#resist

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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The hesitancy is in the detail, not the principal. There has been no resistance to the principal of women playing in the Open if they are qualified for it. We are not dragging our feet. It's just that we never had cause to think about it before. ↗

— Peter Dawson

#been #before #cause #detail #dragging

When I die, don't let my death stop the resistance. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#die #i #resistance #stop

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#because #found #i #me #never

To fly we have to have resistance. ↗

— Maya Lin

#resistance

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

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Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I resisted. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#had #i #me #never #number

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#illness #man #never #onset #own

There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent. ↗

— John Raleigh Mott

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I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing. ↗

— Guy Pearce

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