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That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter.

~Edward Everett

Topics: Absence Apparent Battle Could Doubt Encounter Foretell Fought Great Impossible Lee Must Part Perhaps Plan Precise Real Scene Soon

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It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner.

~Edward Everett

Topics: Appointed Athens Battle Citizens Expense Fell Honorable Law Manner Most Performed Public Should Who

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Since the Six-Day War, the whole world, which is the real arena of battle between us and the Palestinians, believes that Israel is right in regard to procedure, namely problems and disputes should be solved around the negotiating table.

~Ehud Barak

Topics: Arena Around Battle Believes Between Disputes Israel Namely Negotiating Palestinians Problems Procedure Real Regard Right Should Since Solved Table Us War Which Whole World

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ISIS has never fought a real battle.

~Ehud Barak

Topics: Battle Fought Never Real

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The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Anything Battle Countenance Individual Individual Rights Long None Rights Should Standing Us Which Women

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The battle between craft breweries and big beer stretches back to the 1990s, when the idea of buying a beer brewed by a small, independent brewery first took off.

~Elizabeth Flock

Topics: Back Battle Beer Between Big Buying Craft First Idea Independent Off Small Took 1990S

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When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are 'What are you doing now?' and 'How are you going to beat that?' And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly - that you're in battle against yourself.

~Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics: Against Asking Assumption Battle Beat Constantly Culture Doing Enormous Going How Intention Love Now People Questions Say Somebody Start Success Two Which You Your Yourself I Love

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I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.

~Elizabeth Wurtzel

Topics: Battle Cure Depression Fight Happiness Live Long Ongoing Really Start Think Wonder Worth Worth It I Wonder

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My process is messy and non-linear, full of false starts, fidgets, and errands that I suddenly need to run now; it is a battle to get something - anything - down on paper. I doodle in sketchbooks: bits of ideas, fragments of sentences, character names, single lines of dialogue with no context.

~Ellen Klages

Topics: Anything Battle Bits Character Context Dialogue Doodle Down False Fragments Full Get Ideas Lines Messy Names Need Now Paper Process Run Sentences Single Something Starts Suddenly

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The battle scenes in 'Gladiator' don't have the exultant lift of Hong Kong period-action pictures like the 'Once Upon a Time in China' series, where the fights have the eye-popping panache of dance sequences from a musical.

~Elvis Mitchell

Topics: Battle China Dance Fights Gladiator Hong Kong Kong Lift Like Musical Once Pictures Scenes Series Time Where

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