Quotes with against

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  • Eric Butterworth Evil, and evil spirits, devils and devil possession, are the outgrowth of man's inadequate consciousness of God. We must avoid thinking of evil as a thing in itself-a force that works against man or, against God, if you will.
    Eric Butterworth
    American minister, author, and radio personality
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  • Bill Gurley Facebook has stitched together your social graph. The idea of an interest graph is to bring together everyone that has shared interests. If I can isolate the people who are into mountain biking in Marin, in one place, the ability to put ads against that is really high.
    Bill Gurley
    American businessman (1966 - )
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  • E. M. Forster Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this wriggle.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Blaise Pascal Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Ignazio Silone Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.
    Ignazio Silone
    Italian writer and politician (ps by Secondo Tranquilli) (1900 - 1978)
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  • Bill Medley For Bobby and I to sing R&B and sound black was probably the stupidest thing we could do. White radio stations wouldn't play us because they thought we were black. Black stations wouldn't play us because they thought we were white. Any time you break ground, you go against the grain.
    Bill Medley
    American singer and songwriter (1940 - )
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  • Andrei Sakharov For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed against me personally but which at the same time is all around me.
    Andrei Sakharov
    Russian nuclear physicist, dissident and activist (1921 - 1989)
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  • Aeschylus For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Brad Feld For those trying to protect the past, it is a way of retaining power, status, money, a way a life, predictability, comfort, control, and a bunch of other things like that. It is a struggle against the inevitability of change.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Sam Snead Forget your opponents; always play against par.
    Sam Snead
    American professional golfer (1912 - 2002)
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  • Mario Puzo Fredo you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the Family.
    The Godfather
    Mario Puzo
    American author, screenwriter and journalist (1920 - 1999)
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  • Betty Friedan Friedan: I think it's partly a reaction against feminism, partly envy of feminism, and partly partly a real need of men to evolve through the burden of the masculine mystique, the burden of machismo.
    The Playboy Interview
    Betty Friedan
    American feministisch writer (1921 - 2006)
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  • Baltasar Gracian Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. Tis the sole remedy against misfortune, the very ventilation of the soul.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Bette Davis Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Alcee Hastings Given the fact that most religions share basic values, it is most unfortunate that religious people can be played off against each other so easily. One possible reason for this may be that people do not know enough about other people's beliefs.
    Alcee Hastings
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Brendan Behan God forgive us—but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
    Brendan Behan
    Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright (1923 - 1964)
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  • Bob Barr Going to war against Iran - whether one calls such a move 'surgical' or 'total' - would be an extremely serious undertaking; with worldwide economic, military, diplomatic and human ramifications in both the short- and the long-term.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Anne Boleyn Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die.
    Anne Boleyn
    English queen, second wife of Hendruk VIII
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  • Henry David Thoreau Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bernard Berenson Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.
    Bernard Berenson
    American art historian (1865 - 1959)
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