#gains

I was talking to one of my aunties at Christmas and she said she didn't think it was ever in my nature to go against the grain, that I was always a good boy. I think she was right - I did always want to be good. ↗

— James McAvoy

#always #boy #christmas #did #ever

I've been doing everything I can to reach out and understand why people voted against me. They were trying to send a message. I have to be more sensitive in the way I express myself, and I have to be more thoughtful in the positions I take. ↗

— James P. Moran

#been #doing #everything #express #i

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law. ↗

— Taslima Nasrin

#because #beings #human #human beings #i

I played in Kent's triumphant Second XI Trophy final team last season, ironically against Hampshire 2nds at the Rose Bowl last September, finishing with 2-17 off six overs. ↗

— James Hibberd

#bowl #final #finishing #hampshire #i

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#powerful #powerless #satire #traditionally #weapon

A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so. ↗

— Eyvind Johnson

#achieved #achievements #against #back #backdrop

People who take risks are the people you'll lose against. ↗

— John Sculley

#lose #people #risks #take #who

'Weary Willie' is very real to me. He is a man who has given up. The boat has gone and left him. The cards are stacked against him. He's content to make out with what he's got. He knows he'll go no further. ↗

— Emmett Kelly

#boat #cards #content #further #given

When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith. ↗

— Abraham Kuyper

#bare #battle #become #before #begin

More needs to be done to take the fight to the enemy and secure our borders against the terrorist threat. We need more protection on land, sea and air. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#air #borders #done #enemy #fight