“I had to fight so hard not to cry.”
Julie Anne Peters (1952) American writer
Source: By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“Ich entschloss mich, die Nazis in der Zukunft zu bekämpfen,” Giessener Anzeiger, Giessen, Germany, April 6, 2005.
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“I had to fight so hard not to cry.”
Julie Anne Peters (1952) American writer
Source: By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
John D. Bulkeley (1911–1996) United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Source: As quoted in 1944, "Namesake USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) https://www.surflant.usff.navy.mil/Organization/Operational-Forces/Destroyers/USS-Bulkeley-DDG-84/About-Us/Namesake/
Georges St. Pierre (1981) Canadian mixed martial artist
To Matt Hughes at UFC 63 after Matt beat BJ Penn in the 3rd round.
MMA
Enoch Powell (1912–1998) British politician
Source: Remarks to student hecklers at a speech in Cardiff (8 November 1968), from Simon Heffer, Like the Roman. The Life of Enoch Powell (Phoenix, 1999), p. 489
“I still have the motivation to practice and fight.”
Reza Goodary (1988) Mixed martial artist
Source: I do not remember much, I just know I did not even think that after 25 years from that day, I still have the motivation to practice and fight. https://www.iribnews.ir/00DSMD IRIB News, (August 31, 2021)
“I was going to fight vampires, and my name wasn't Buffy--I was so screwed.”
Patricia Briggs book Frost Burned
Source: Frost Burned
Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936) Greek politician
Source: Victory of Venizelos, 1920, p. 178 ; In reply to the question, "What if you find German troops barring the way?" from the pro-German Greek MP Theotokis in the House. Later, Venizelos was dismissed from office.