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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Quotes 253 . Today the quote is ... we have another

  • one by Mark Twain and I've done a number by him before. He always has a lot of good

  • quotes. Remember he's one of the most famous classic American novelist. So many,

  • many people know him and you might even be familiar with some of his quotes. But

  • anyway here's the quote we're going to cover today." It's not the size of the dog

  • in the fight. It is the size of the fight in the dog"

  • Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. What Mark Twain means by this quote is

  • it's not the size of your enemy or how immense or how large one's problems or

  • obstacles are that one must face in life that will determine one's success or

  • one's failure. Rather the qualities that will lead one to defeat an enemy or gain

  • success or victory are one's spirit, determination, and passion. So that's what

  • it means. So here when we say the fight. The fight could be against an opponent.

  • It could be directly against an enemy. But it could also be against some other

  • problems that you have in life too. This could really refer to all of that. All

  • right. Let's continue here. Another meaning of the word fight in, in English

  • is one's energy and determination not to give up and to continue to push towards

  • one's goals. So when you look at the quote again and they say it's not the

  • size of the dog in the fight. Well here the first fight simply means battle. But

  • the second fight actually means the one I'm covering here. It means you're

  • determined, determination your passion your will. Things like that. That make you

  • push ahead. They give you your ambition. That give you your drive. That's the....

  • That's what the second fight here means. All right. Let's continue. You sometimes

  • hear people say does he have any fight left in him ? Meaning does

  • still have any spirit or determination to push ahead to try to win to try to

  • conquer ? Or he still has some fight in him. Sometimes we say that, like

  • somebody's not willing to give up yet. They're still trying to win. They're

  • still trying to push ahead. So you know, watch out. All right. We also say someone

  • is a fighter. This is true. As in one refuses to be defeated. So they will just

  • keep going no matter what. Doctors will sometimes talk about

  • whether a patient is a fighter. A patient who is a fighter has a much greater

  • chance of survival in a life- threatening operation.

  • Yeah. So that's really important. If you ended up in that sort of situation.

  • Those that are not a fighter might give up more easily. They might just let go.

  • But a fighter he'll try to hold on. He'll try to push it. You know, maybe

  • sometimes that makes all the difference in whether you can survive some

  • operations like this. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it's clear. I hope it was

  • food for thought. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

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