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It was exciting, we were far more patriotic in those days than we are now. We knew that the Germans had to be defeated and anything had to be done to make it possible. – Richard Llewellyn	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The only reason that evil exists is to challenge the good among us to defeated it. – RJ Intindola	added by RJ Intindola 4 years ago
My father was an infinitely deliberate person, there's no way once he decided his own fate that he was going to give a clue about it, since that would have defeated the whole plan. – Paul Andrews	Found on CNN 5 years ago
This country was willing to sacrifice men and women, all over the United States, to make sure that we defeated Germany and that we won that war and for the following 75 years that we made this world safe for democracy, the Green New Deal calls that sacrifice and service and scale of commitment to mind when it talks about the challenges that we face today. – Beto ORourke	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Your existence is so tiny.You cannot fight,you cannot conquer. It is impossible to conceive how an individual unit can conquer the whole.And if the whole is purposeless and you are with purpose,you are going to be defeated. – Osho, My Way: The Way of The White Clouds	added by anonymous 5 years ago
I just feel crushed. I don't know how else to explain it, it's like, there's got to be more. ... We had inflated Mueller into this giant balloon and now it's like all the air has come out and I don't know how I feel. I just, I just feel deflated and defeated. – Karen Clay	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Anything is possible, today was the day a group of dedicated, everyday New Yorkers their neighbors defeated Amazon's corporate greed, its worker exploitation, and the power of the richest man in the world. – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I want Trump defeated at the ballot box because he is a disgusting, immoral man. – Charlie Stone	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
When I say,' we have defeated them,' I want to ensure that means they do not have the capability to plot or direct attacks against the Joseph Votel or our allies, they still have this very powerful ideology, so they can inspire. – Joseph Votel	Found on CNN 5 years ago
ISIS and al-Qaidahave yet to be defeated, and American national security interests require continued commitment to our missions there. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The fact is that the families and the student survivors from Stoneman Douglas have spent the past almost nine months forcing this issue into the center of the political debate, that's why you've seen so many ads. That's why you've seen marches not just in Washington but all around the country. And that's why so many of my soon-to-be former colleagues were defeated because, for years, they thought that they could ignore arguments from families and gun safety advocates and sit back and comfortable receive gun company money, and think they would be protected. – Ted Deutch	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The numbers do not lie, i defeated the Lawyers' Committee and their clients in 2014, and I look forward to successfully defending Georgia's common-sense verification law if they move forward with this litigation. – Brian Kemp	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think it is John McCain imparting a lesson in civility by asking the two men who defeated Steve Duprey to speak, as an example to America that differences in political views and contests shouldn't be so important that we lose our common bonds and the civility that is, or used to be, a hallmark of American democracy. – Steve Duprey	Found on CNN 5 years ago
She will be a powerhouse woman of color in Congress and a steadfast champion for our values. She's challenged Donald Trump face-to-face, taken on and defeated the Koch Brothers in her own backyard, and her record of getting results for working people is simply stellar. – Pramila Jayapal	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
They feel like America is lost. Marriage equality means they have been defeated, and they have lost the ability to influence American political life, africa is a place they can influence. – Chris Beyrer	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Six weeks ago my specialist called me and said, 'You should start playing the Lotto', he had rarely, if ever, seen such a small but very aggressive cancerous malignancy that could be defeated by a single surgery. – Elvis Costello	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I would tell someone who’s battling cancer to write down the five to ten things that you look forward to doing with the rest of your life. In other words, your future should be the focus. For example, ‘I want to see my grandchildren,’ or ‘I want to take that trip.’ You’ve got to find something to look forward to that will give you strength. You want it to draw you like a magnet. If you don’t try to self-motivate yourself through positive thoughts, cancer will win because it’s not easily defeated. – Joe Marelle	added by JoJoOwens88 6 years ago
I know of no one who seriously believes that the United States and [South Korea] would be defeated in a war of aggression by North Korea if they were to attack, and I made it as clear as I could that if they were to do that, they would pay a price so great that the nation would probably not survive as it is known today. – Bill Clinton	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
ISIS may have been defeated militarily, but ISIS’s goal is the de-Christianization of Iraq, it’s important that these ancient communities survive. If they don’t, even though ISIS has been driven out, they will have won ideologically. – Andrew Walther	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
But Cantor, who was defeated in his 2014 primary by unknown economics professor Dave Brat, seemed to admit theGOPbattle-cry was just a charade. … ‘We sort of all got what was going on, that there was this disconnect in terms of communication, because no one wanted to take the time out in the general public to even think about ‘Wait a minute — that can’t happen,’ if you’ve got that anger working for you, you’re gonna let it be. – The Washingtonian	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
You have to remember how I became mayor. I became mayor after being defeated twice as a product of assassination, of the mayor being killed and the first openly gay public official in America being killed by a friend and colleague of mine. So I saw firsthand when a city becomes divided, I saw and watched while squad cars (were) being blown up in a riot. – Dianne Feinstein	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Tyrion Lannister: Last time we saw each other was at Winterfell, yes? You were making jokes about my height, I seem to recall. Everyone who makes a joke about a dwarf's height thinks he's the only person ever to make a joke about a dwarf's height. A height of nobility. A man of your stature. Someone to look up to. You're all making the same five or six jokes.Theon Greyjoy: It was a long time ago.Tyrion Lannister: It was. And how have things been going for you since then? Not so well I gather. Can't imagine you would have murdered the Stark boys if things had been going well.Theon Greyjoy: I didn't murder the Stark boys. But I did things that were just as bad, or worse.Yara Grejoy: And he paid for them.Tyrion Lannister: Doesn't seem like it. He's still alive. It was complicated for you I'm sure, growing up at Winterfell. Never quite knowing who you were. But then, we all live complicated lives, don't we?Daenerys Targaryen: You've brought us a hundred ships from the Iron fleet, with men to sail them. In return I expect you want me to support your claim to the throne of the Iron Islands?Theon Grejoy: Not my claim. [nods his head to Yara] Hers.Daenerys Targaryen: What's wrong with you?Theon Greyjoy: I'm not fit to rule.Tyrion Lannister: We can agree upon that at least.Daenerys Targaryen: Has the Iron Islands ever had a queen before?Yara Grejoy: No more than Westeros.Theon Grejoy: Our uncle Euron returned home after a long absence. He murdered our father, and took the Salt Throne from Yara. He would have murdered us if we'd stayed.Daenerys Targaryen: Lord Tyrion tells me your father was a terrible king.Yara Grejoy: You and I have that in common.Daenerys Targaryen: [after a short pause] We do. And both murdered by a usurper aswell. [turns to Tyrion] Will their ships be enough?Tyrion Lannister: With the former masters' fleet, possibly. Barely. [glares down at Theon] There are more than a hundred ships in the Iron fleet- Theon Grejoy: There are. And Euron's building more. [to Daenerys] He's going to offer them to you.Daenerys Targaryen: So why shouldn't I wait for him?Theon Greyjoy: The Iron fleet isn't all he's bringing. He also wants to give you-..Yara Grejoy: [scornfully] His big cock, I think he said. [Daenerys raises her eyebrows disapprovingly, smirking at Tyrion] Euron's offer is also an offer of marriage, you see.. You won't get one without the other.Daenerys Targaryen: And I imagine your offer is free of any marriage demands.Yara Grejoy: [softly] I never demand but I'm up for anything really.[Daenerys gazes at Yara with a smile]Theon Grejoy: He murdered our father and would have murdered us. He'll murder you as soon as you have what he wants.Tyrion Lannister: The seven kingdoms?Theon Grejoy: All of them.Daenerys Targaryen: And you don't want the seven kingdoms?Theon Grejoy: Your ancestors defeated ours, and took the Iron Islands. We ask you to give them back.Daenerys Targaryen: And that's all?Yara Grejoy: We'd like you to help us murder an uncle or two who think a woman's not fit to rule.Daenerys Targaryen: [with a smirk] Reasonable.Tyrion Lannister: [to Daenerys] What if everyone starts demanding their independence?Daenerys Targaryen: She's not demanding, she's asking. The others are free to ask aswell. [turns her head back to Theon and Yara] Our fathers were evil men. All of us here. They left the world worse than they found it. We're not going to do that. We're going to leave the world better than we found it. [stands up and begins walking down the stairs towards Theon and Yara while she speaks] You will support my claim as the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, and respect the integrity of the Seven Kingdoms. No more reaving, roving, raiding, or raping.Yara Greyjoy: [with a glare] That's our way of life.Daenerys Targaryen: No more.[Daenerys stares at Yara coldly, Yara turns her head to Theon who then nods at her in consent]Yara Grejoy: No more.[Yara lifts her arm up towards Daenerys. Daenerys, indecisively, looks over her shoulder at Tyrion who then signals her to accept Yara's arm-shake. After a brief hesitation, Daenerys puts a grasp around Yara's arm, shaking her arm] – Game of Thrones, Season 6	added by apricity 7 years ago
The point the President was making is that we're ready. We're ready to defend our allies in this region. We want to send an unambiguous message especially to north Korea that any attempt to use weapons of any kind against our allies in this region or American forces abroad will be defeated and will be met with overwhelming force. – Mike Pence	Found on CNN 7 years ago
He( Martin McGuinness.Look) did have an important role in the peace negotiations but that was not because he had changed his mind, he was aware that the Army intelligence services had infiltrated the Army Council right up at the top of the Army Council and that Army Council was defeated. – Norman Tebbit	Found on CNN 7 years ago

It was exciting, we were far more patriotic in those days than we are now. We knew that the Germans had to be defeated and anything had to be done to make it possible.

– Richard Llewellyn

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The only reason that evil exists is to challenge the good among us to defeated it.

– RJ Intindola

added by RJ Intindola
4 years ago

My father was an infinitely deliberate person, there's no way once he decided his own fate that he was going to give a clue about it, since that would have defeated the whole plan.

– Paul Andrews

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This country was willing to sacrifice men and women, all over the United States, to make sure that we defeated Germany and that we won that war and for the following 75 years that we made this world safe for democracy, the Green New Deal calls that sacrifice and service and scale of commitment to mind when it talks about the challenges that we face today.

– Beto ORourke

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Your existence is so tiny.You cannot fight,you cannot conquer. It is impossible to conceive how an individual unit can conquer the whole.And if the whole is purposeless and you are with purpose,you are going to be defeated.

– Osho, My Way: The Way of The White Clouds

added by anonymous
5 years ago

I just feel crushed. I don't know how else to explain it, it's like, there's got to be more. ... We had inflated Mueller into this giant balloon and now it's like all the air has come out and I don't know how I feel. I just, I just feel deflated and defeated.

– Karen Clay

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Anything is possible, today was the day a group of dedicated, everyday New Yorkers their neighbors defeated Amazon's corporate greed, its worker exploitation, and the power of the richest man in the world.

– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I want Trump defeated at the ballot box because he is a disgusting, immoral man.

– Charlie Stone

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

When I say,' we have defeated them,' I want to ensure that means they do not have the capability to plot or direct attacks against the Joseph Votel or our allies, they still have this very powerful ideology, so they can inspire.

– Joseph Votel

Found on CNN
5 years ago

ISIS and al-Qaidahave yet to be defeated, and American national security interests require continued commitment to our missions there.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The fact is that the families and the student survivors from Stoneman Douglas have spent the past almost nine months forcing this issue into the center of the political debate, that's why you've seen so many ads. That's why you've seen marches not just in Washington but all around the country. And that's why so many of my soon-to-be former colleagues were defeated because, for years, they thought that they could ignore arguments from families and gun safety advocates and sit back and comfortable receive gun company money, and think they would be protected.

– Ted Deutch

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The numbers do not lie, i defeated the Lawyers' Committee and their clients in 2014, and I look forward to successfully defending Georgia's common-sense verification law if they move forward with this litigation.

– Brian Kemp

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I think it is John McCain imparting a lesson in civility by asking the two men who defeated Steve Duprey to speak, as an example to America that differences in political views and contests shouldn't be so important that we lose our common bonds and the civility that is, or used to be, a hallmark of American democracy.

– Steve Duprey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

She will be a powerhouse woman of color in Congress and a steadfast champion for our values. She's challenged Donald Trump face-to-face, taken on and defeated the Koch Brothers in her own backyard, and her record of getting results for working people is simply stellar.

– Pramila Jayapal

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

They feel like America is lost. Marriage equality means they have been defeated, and they have lost the ability to influence American political life, africa is a place they can influence.

– Chris Beyrer

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Six weeks ago my specialist called me and said, 'You should start playing the Lotto', he had rarely, if ever, seen such a small but very aggressive cancerous malignancy that could be defeated by a single surgery.

– Elvis Costello

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I would tell someone who’s battling cancer to write down the five to ten things that you look forward to doing with the rest of your life. In other words, your future should be the focus. For example, ‘I want to see my grandchildren,’ or ‘I want to take that trip.’ You’ve got to find something to look forward to that will give you strength. You want it to draw you like a magnet. If you don’t try to self-motivate yourself through positive thoughts, cancer will win because it’s not easily defeated.

– Joe Marelle

added by JoJoOwens88
6 years ago

I know of no one who seriously believes that the United States and [South Korea] would be defeated in a war of aggression by North Korea if they were to attack, and I made it as clear as I could that if they were to do that, they would pay a price so great that the nation would probably not survive as it is known today.

– Bill Clinton

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

ISIS may have been defeated militarily, but ISIS’s goal is the de-Christianization of Iraq, it’s important that these ancient communities survive. If they don’t, even though ISIS has been driven out, they will have won ideologically.

– Andrew Walther

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

But Cantor, who was defeated in his 2014 primary by unknown economics professor Dave Brat, seemed to admit theGOPbattle-cry was just a charade. … ‘We sort of all got what was going on, that there was this disconnect in terms of communication, because no one wanted to take the time out in the general public to even think about ‘Wait a minute — that can’t happen,’ if you’ve got that anger working for you, you’re gonna let it be.

– The Washingtonian

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

You have to remember how I became mayor. I became mayor after being defeated twice as a product of assassination, of the mayor being killed and the first openly gay public official in America being killed by a friend and colleague of mine. So I saw firsthand when a city becomes divided, I saw and watched while squad cars (were) being blown up in a riot.

– Dianne Feinstein

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Tyrion Lannister: Last time we saw each other was at Winterfell, yes? You were making jokes about my height, I seem to recall. Everyone who makes a joke about a dwarf's height thinks he's the only person ever to make a joke about a dwarf's height. A height of nobility. A man of your stature. Someone to look up to. You're all making the same five or six jokes.Theon Greyjoy: It was a long time ago.Tyrion Lannister: It was. And how have things been going for you since then? Not so well I gather. Can't imagine you would have murdered the Stark boys if things had been going well.Theon Greyjoy: I didn't murder the Stark boys. But I did things that were just as bad, or worse.Yara Grejoy: And he paid for them.Tyrion Lannister: Doesn't seem like it. He's still alive. It was complicated for you I'm sure, growing up at Winterfell. Never quite knowing who you were. But then, we all live complicated lives, don't we?Daenerys Targaryen: You've brought us a hundred ships from the Iron fleet, with men to sail them. In return I expect you want me to support your claim to the throne of the Iron Islands?Theon Grejoy: Not my claim. [nods his head to Yara] Hers.Daenerys Targaryen: What's wrong with you?Theon Greyjoy: I'm not fit to rule.Tyrion Lannister: We can agree upon that at least.Daenerys Targaryen: Has the Iron Islands ever had a queen before?Yara Grejoy: No more than Westeros.Theon Grejoy: Our uncle Euron returned home after a long absence. He murdered our father, and took the Salt Throne from Yara. He would have murdered us if we'd stayed.Daenerys Targaryen: Lord Tyrion tells me your father was a terrible king.Yara Grejoy: You and I have that in common.Daenerys Targaryen: [after a short pause] We do. And both murdered by a usurper aswell. [turns to Tyrion] Will their ships be enough?Tyrion Lannister: With the former masters' fleet, possibly. Barely. [glares down at Theon] There are more than a hundred ships in the Iron fleet- Theon Grejoy: There are. And Euron's building more. [to Daenerys] He's going to offer them to you.Daenerys Targaryen: So why shouldn't I wait for him?Theon Greyjoy: The Iron fleet isn't all he's bringing. He also wants to give you-..Yara Grejoy: [scornfully] His big cock, I think he said. [Daenerys raises her eyebrows disapprovingly, smirking at Tyrion] Euron's offer is also an offer of marriage, you see.. You won't get one without the other.Daenerys Targaryen: And I imagine your offer is free of any marriage demands.Yara Grejoy: [softly] I never demand but I'm up for anything really.[Daenerys gazes at Yara with a smile]Theon Grejoy: He murdered our father and would have murdered us. He'll murder you as soon as you have what he wants.Tyrion Lannister: The seven kingdoms?Theon Grejoy: All of them.Daenerys Targaryen: And you don't want the seven kingdoms?Theon Grejoy: Your ancestors defeated ours, and took the Iron Islands. We ask you to give them back.Daenerys Targaryen: And that's all?Yara Grejoy: We'd like you to help us murder an uncle or two who think a woman's not fit to rule.Daenerys Targaryen: [with a smirk] Reasonable.Tyrion Lannister: [to Daenerys] What if everyone starts demanding their independence?Daenerys Targaryen: She's not demanding, she's asking. The others are free to ask aswell. [turns her head back to Theon and Yara] Our fathers were evil men. All of us here. They left the world worse than they found it. We're not going to do that. We're going to leave the world better than we found it. [stands up and begins walking down the stairs towards Theon and Yara while she speaks] You will support my claim as the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, and respect the integrity of the Seven Kingdoms. No more reaving, roving, raiding, or raping.Yara Greyjoy: [with a glare] That's our way of life.Daenerys Targaryen: No more.[Daenerys stares at Yara coldly, Yara turns her head to Theon who then nods at her in consent]Yara Grejoy: No more.[Yara lifts her arm up towards Daenerys. Daenerys, indecisively, looks over her shoulder at Tyrion who then signals her to accept Yara's arm-shake. After a brief hesitation, Daenerys puts a grasp around Yara's arm, shaking her arm]

– Game of Thrones, Season 6

added by apricity
7 years ago

The point the President was making is that we're ready. We're ready to defend our allies in this region. We want to send an unambiguous message especially to north Korea that any attempt to use weapons of any kind against our allies in this region or American forces abroad will be defeated and will be met with overwhelming force.

– Mike Pence

Found on CNN
7 years ago

He( Martin McGuinness.Look) did have an important role in the peace negotiations but that was not because he had changed his mind, he was aware that the Army intelligence services had infiltrated the Army Council right up at the top of the Army Council and that Army Council was defeated.

– Norman Tebbit

Found on CNN
7 years ago

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