#against

The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy. ↗

— Frank Miller

#biggest #bulwark #bunch #democracy #fall

Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#against #civilization #human #human civilization #innate

This is the entertainment industry, so game designers have to have a creative mind and also have to be able to stand up against the marketing people at their company - otherwise they cannot be creative. There are not that many people who fit that description. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#against #also #cannot #company #creative

I think when you talk about competing against others, the problem is that you refer to something that's been done already and try to beat it. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#against #already #beat #been #competing

Putin and his advisers don't understand the power of public opinion in the West. They believe in conspiracy theories and that someone is orchestrating a malicious campaign against Russia. They don't realize that even conservative politicians have to react when newspapers and artists express their concern on such an issue. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#artists #believe #campaign #concern #conservative

Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way. ↗

— Holly Near

#child #intended #lullaby #much #music

It's been dawning on me slowly that for the past 35 years I have been cast against type, and I'm finally getting to do what I really wanted to do. ↗

— Leslie Nielsen

#been #cast #dawning #finally #getting

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god? ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#charge #could #god #i #i love

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#believe #believers #feels #find #guards

To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#against #bones #comes #depends #go