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In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.

~Althea Gibson

Topics: Best Champion Considered Defended Fluke Once Proves Real Simply Sports Successfully Title Twice Until Winning You Your

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I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself - boys didn't mess with me. But as one of seven children, you have to fight for everything anyway.

~Amy Adams

Topics: Anyway Boy Children Defended Everything Fight Fights Got Kid Me Mess Myself Pretty School Seven Sort Tough You

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In 1947 I defended my thesis on nuclear physics, and in 1948 I was included in a group of research scientists whose task was to develop nuclear weapons.

~Andrei Sakharov

Topics: Defended Develop Group Included Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Physics Research Scientists Task Thesis Weapons Whose

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Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold.

~Andrew Sullivan

Topics: Although Attacked Attempted Avoid Because Defended Feel Felt Hold Ideals Live Never Often Part Promiscuity Publicly Really Still Subject Unable Up

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Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

~Arnold Schwarzenegger

Topics: America Defended Freedom Right Sacrifice Servicemen Ultimately Women

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Historically, professors have defended tenure as a way to protect their individualistic thought. But tenure can also be used as a club to wield against the powerless.

~Ben Shapiro

Topics: Against Also Club Defended Historically Powerless Professors Protect Tenure Thought Used Way

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I am still not at all in favour of offering any defence. Even if the court had accepted that petition submitted by some of my co-accused regarding defence, etc., I would not have defended myself.

~Bhagat Singh

Topics: Accepted Am Any Court Defence Defended Etc Even Favour Had Myself Offering Petition Regarding Some Still Submitted Would I Am

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The senior thesis of Hillary D. Rodham, Wellesley College class of 1969, has been speculated about, spun, analyzed, debated, criticized and defended. But rarely has it been read, because for the eight years of Bill Clinton's presidency it was locked away.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: About Away Because Been Bill Class Clinton College Criticized Debated Defended Eight Hillary Locked Presidency Rarely Read Senior Thesis Years

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Nothing is more dangerous to one's own faith than the work of an apologist. No doctrine of that faith seems to me so spectral, so unreal as one that I have just successfully defended in a public debate.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Dangerous Debate Defended Doctrine Faith Just Me More Nothing Own Public Seems Successfully Than Unreal Work

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We cannot ensure that women will be free of discrimination in the workplace and everywhere as long as women are not universally defended under our Constitution. As it stands now, the equal rights of women are subject to interpretation of law. That is a risk our mothers, sisters and daughters cannot afford.

~Carolyn Maloney

Topics: Afford Cannot Constitution Daughters Defended Discrimination Ensure Equal Equal Rights Everywhere Free Interpretation Law Long Mothers Now Our Rights Risk Sisters Stands Subject Universally We Cannot Will Women Women Are Workplace

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