#resisted

It's not that I have resisted songwriting, it's just not something I felt I have had to do. I've just not woken up and thought, I must do this. But I have often heard music that I have instantly felt 'I have to sing that song'. ↗

— Alison Krauss

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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

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Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#because #bureaucrats #change #chaos #exist

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

— Victor Hugo

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There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

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And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#female #forces #found #full #groups

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#avoid #been #did #experience #had

In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

#before #better #clumsy #enemy #force

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it. ↗

— Anthony Head

#becoming #david #hope #i #idea

If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted. ↗

— Larry McMurtry

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