Against Quotes
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Citizens, not less generous than myself, let your most precious moments be employed in causing the past to be forgotten; let all my fellow-citizens swear never to recall the past; let them receive their misled brethren with open arms, and let them, in future, be on their guard against the traps of bad men.
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Young children are not prejudiced against languages, unlike many adults, ... They are not afraid of having a go, of interacting with others linguistically. Later on, their hormones tend to get in the way.
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If war breaks out, I will fight for Hitler since such a war would be against Jewry.
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How small we humans are. All our scrambling around, trying to buttress ourselves against death. All our efforts to insulate ourselves against uncertainty with codes of behavior and meaningless busyness.
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If things get too much for you and you feel the whole world's against you, go stand on your head. If you can think of anything crazier to do, do it.
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The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly abolished.
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Here's to the wind blowing against this lighted house and to the vast, windless spaces between the stars.
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Pitching against (Johnson) was an honor -- a great joy. Even though I lost, it was an honor to be out there against him.
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It sounds like the Boy Scouts want it both ways. They want to be private and do what they want, and they don't want to follow the government and society in not discriminating against people - and they want the government's money.
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Some voices don't blend. They just kinda rub against each other.
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War makes men barbarous because, to take part in it, one must harden oneself against all regret, all appreciation of delicacy and sensitive values. One must live as if those values did not exist, and when the war is over one has lost the resilience to return to those values.
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The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.
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When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.
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The defenders of godism are now shrieking against the growing number of Atheists, and there is a call to the religious world to enter upon a crusade against Atheism. The stage in which heresy meant little more than all exchange of one god for another has passed. It has become a case of acceptance or rejection of the idea of God, and the growth is with those who reject.
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Against great advantages in another, there are no means of defending ourselves except love.
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We will fight against good teams.
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I don't say that the Milwaukee Brewers are nothing, but I think the offense of the Cincinnati Reds (is) better. There's no making mistakes when pitching against Cincinnati. When you make a mistake against them, you pay for it. When you make a mistake against Milwaukee, sometimes they miss it and that's good.
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In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like.
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It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them.
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I think any time you lose an Ashes series, especially with the hype and build-up surrounding it and the pride we have as Australians playing against England, that's always hard to take.
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Best defender I have played against? Carles Puyol
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And with Yeats you lean against a broken pear tree, the day hooded by low clouds.
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There are some solid teams that we've beaten - and there's some teams that we should have beaten and didn't. It's just frustrating. I think we play better against teams like this and we get more geared up for them. I think they bring out the best in us.
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Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women.
