#opponent

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide. ↗

— Meg Greenfield

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Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent. ↗

— Maxwell Maltz

#game #name #objective #opponent #primary

Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war. ↗

— David Plouffe

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In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#because #condition #family #investigation #life

I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.' But if my opponent didn't know the other half of the routine, I don't know how well I'd do. ↗

— Kate Beckinsale

#action #action movies #actor #being #dangerous

If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You can't say, I'm for what my Democratic opponent is, for but not quite so much of it. ↗

— Pete du Pont

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Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#capture #congress #democratic #distinction #edge

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue. ↗

— Boyle Roche

#half #lies #opponents #our #tell

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball. ↗

— Bobby Knight

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During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#community #community service #dallas #during #election