocrityYouDefeat
I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.
George H. W. Bush
HappyThinkYouDefeatHardThings
I love the role I'm playing in 'Conan.' I'm enjoying making the film tremendously. It's very physically demanding. You know, Conan is 28 years younger than me and a big dude, so I have to depend upon my wolf-like wiles to defeat this young bull.
Stephen Lang
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Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
Francis Quarles
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The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Sun Tzu
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I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.
Darrell Royal
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There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.
Tony Blair
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My dad prepared me for the worst of times while also enabling me to succeed in the best. He taught me to confront the insidiousness of racism head on, no matter what the ramification, so it will not fester. Defeat it and get past it. That was The Talk. Nothing scared me after that.
Wendell Pierce
BestPastRacismMeSucceedDefeat
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
Russell Baker
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The defeat of Obamacare will come from the realization that the very idea of a government-administered health care system is absurd... and by people opting out of the system and developing workarounds.
Rand Paul
HealthPeopleCareDefeatWillOut
As for the United States' future in Afghanistan, it will be fire and hell and total defeat, God willing, as it was for their predecessors - the Soviets and, before them, the British.
Mohammed Omar
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You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.
Pat Riley
GreatGameYouDefeatMoreAura
Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.
LL Cool J
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I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.
Oskar Schindler
PowerDefeatNowEverythingSystem
I am deeply concerned for the safety of our people brought by a lack of a comprehensive strategy to defeat ISIL.
Joni Ernst
I AmPeopleSafetyStrategyDefeat
You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
Napoleon Hill
FearBelieveYouDefeatKnowMay
We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that they shall not defeat us. We shall arm. We shall meet fraud and falsehood with defiance, and force with force, if need be.
Denis Kearney
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To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don't be discouraged that my own journey hasn't gone as well as I had hoped. You must not lose your own hope.
Jack Layton
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We have to defeat Hillary Clinton, or the country we know will not be the country our children and grandchildren grow up in.
Chris Collins
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