#gains

I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty. ↗

— Richard O'Brien

#been #bounty #continual #cushioned #having

With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue. ↗

— Ted Lindsay

#attempt #benefits #clubs #filed #increased

All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death. ↗

— Jacques Lipchitz

#against #answer #art #artist #asked

I have no ill will in my heart against anybody in this world. ↗

— Alex Campbell

#anybody #heart #i #ill #will

Bourgeois class domination is undoubtedly an historical necessity, but, so too, the rising of the working class against it. Capital is an historical necessity, but, so too, its grave digger, the socialist proletariat. ↗

— Rosa Luxemburg

#bourgeois #capital #class #domination #grave

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#artist #blow #defiance #every #exists

It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya. ↗

— Aslan Maskhadov

#against #army #chechnya #combat #economic

One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#against #alcoholic #career #cruelest #i

Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#authority #divorce #every #frequently #fundamentalists

We will not take Arsenal lightly for one minute, as they showed in the two matches against us last season that they can be dangerous opponents if we lose our concentration for a moment. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#arsenal #concentration #dangerous #last #last season