#enemy

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor? ↗

— Virgil

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The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam. ↗

— John Cornyn

#faith #great #islam #perversion #world

The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#cure #difficult #enemy #environmental #environmental problems

You know, I think the film business is its own worst enemy because it sells movies on DVD footage and 'behind the scenes,' and now it's a real struggle trying to keep storylines and plotlines a secret. ↗

— Daniel Craig

#behind #business #dvd #enemy #film

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes, I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side, you're the enemy. The only thing I ever try to support is a third party, like Unity08. We need more parties and more choice. ↗

— Mark Cuban

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From the wrestling of his own soul with the great enemy, comes that depth and mystery which startles us in Hamlet. ↗

— Jones Very

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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#fatal #goal #make #our #passive

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#her #him #just #just be #know

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. ↗