- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Against Quotes
On taking a stand, for better or worse.
Some quotes here take a stand on real-world policy debates, referenced only generically rather than argued in either direction. One recurring thread pushes back on the idea that the odds are stacked against women; read more at Me.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
I was about 11 or 12 when I started, playing against bigger players. I would use my speed to get out of trouble.
- Discrimination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
The media, when it's functioning properly, protects the public against marketers and their ceaseless attempts to trick people into buying things.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am State Senator Russell Pearce, the author of SB1070, which was signed by Governor Jan Brewer. Fear mongering and misinformation is the tool of the Left against this common sense legislation.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2003, this House voted to kill a Democratic amendment to add $250 million for port security grants; then again, in 2005, against a Democratic proposal calling for an additional $400 million in funding for port security.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The economics of life is against the family.
- Historical
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bourgeois class domination is undoubtedly an historical necessity, but, so too, the rising of the working class against it. Capital is an historical necessity, but, so too, its grave digger, the socialist proletariat.
- Numbers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Israel has the right to defend itself, especially against the huge numbers of Iranian long-range missiles pouring into the Gaza Strip from Iran via Sudan and Egypt.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's difficult to compete against a player that's also refereeing the game.
- Nov 07, 2020
For me, there is urgency in fiction, even though writing is, in itself, an act against the corrosiveness of time.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
The advent of digitally enhancing images - and the fact that actresses weren't protesting against that - created an environment where big corporations felt like they had total ownership over the bodies of actresses.
- Christian
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- Nov 07, 2020