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"You have to play defense, that's how you win."
Peter Bondra
"You have to play defense, that's how you win."
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"I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps the other way. It goes right by his glove and I laugh."
Rod Carew
"I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps the other way. It goes right by his glove and I laugh."
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"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without."
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"I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level."
Rafael Palmeiro
"I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level."
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"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
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"If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense."
Johnnie Cochran
"If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense."
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"Today, Jewish defense is an accepted thing."
Meir Kahane
"Today, Jewish defense is an accepted thing."
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"Right is its own defense."
Bertolt Brecht
"Right is its own defense."
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"There is no defense against a perfect pass. I can throw the perfect pass."
Dan Marino
"There is no defense against a perfect pass. I can throw the perfect pass."
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"They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense."
Bill Laimbeer
"They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense."
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"America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States."
Rudy Giuliani
"America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States."
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"Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs."
Herman Kahn
"Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs."
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"Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial trial and have been permitted to make their defense."
Robert Walpole
"Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial trial and have been permitted to make their defense."
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"I appeal to all Britishers to answer this call to arms for the defence of all the principles that we Englishmen have been the first to proclaim in the world."
John Amery
"I appeal to all Britishers to answer this call to arms for the defence of all the principles that we Englishmen have been the first to proclaim in the world."
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"I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack."
George Wald
"I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack."
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"These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have."
Bill Kristol
"These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have."
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"I always root for the defense."
Wellington Mara
"I always root for the defense."
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"Defense is superior to opulence."
Adam Smith
"Defense is superior to opulence."
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"Each and every Notary Public plays a crucial role in combating identity theft. They serve as our front line of defense and the public is safer because of the job they do."
Ken Salazar
"Each and every Notary Public plays a crucial role in combating identity theft. They serve as our front line of defense and the public is safer because of the job they do."
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"Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins."
Dan Quayle
"Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins."
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"The nation's obligation to her defenders is as old as that defense itself."
Steve Buyer
"The nation's obligation to her defenders is as old as that defense itself."
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"Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries."
Frank B. Kellogg
"Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries."
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"The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system."
David Korten
"The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system."
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"The Department of Defense took 40 years to get where it got."
Michael Chertoff
"The Department of Defense took 40 years to get where it got."
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"And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense."
George Wald
"And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense."
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"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?"
Patrick Henry
"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?"
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"Keep a journal, and learn how to see how you as an individuals sees information so you can learn your own sign language. Meditate and practice psychic self defense and surrounding yourself with prayer."
John Edward
"Keep a journal, and learn how to see how you as an individuals sees information so you can learn your own sign language. Meditate and practice psychic self defense and surrounding yourself with prayer."
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"Be it the First World War or the Second World War, India never attacked other countries. We never attacked any country for conquering their territory. But our brave soldiers fought for others and sacrificed their lives in both the Wars. And, the world must recognise this."
Narendra Modi
"Be it the First World War or the Second World War, India never attacked other countries. We never attacked any country for conquering their territory. But our brave soldiers fought for others and sacrificed their lives in both the Wars. And, the world must recognise this."
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"There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights."
Smedley Butler
"There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights."
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"The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done."
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"As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway."
Gerhard Schroder
"As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway."
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"The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment."
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
"The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment."
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"The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap."
Bill Maher
"The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap."
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"It is impossible to have a public trial if you can't guarantee the safety of witnesses, judges or defense counsel."
Richard Goldstone
"It is impossible to have a public trial if you can't guarantee the safety of witnesses, judges or defense counsel."
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"In my own defense, I wrote a one-man show, and that to me was more where I fit."
Christopher Meloni
"In my own defense, I wrote a one-man show, and that to me was more where I fit."
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"It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense."
Herman Kahn
"It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense."
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"I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned."
Shimon Peres
"I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned."
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"In fact, in 2002, the Secretary of Defense authorized such support on a reimbursable basis to organizations formerly components of the Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury and currently components of the Department of Homeland Security."
Solomon Ortiz
"In fact, in 2002, the Secretary of Defense authorized such support on a reimbursable basis to organizations formerly components of the Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury and currently components of the Department of Homeland Security."
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"I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?"
Robert Redford
"I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?"
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"Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack."
Sun Tzu
"Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack."
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"That is why it is so important not only to have excellent treatment but also to try to get back the immune defense, because there you have a natural defense that takes place everywhere."
Luc Montagnier
"That is why it is so important not only to have excellent treatment but also to try to get back the immune defense, because there you have a natural defense that takes place everywhere."
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"All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments."
Bill Kristol
"All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments."
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"What postmodernism gives us instead is a multicultural defense for male violence - a defense for it wherever it is, which in effect is a pretty universal defense."
Catharine MacKinnon
"What postmodernism gives us instead is a multicultural defense for male violence - a defense for it wherever it is, which in effect is a pretty universal defense."
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"There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride."
Helen Hunt Jackson
"There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride."
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"So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per cent of the Gross National Product."
George Wald
"So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per cent of the Gross National Product."
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"Big league defense is going to get outs most times."
Barry Zito
"Big league defense is going to get outs most times."
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"We've been playing ugly. Without all of our bodies, we've been kicking it all over the shop, but fortunately we've been able to make the big buckets and rely on our defense for once."
Steve Nash
"We've been playing ugly. Without all of our bodies, we've been kicking it all over the shop, but fortunately we've been able to make the big buckets and rely on our defense for once."
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"If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts."
William Thomas
"If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts."
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"But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense."
Rafael Palmeiro
"But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense."
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"Leaving Iraq without military assistance during its transition, and before it is stable enough to ensure its own citizens' security, would pose a tremendous risk. We must complete our mission."
Doc Hastings
"Leaving Iraq without military assistance during its transition, and before it is stable enough to ensure its own citizens' security, would pose a tremendous risk. We must complete our mission."
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