#against

In my view, the humanity of our world can be measured against the fate of Africa. ↗

— Horst Koehler

#against #fate #humanity #measured #our

But picketing - picketing for or against something, and handing out literature - these are conspicuously formal actions. They have to be understood as indirect communication. ↗

— Tony Conrad

#against #communication #conspicuously #formal #handing

It is distressing to me that we live in an age in which we still must fight to protect our civil rights as Americans, in which a hate crime perpetrated against someone based their sexual orientation can go unpunished, and in which discrimination is being written into our laws. ↗

— John Conyers

#age #based #being #civil #civil rights

That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#against #could #defend #doing #everything

I remember interviewing someone I actually felt bad for, and therefore didn't want to take an ironic stance against him. It actually turned out to be a really funny piece. ↗

— Rob Corddry

#against #bad #felt #funny #him

He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage. ↗

— George Combe

#curious #facts #goodness #illustration #mere

The bottom line is, it's a great script and that's very inspiring and makes you want to overcome whatever technical difficulties you come up against. ↗

— John Crowley

#bottom #bottom line #come #difficulties #great

Well, acting itself is a form of rebellion, always. Getting up there in front of people, telling stories - you're kind of going against the grain to begin with, wanting to do that, don't you think? Why else would you do it? Except maybe as kind of a way to affirm your very existence. ↗

— John Cusack

#affirm #against #always #begin #else

I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which I am a part is a struggle against the American nightmare. ↗

— Eldridge Cleaver

#am #american #american dream #citizen #dream

I'd always fought against presenting radio really, because my father was a radio DJ in Australia. He's just recently retired. And I kind of didn't want to follow in his footsteps. But I suppose, as we all find as we become older, to some extent we do all become our parents. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#always #australia #because #become #dj