#opponent

In my job, whenever I delivered a presentation I would rehearse several times before the actual event. In sport, it is important to be equally prepared about my opponents. ↗

— Keeth Smart

#actual #before #delivered #equally #event

Armon stared into the wild darkness of his opponent and saw a reflection of his own fall. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#darkness #defeat #fight #fighting #opponent

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. ↗

— Konrad Adenauer

#below #belt #consists #hit #knowing

Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents. ↗

— David Frum

#ever #his #nobody #opponents #political

I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States' apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war. ↗

— George Galloway

#am #apparent #children #desire #devastating

Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents. ↗

— Martin McGuinness

#also #around #commission #country #decision

Because you basically won a close re-election, your first task is to unify the city. And it's done not with words but with actions, by reaching out, to the supporters of your opponent as well as to reassure your own supporters. ↗

— Marc Morial

#basically #because #city #close #done

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach. ↗

— Andy Murray

#fear #how #itself #just #knowing

Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite of what it takes to succeed in office. Squaring the circle takes a powerful combination of skills. But presidents who can campaign and compromise are generally the most successful. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#campaigns #circle #combination #compromise #generally

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent. ↗

— George Orwell

#assuming #both #cannot #catholic #communist