#antagonist

Even when Darwin's teaching first made its appearance, it became clear at once that its scientific, materialist core, its teaching concerning the evolution of living nature, was antagonistic to the idealism that reigned in biology. ↗

— Trofim Lysenko

#appearance #became #biology #clear #concerning

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#helper #nerves #our #sharpens #skill

When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception. ↗

— Emile Coue

#antagonistic #any #conflict #exception #imagination

I'm nihilistic, antagonistic, violent, horrible - but not obliterated, yet. I just refuse to be beaten down. I think it's stubborness that keeps me going. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#beaten #down #going #horrible #i

I'm having fun opening up. Sort of struggling to get the audience into it. It's good. It makes you fight. Not fight like antagonistic. But fight for what you believe. ↗

— Joan Jett

#audience #believe #fight #fun #get

I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#antagonist #cast #ensemble #great #i

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody else a foolish crowd walking on mirrors. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#crowd #else #everybody #everybody else #fascinating

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good. ↗

— Plato

#antagonistic #good #must #remain #something

Further study of central nervous action, however, finds central inhibition too extensive and ubiquitous to make it likely that it is confined solely to the taxis of antagonistic muscles. ↗

— Charles Scott Sherrington

#antagonistic #central #confined #extensive #finds

We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice. ↗

— Anita Hill

#based #bias #continues #court #excluding