#gains

I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

#always #i #powers #rebel #time

I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred. ↗

— David Antin

#casual #emphasize #i #sacred #secular

I even feel guilty if I'm reading a novel, because I think I should be reading Homer again. I don't really know what free time is, because I don't have something to measure it against. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#against #because #even #feel #free

We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against the organization for our work, and that is a difficult role. On the other hand, I get undue credit. ↗

— Julian Assange

#always #attacks #attract #credit #criticism

The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#agree #alliance #destruction #effective #international

By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion. ↗

— John Acton

#assurance #authority #believes #custom #doing

If you're against globalisation, it doesn't achieve much by sort of bombing the head offices of Shell or Nestle. You unsettle people much more by blowing up an Oxfam shop because people can't understand the motive. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#against #because #blowing #bombing #globalisation

Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it. ↗

— Richard Adams

#beings #enjoy #feeling #human #human beings

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#against #knows #man #stream #strength

I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have nothing against hip-hop. I think some of it is really good. But on the other hand, some of the real great artists are just being lost because they're not getting the airplay or anything to make them inspired to record again. ↗

— Nickolas Ashford

#against #airplay #anything #artists #because