- Gentle
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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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm against retiring. The thing that keeps a man alive is having something to do.
- Setbacks
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think nerves are part and parcel of working as an actor. You can either work against them or you can embrace them, and I very much embrace them.
- Nov 07, 2020
The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
After holding hearings to get input from Missourians, I led the fight to pass legislation that protects seniors from predatory lending in the mortgage industry. I stood up against efforts that would make it harder for seniors to vote, and battled telemarketers bent on defrauding seniors.
- Overcome
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.
- Mars
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm concerned that boys have become politically incorrect, that we are a society in the process of turning against its male children.
- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle.
- Played
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've already played against some of my biggest idols.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know from playing against Mata that he's a great player.
- Colon
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- Nov 07, 2020