#against

It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs. ↗

— Kanye West

#baggy #hustled #i #jeans #me

'Press Your Luck' was probably the most exciting because of the unpredictability of the game and how I won on one of the three days on the very last spin against all odds. It was one of those great unpredictable game show moments. ↗

— Randy West

#because #days #exciting #game #game show

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#directed #life #mechanism #offensive #repetitious

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? ↗

— Walt Whitman

#against #aside #disputed #great #learned

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest. ↗

— Venus Williams

#focus #goals #i #ignore #rest

Actually, I really wanted to play against Venus because I have so much respect for both Serena and Venus. ↗

— Elena Vesnina

#against #because #both #her #i

They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas. ↗

— Ed Gillespie

#baghdad #baltimore #believe #kansas #like

The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations. ↗

— John M. Ford

#audience #deliberately #dislike #expectations #goes

So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#chinese #cultivate #employer #even #extensively

Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either. ↗

— Lee Trevino

#betting #caddie #care #either #nobody