#gains

Ever since I took to the streets when I was 17 to protest at great personal risk against the communist dictatorship, I have been a passionate democrat. ↗

— Victor Ponta

#been #communist #democrat #dictatorship #ever

When I broke in, in 1957, it was wide open. Now you're up against strong competition. ↗

— Larry King

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It's better for me to go up against someone's passion with my passion and then clarifying something that he wrote. Then I know how to work around certain things. ↗

— Penny Marshall

#around #better #certain #certain things #go

If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you. ↗

— Peter Marshall

#any #anybody #bridge #come #destroy

I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11. ↗

— Adam Michnik

#consider #countries #day #did #even

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

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I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister. ↗

— Jessica Mitford

#bury #i #just #nothing #personally

Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern. ↗

— Edward Moore

#against #ay #city #congregation #every

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#amount #certain #great #help #kites

Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#asked #between #campaign #candidates #choice