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Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about guilt, reward, duty, common sense, sense, truth

Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die.

Quote by Charles Babbage about heads

In the process of defending the integrity of my story, I would clean up the structural problems without focusing on them. I've used it myself with the writers I've mentored.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about integrity, writers, problems

This way of life is worth defending.

Quote by George W. Bush about life

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

Quote by Thomas Paine about consequences, defeat, enemies

I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place.

Quote by Gwyneth Paltrow about opinion, conversation, good, good luck

Sometimes I think they should set up an asylum for people like that a whole slew of paparazzi defending their positions.

Quote by Robin Wright Penn about opinion, people

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.

Quote by Thomas Hardy about enemies, flight