#gains

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one. ↗

— Anatole France

#against #believers #certain #constructing #degree

If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it's wrong. It's just wrong. ↗

— Al Franken

#after #against #armed #armed forces #believe

I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence. ↗

— Helen Garner

#disturbed #i #very #violence #women

And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect. ↗

— Seth Godin

#align #because #change #connect #factories

When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them. ↗

— Wayne Gretzky

#bigger #faster #figure #had #i

The Almighty gave us our lives, and I suppose He meant us to defend them, at least I have always acted on that, and I hope it will not be brought up against me when my clock strikes. ↗

— H. Rider Haggard

#against #almighty #always #brought #clock

I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again. ↗

— Peter Hain

#again #against #clique #european #freedom

I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules. ↗

— Leo Durocher

#argue #effort #game #i #made

I think my emotional revulsion against Stalin's terror would have stopped me in my tracks. ↗

— Theodore Hall

#emotional #i #i think #me #revulsion

We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#agreed #back #both #determined #fight