#defeats

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

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I always feel that there are no final victories and no final defeats. But it's true that America is in a hole right now. There are a lot of dead fish in the water. ↗

— John Sayles

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I want to be as honest as I can about the things I've been through - the sorrows and joys, victories and defeats - and to use those experiences as a well to draw from. Hopefully, the songs that result from that kind of writing will be songs that mean something to others. ↗

— Jim Cole

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Some defeats are only installments to victory. ↗

— Jacob Riis

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Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

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I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic. ↗

— Walter Kaufmann

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Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. ↗

— Henry Steele Commager

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The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. ↗

— Henry Steele Commager

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