Resistance Quotes - Page 10

• Men as well as rivers grow crooked by following the path of least resistance.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Men, Rivers, Path

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• An object is great in proportion to its power of resistance to time and the elements. That is why we think the pyramids are great. But see, the desert is greater than the pyramids, and the sea is greater than the desert, and the heavens are greater than the sea.

  Ameen Rihani

  Thinking, Sea, Pyramids

  Ameen Rihani (2016). “The Book of Khalid: A Critical Edition”, p.26, Syracuse University Press

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• Nor ought we ever to allow any growing power to acquire such a degree of strength as to be able to tear from us, without resistance, our natural, undisputed rights.

  Polybius

  Rights, Tears, Degrees

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• I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about songwriting is songs used to tell a story.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Song, Mean, Stories

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• [W]e will do what we like with the bourgeoisie. ... We give the orders; they do what they are told. Any resistance will be broken ruthlessly.

  Adolf Hitler

  Order, Broken, Giving

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• Spiritual superiority [consists in] deep dedication ... in the form of the most rigorous training, as commitment, resistance, solitude, and love.

  Martin Heidegger

  Spiritual, Commitment, Dedication

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• I think that you take the path of least resistance. And for a lot of people comedy is that path. I mean, even against mainstream, it's easier to sell a comedy than a drama.

  Kevin Grevioux

  Drama, Mean, Thinking

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I'm very patient and always willing to try things but I have some resistance as well because I have my own vision. I have resistance sometimes because I see a director who's freaking out and wants to have control and they sometimes anticipate about what I'm going to be doing or not.

  Juliette Binoche

  Vision, Trying, Directors

  "Juliette Binoche Talks ‘Elles,’ Masturbation & her Upcoming Portrayal of Camille Claudel". Interview with Matt Mueller, www.indiewire.com. April 23, 2012.

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• I was surprised by how forces in the community could mobilize against a community changing. There were many examples of this. In St. George, members of the Latino community proposed having a "Dixie Fiesta." The resistance to that surprised me.

  Richard Benjamin

  Community, Example, Dixie

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• If young men have jobs - or the prospects of jobs - they are less likely to take up arms, they are less likely to join the resistance.

  Niall Ferguson

  Jobs, Men, Arms

  "Imperial Denial". Interview with Nonna Gorilovskaya, www.motherjones.com. May 21, 2004.

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• Whether you call it terrorism or resistance, and whether you like Hamas or not, it is a political entity that no one can ignore.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Political, Terrorism, Entity

  "'Peace without Syria Is Unthinkable'". Interview with Dieter Bednarz, www.spiegel.de. January 19, 2009.

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• History teaches us that nobody can prevent a resistance group from arming when it has the support of the people.

  Bashar al-Assad

  People, Support, Groups

  ""America Must Listen"". Interview with Martin Doerry, www.spiegel.de. September 24, 2006.

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• The experience of a sad and tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness. Conventionally, being fearless means that you are not afraid or that, if someone hits you, you will hit him back. But we aren't talking about that street-fighter level of fearlessness. Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Real, Heart, Mean

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• As resistance works to keep us from becoming who we were born to be, equal and opposite powers are counterpoised against it. These are our allies and angels.

  Steven Pressfield

  Angel, Opposites, Allies

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.107, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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• If we always take the path of least resistance, if we embrace inertia, if we never leap, if we never accept accountability for our choices, how can we find any triumph in our victories or any remorse in our losses?

  Allison Winn Scotch

  Loss, Accountability, Choices

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• Insect resistance to a pesticide was first reported in 1947 for the Housefly (Musca domestica) with respect to DDT. Since then resistance to one or more pesticides has been reported in at least 225 species of insects and other arthropods. The genetic variants required for resistance to the most diverse kinds of pesticides were apparently present in every one of the populations exposed to these man-made compounds.

  Francisco J. Ayala

  Men, Ddt, Population

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• ...there is no resistance to the idea that what is foreign can be known. Can be understood. Can be held in the embrace of love that holds the Universe. Given this Earth on which we live and grow, given its beauty and generosity, its majesty and comfort, how can one doubt that one is loved? That in fact there is an abundance, not a scarcity of love? It is all anyone ever wants, really, I believe, and it is all around us as we starve.

  Alice Walker

  Believe, Ideas, Generosity

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• By staying calm, you increase your resistance against any kind of storms.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Storm, Calm, Kind

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• We use a neck training machine where you can strengthen the muscles, going front to back, side to side. You can also connect a big resistance band to a wall or something and do the exercise like that.

  Valtteri Bottas

  Wall, Exercise, Training

  Source: in.askmen.com

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• A small win is a concrete, complete, implemented outcome of moderate importance. By itself, one small win may seem unimportant. A series of wins at small but significant tasks, however, reveals a pattern that may attract allies, deter opponents, and lower resistance to subsequent proposals. Small wins are controllable opportunities that produce visible results.

  Karl E. Weick

  Winning, Opportunity, Opponents

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• In science novelty emerges only with difficulty, manifested by resistance, against a background provided by expectation.

  Thomas Kuhn

  Expectations, Novelty, Difficulty

  Thomas S. Kuhn (2012). “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.64, University of Chicago Press

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• Efforts to reform are often met with resistance because the system always tries to fall back to the status quo and what is comfortable.

  Robert Fritz

  Fall, Effort, Trying

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• You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a women tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles.

  Scott Adams

  Years, Guy, Important

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• A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.

  Alanis Morissette

  Grief, Brave, Action

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• Humanism is the only - I would go so far as saying the final- resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history.

  Edward Said

  Practice, Finals, Injustice

  Edward W. Said (2014). “Orientalism”, p.29, Vintage

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