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Fight Quotes

"Whatever your fight, don't be ladylike."

"Whatever your fight, don't be ladylike."

Mother Jones, American Activist

5

"We can fight Big Industry."

"We can fight Big Industry."

Bobby Scott, American Politician

5

"I want to get back to my fighting weight of 98 pounds. I have the exact measurements of that guy from the movie, Powder. Right now, I am the reigning West Coast Powder."

"I want to get back to my fighting weight of 98 pounds. I have the exact measurements of that guy from the movie, Powder. Right now, I am the reigning West Coast Powder."

David Spade, American Actor

Fight, Fighting, Now, Right, Want

5

"You have to listen to adversaries and keep looking for that point beyond which it's against their interests to keep on disagreeing or fighting."

"You have to listen to adversaries and keep looking for that point beyond which it's against their interests to keep on disagreeing or fighting."

Cyrus Vance, American Statesman

Fight, Fighting

5

"All these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they'd have had to sit down to have a cup of tea."

"All these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they'd have had to sit down to have a cup of tea."

Mark Strong, English Actor

Fight, Fighting, Tea

5

"I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague, more than ever."

"I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague, more than ever."

Klaus Kinski, German Actor

5

"When Barack Obama is right, then I'll support him. When he is wrong, I'll fight him."

"When Barack Obama is right, then I'll support him. When he is wrong, I'll fight him."

Paul Broun, American Politician

Fight, Right, Support, Wrong

5

"I feel like I still am struggling in a lot of different ways. I still have to fight for certain things. Certain jobs. At least I'm working and I'm thankful for that."

"I feel like I still am struggling in a lot of different ways. I still have to fight for certain things. Certain jobs. At least I'm working and I'm thankful for that."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

5

"The fight will last as long as I allow it to last, and then I will knock him out."

"The fight will last as long as I allow it to last, and then I will knock him out."

Lennox Lewis, English Athlete

5

"I will also continue to fight to provide better economic security for victims of domestic violence."

"I will also continue to fight to provide better economic security for victims of domestic violence."

Lucille Roybal Allard, American Politician

Fight, Security, Victims, Violence

5

"I'd stop in the middle of a gun fight and sing a song."

"I'd stop in the middle of a gun fight and sing a song."

Ken Curtis, American Actor

5

"Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand."

"Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand."

John Burns, English Activist

5

"Well, I think that we have to continue to fight for what we believe."

"Well, I think that we have to continue to fight for what we believe."

Roy Moore, American Judge

5

"If you try to fight the course, it will beat you."

"If you try to fight the course, it will beat you."

Lou Holtz, American Coach

5

"I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight."

"I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight."

Michael Landon, American Actor

5

"I've never had to fight hard for anything I've gotten in the past."

"I've never had to fight hard for anything I've gotten in the past."

Tyrese Gibson, American Actor

5

"If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it."

"If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Fight, Nations, United

5

"In a false quarrel there is no true valor."

"In a false quarrel there is no true valor."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Fight, Quarrel, Valor

5

"I abide where there is a fight against wrong."

"I abide where there is a fight against wrong."

Mary Harris Jones, American Activist

5

"When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit."

"When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit."

Alison Bechdel, American Cartoonist

Fight, Fighting, Karate, Pretty, Years

5

"I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet."

"I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet."

George Foreman, American Athlete

Fight, Fighting, Want

4

"We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!"

"We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!"

Nancy Pelosi, American Politician

Fight, Fighting, Past

4

"Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight."

"Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight."

Tim Roth, British Actor

4

"We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty."

"We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty."

Peter Pace, American General

Fight, Fighting, Leaders, Loyalty

4

"The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it."

"The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it."

Cillian Murphy, Irish Actor

4

"The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response."

"The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response."

Daniel Goleman, American Author

4

"I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that."

"I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that."

David Guterson, American Author

4

"Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal to continue the barbaric practice of game bird and illegal dog fighting."

"Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal to continue the barbaric practice of game bird and illegal dog fighting."

Earl Blumenauer, American Politician

Fight, Fighting, Practice, Years

4

"You can't get big in hockey. You need to be pliable... they've even taken fighting out of the game, so there's no more of those big huge guys who just fight."

"You can't get big in hockey. You need to be pliable... they've even taken fighting out of the game, so there's no more of those big huge guys who just fight."

Brett Hull, American Athlete

Fight, Fighting

4

"I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts."

"I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts."

Sally Field, American Actress

Fight, Fighting

4

"I'm having fun opening up. Sort of struggling to get the audience into it. It's good. It makes you fight. Not fight like antagonistic. But fight for what you believe."

"I'm having fun opening up. Sort of struggling to get the audience into it. It's good. It makes you fight. Not fight like antagonistic. But fight for what you believe."

Joan Jett, American Musician

4

"I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere."

"I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere."

Tommy Lee Jones, American Actor

4

"I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism."

"I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

Fight, Fighting

4

"If you don't have any fight in you, you might as well be dead."

"If you don't have any fight in you, you might as well be dead."

Scott Caan, American Actor

4

"I'm a charming coward; I fight with words."

"I'm a charming coward; I fight with words."

Carl Reiner, American Actor

4

"It's been so long since I was in a real fight."

"It's been so long since I was in a real fight."

Method Man, American Musician

4

"You must show the world that you abhor fighting."

"You must show the world that you abhor fighting."

Desmond Tutu, South African Leader

Fight, Fighting, World, Southafrican

4

"As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget."

"As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget."

Corrine Brown, American Politician

Fight, President, Will

4

"The worst thing that can happen to us in an ideological struggle is to become what we are fighting."

"The worst thing that can happen to us in an ideological struggle is to become what we are fighting."

Nick Clooney, American Politician

Fight, Fighting, Struggle

4

"I think Blank Generation holds up pretty well. You listen to that with headphones and there's a lot going on there with the guitars- it's the product of a lot of fighting."

"I think Blank Generation holds up pretty well. You listen to that with headphones and there's a lot going on there with the guitars- it's the product of a lot of fighting."

Robert Quine, American Musician

Fight, Fighting, Pretty

4

"There are so many exceptions to free speech: child pornography, cross burning, libel, fighting words."

"There are so many exceptions to free speech: child pornography, cross burning, libel, fighting words."

Cliff Stearns, American Politician

Fight, Fighting, Pornography, Words

4

"I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter."

"I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter."

Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete

4

"It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them."

"It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them."

Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist

Fight, Principles

4

"I don't like yelling and fighting, and I can't quarrel."

"I don't like yelling and fighting, and I can't quarrel."

Grace Kelly, American Actress

Fight, Fighting, Quarrel

4

"Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive."

"Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive."

Antisthenes, Greek Philosopher

Fight, Gifts, Quarrels

4

"I really fight for my privacy."

"I really fight for my privacy."

Kyle MacLachlan, American Actor

4

"That was the fight. I knew that I had done something that no man had been able to do to a champion."

"That was the fight. I knew that I had done something that no man had been able to do to a champion."

Thomas Hearns, American Athlete

4

"We will separate, but we will not quarrel."

"We will separate, but we will not quarrel."

Amos A. Lawrence, American Industrialist

Fight, Quarrel, Will

4

"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them."

"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them."

Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist

Fight, Principles

4

"As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place."

"As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place."

Nong Duc Manh, Vietnamese Politician

Fight, Problems

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