Against Quotes
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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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The judge ruled against us on both the revocation and the text change, reasoning that we used the wrong legal vehicles. We will have to have some serious discussions before we make a decision as to whether to appeal the decision or not.
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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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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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If war breaks out, I will fight for Hitler since such a war would be against Jewry.
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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 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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When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.
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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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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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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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Against great advantages in another, there are no means of defending ourselves except love.
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Some voices don't blend. They just kinda rub against each other.
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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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We will fight against good teams.
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In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like.
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The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.
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Best defender I have played against? Carles Puyol
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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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Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen.
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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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It is not your job to seek for love. It IS your job to seek within yourself all the barriers against its coming.
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I never played for records. If I had played for records, then I would have had many more runs against my name. If, by your performance, the team wins, then that is what is most gratifying.
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And with Yeats you lean against a broken pear tree, the day hooded by low clouds.
