#combat

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives. ↗

— Criss Jami

#battle #bias #combat #discernment #disputes

For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#combat #comparison #contractors #else #individuals

They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny. ↗

— John Boehner

#america #bringing #combating #commitment #defeating

To be a soldier one needs that special gene, that extra something, that enables a person to jump into one on one combat, something, after all, that is unimaginable to most of us, as we are simply not brave enough. ↗

— Rupert Everett

#brave #combat #enables #enough #extra

Honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out. ↗

— Rupert Everett

#brave #combat #enables #enough #extra

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#fought #important #important thing #life #thing

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually. ↗

— Barney Frank

#combat #community #community action #early #early sixties

I could not claim them because I was not supposed to be flying in combat. ↗

— Adolf Galland

#claim #combat #could #flying #i

To combat social awkwardness, I would just act like I couldn't be bothered - that kind of aloof persona or aloof demeanor. It's so off-putting. ↗

— Janeane Garofalo

#aloof #awkwardness #bothered #combat #demeanor

Meth production and use is a serious problem in Kentucky and across the country. Clearly, there is a growing need for a national strategy to combat this crisis. Increasing public awareness is a significant means for prevention. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#awareness #clearly #combat #country #crisis