#resist

If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#choose #gender #i #ignore #just

The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#better #blow #depends #either #fly

I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire in some way. That's why I resist being appropriated as the current repository of Shakespeare on the planet. That would mean I'm part of the English cultural elite, and I am utterly ill-fitted to be. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#appropriated #being #british #cultural #current

I resist life. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#life #resist

I'm drawn to the path of least resistance. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#i #least #path #resistance

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#cost #most #resistance #senseless

This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#consequences #heroic #me #ordinary #ordinary people

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. ↗

— Henry Ford

#enthusiasm #execute #eyes #gait #grip

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#begins #blocking #ends #his #man

I can resist everything except temptation. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#except #i #i can #resist #temptation