#gains

I'm against an all-white anything or an all-black anything. ↗

— Charles Evers

#anything #i

I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#business #came #clash #gigs #going

However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#against #another #community #does #even

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. ↗

— Mark Twain

#against #being #cannot #chances #deceive

Getting a chance to practice six months against my own teammates, who I consider the best soccer players in the world, there's no way I couldn't improve. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#best #chance #consider #getting #i

I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#fighting #girl #i #little #little girl

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went. ↗

— Richard Branson

#balloon #brick #brick wall #force #found

You learn from playing against the best players and the best teams, and we're going to keep fighting and figuring out ways to beat them. ↗

— Scott Brooks

#beat #best #fighting #figuring #going

Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an "ethic." ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#appropriate #else #ethic #happen #i

The aggressive, unprovoked acts of violence against Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are revealing. It is clear they don't want peace, but rather seek the ultimate destruction of Israel. ↗

— John Boehner

#against #aggressive #clear #destruction #hamas