#against

Initially charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest I was held for 36 hours, was beaten by cops and made to stand spread eagled against the cell wall for 12 hours with no food or water, until I collapsed. Everyone was strip searched on the way in. ↗

— John Blair

#arrest #assaulting #beaten #cell #charged

In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted. ↗

— Zac Efron

#back #business #careers #chances #could

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. ↗

— George Eliot

#any #feeling #general #little #much

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. ↗

— George Eliot

#behind #best #failure #fear #i

I grew up playing war. We threw dirt and rocks at each other. We'd lead attacks. We'd break up into squads. It became a neighborhood thing for a while, our neighborhood against the other neighborhood. There was always a war breaking out somewhere. ↗

— David James Elliott

#always #attacks #became #break #break up

And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence. ↗

— David Bohm

#avoid #call #i #keeping #results

It's happened time and time again, but the committee has always decided against it-the work was too conservative or didn't fit within the budget; there are millions of different reasons. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#against #always #budget #committee #conservative

This is another major feature of thought: Thought doesn't know it is doing something and then it struggles against it is doing. It doesn't want to know that it is doing it. ↗

— David Bohm

#another #doing #feature #know #major

All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others. ↗

— John Engler

#against #any #economy #had #improved

I will run against anybody. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#anybody #i #run #will