#against

From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#beginning #desire #i #life #live

Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#against #fate #man #revolt

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#against #attacks #continue #feel #futile

If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more effective force for good in the world, when we need to buttress ourselves against the pressures and insecurities of globalization. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#back #constitutional #effective #europe #force

The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

#bear #bids #directly #fit #honor

There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another. ↗

— Edouard Manet

#another #areas #colour #lines #nature

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#better #right #take #than #thought

I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of taxation without representation. I don't think we can do that. ↗

— Mike Lee

#again #against #ceiling #debt #debt ceiling

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

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again. ↗

— Carl Lewis

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