Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed.
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Moviewise, I would love to make the story of princess Erendira. She was a 16 year old princess/warrior who led her tribe in war against the Spanish around 1513. She almost defeated them, and the Tarascans were the only tribe the Aztecs couldn't defeat.
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What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.
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Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet.
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Sooner or later, Israel will have to defeat Hamas. There is no way around it.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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Displaying a bland, even an eerie, disregard for what appeared to be the facts of the situation, he fell back on an old habit of looking ahead to the next defeat.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat.
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Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving.
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I'm not the type of person to go into depression after defeat.
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I think that the worst unpleasantness of age is not its final fact ... but the tediousness of preparation, the accumulating number of defeats.
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To overextend yourself is to invite defeat.
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Defeat would not be a shame, ... This is a competition.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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Despite such a heavy defeat, we need to keep calm because the competition is starting and we can't let ourselves become demoralized.
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They're inviting us to defeat them! We must oblige them!
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I have no style. There are certain people who just have a visual sense that defines their work. You could probably watch 30 seconds of anything they do and you'll know exactly who directed it. I don't have that skill.
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At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all the books of northern travel and dreamed for half a lifetime of the north; and that was - almost daily meeting with famous men.
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If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
