Resistance Quotes - Page 21

• But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that's why we came to America.

  Bono

  America, People, British

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

  Jeff Bridges

  Path, Path Of Least Resistance

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• You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case.

  Deborah Bull

  Ballet, Training, Example

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• Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

  Samuel Butler

  Inspirational, Moving, Religion

  Samuel Butler (2013). “Erewhon Revisited”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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• I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.

  J. Cole

  Fame, Conscious

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• After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.

  Mason Cooley

  Mean, Acceptance, Silence

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• If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.

  Billy Corgan

  Mean, Ifs

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• The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.

  Salvador Dali

  Success, Jealousy, Artist

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• The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.

  John Dewey

  Path, Ruts, Belief

  John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Richard Rorty (2008). “The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1933”, p.136, SIU Press

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• By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

  Galileo Galilei

  Science, Religion, Principles

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• Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

  Andre Gide

  Art, Overcoming, Masterpiece

  "Poétique". Book by André Gide, 1947.

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• I focus on having a feminine body, a dancer's body. I do resistance and dance and cardio. I like hiking, swimming, being active. It clears your mind and it's a good way to decompress.

  Ashley Greene

  Inspirational, Dance, Swimming

  Interview With Anne Brodie, www.askmen.com.

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• Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Attitude, Should, Solidarity

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• I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

  Hal Holbrook

  Thinking, Discipline, Causes

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• I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never let go. Even worse, now the Republicans feel they can keep pushing and he will keep giving. They have not seen a stiff resistance on his part.

  Jesse Jackson

  Letting Go, Fighting, Thinking

  "Jesse Jackson on Obama 'Some Layer of the Excitement is Gone'". Interview with Gregor Peter Schmitz, www.spiegel.de. August 08, 2011.

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• Besides, I think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship and a fairly hard training.

  Arne Jacobsen

  School, Thinking, Training

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.

  Barbara Kruger

  Art, Thinking, Trying

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• To fly we have to have resistance.

  Maya Lin

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Encouragement

  Maya Ying Lin, Michael Brenson (1998). “Maya Lin”, Elemond-Electa

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• I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max.

  John Lydon

  Bullying, Believe, Inspiration

  "76 minutes with ... John Lydon". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2012.

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• It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.

  Ian Mcewan

  Uplifting, Successful, Important

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• There's a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like the techno-savvy protest movements, small press, the creator-owned comics, that seem to be getting some signs of hope for the future.

  Alan Moore

  Art, Political, Pockets

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• I've always had bad posture, and Pilates makes me feel taller and reminds me to keep my shoulders back. And hiking isn't just about doing cardio, it's also when I can get my 'me time' to be alone with my thoughts. After Pilates I should do some cardio, and after hiking, I need to do some resistance training.

  Mandy Moore

  Hiking, Training, Needs

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• The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.

  Evo Morales

  Way, Impossible

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• I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Atheist, Pain, Struggle

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2011). “The Will to Power”, p.294, Vintage

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• The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly to yourself, a greediness which betrays fear.

  Henri Nouwen

  Desire, Fists, Praying

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