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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that? Carol Moseley Braun
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I like fighting. I get into rows all the time. Carlos Fuentes
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fighting left people
We want people to know that Como's not going to be a dumping ground. The drugs left a stigma, but we're fighting that. John Hudson
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If you went through life refusing all the bait dangled in front of you, that would be no life at all. No changes would be made and you would have nothing to fight against. Life would be dull as ditchwater. Alan Sillitoe
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I grant an ugly woman is a blot on the fair face of creation; but as to the gentleman, let them be solicitous to possess only strength and valour: let their motto be:Hunt, shoot, and fight: the rest is not worth a flip. Charlotte Bronte
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Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from Jacques.
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If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
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