#against

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#against #apart #director #doing #falls

Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#against #aggression #assert #barren #chose

Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United. ↗

— Mark Lawrenson

#against #city #day #exeter #fans

The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career. ↗

— Mario Lemieux

#against #career #few #first #games

The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. ↗

— Carl Levin

#against #campaign #crucial #iraq #liberation

If you clean your body out so that it is not fighting against you, you rest better, think better and you're always light on your feet. ↗

— Ray Lewis

#always #better #body #clean #feet

What began as a revolt in response to the King of Great Britain's repeated injuries against the colonies, soon became a passionate and glorious call to fight for the beginnings of a new country. ↗

— John Linder

#became #began #beginnings #britain #call

I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me. ↗

— James Taylor

#amazingly #blessings #how #i #look

I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#alone #am #beloved #drops #fire

Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes for years. ↗

— Rose Macaulay

#against #anesthetic #blinding #brings #conscience