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• She wasn't afraid of doing good or of resisting evil. She was merely afraid she might not be able to tell the difference.

  Gregory Maguire

  Differences, Evil, Might

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• Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Morning, Peace, Ill Will

  Gandhi (Mahatma) (1965). “Collected works”

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• Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

  Zig Ziglar

  Change, Forgiveness, Ambition

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• Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Marriage, Sarcastic

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• Those who deny the right of a jury to protect an individual in resisting an unjust law of the government, deny him all defence whatsoever against oppression.

  Lysander Spooner

  Government, Law, Unjust

  Lysander Spooner (2004). “An Essay on the Trial by Jury”, p.10, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• There can be no criminal intent in resisting injustice.

  Lysander Spooner

  Criminals, Injustice

  Lysander Spooner (1850). “A Defence for Fugitive Slaves”, p.36

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• We will not stop resisting the occupation until liberation or martyrdom.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Occupation, Liberation, Martyrdom

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• The challenge for Muslims in America is to respect the fears of ordinary people while resisting the exploitation of those fears by political parties, lobbies and sectors of the media. To meet this challenge, Muslims must reassess their own involvement, behavior and contributions in American society.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Party, Media, America

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• We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.

  Michelle Obama

  Health, Kids, Commitment

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• A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Life, Philosophical, Men

  Thomas Hobbes (2015). “Leviathan”, p.151, eKitap Projesi

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• The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these operations have stopped. Did they then remove Hamas from the list of terrorist organisations? We do not launch wars. We are people resisting occupation.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  War, People, Occupation

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• Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

  Phil McGraw

  Pain, Pay

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• Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone’s differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn’t handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another’s weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Forgiveness, Patience, Hurt

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• What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut ... Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out! ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.

  Eleanor Porter

  Encouragement, Real, Heart

  Eleanor Porter (2003). “Pollyanna”, ePenguin

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• I'm sorry," he breathed. "You're just extremely irresistible." "Strange, men have been resisting me for years.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Sorry, Men, Years

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.569, Macmillan

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• Something aches at the very core of me, something ancient and deep and stronger than words: the filament that joins each of us to the root of existence, that ancient thing unfurling and resisting and grappling, desperately, for a foothold, a way to stay here, breathe, keep going.

  Lauren Oliver

  Roots, Stronger, Way

  Lauren Oliver (2015). “Delirium Trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, Requiem”, p.294, Hachette UK

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• But in the end, back she comes. There's no use resisting. She goes to him for amnesia, for oblivion. She renders herself up, is blotted out; enters the darkness of her own body, forgets her name. Immolation is what she wants, however briefly. To exist without boundaries.

  Margaret Atwood

  Names, Darkness, Use

  Margaret Atwood (2007). “The Blind Assassin: A Novel”, p.261, Anchor

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• It occurs to me that for a long time she has been doing her own version of resisting.

  Lauren Oliver

  Long, Has Beens, Versions

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• Just because I’m resisting the wine doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the bouquet.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Twilight, Wine, Mean

  "Twilight". Book by Stephenie Meyer, October 5, 2005.

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• Where are we going?” Annabelle asked, resisting his hold on her wrist. “To the house. If they’re not willing to be witnesses, then it seems I’ll have to debauch you in front of someone else.

  Lisa Kleypas

  House, Annabelle, Wrists

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Secrets Of A Summer Night: Number 1 in series”, p.196, Hachette UK

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• Whenever you made a choice, especially one you'd been resisting, it always affected everything else, some in big ways, like a tremor beneath your feet, others in so tiny a shift you hardly noticed a change at all. But it was happening.

  Sarah Dessen

  Feet, Choices, Way

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.85, Penguin

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• Truth grew in my mind like a fungus, and though I tried to sleep it out, there was no resisting the epiphanies.

  Donald Miller

  Sleep, Mind, Epiphany

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• ...Cities may be rebuilt, and a People reduced to Poverty, may acquire fresh Property: But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty once lost is lost forever. When the People once surrendered their share in the Legislature, and their Right of defending the Limitations upon the Government, and of resisting every Encroachment upon them, they can never regain it.

  John Adams

  Government, Cities, People

  John Adams (2003). “The Letters of John and Abigail Adams”, p.50, Penguin

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• To recognize untruth as a condition of life--that certainly means resisting accustomed value feelings in a dangerous way; and a philosophy that risks this would by that token alone place itself beyond good and evil.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Philosophy, Mean, Evil

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2009). “Basic Writings of Nietzsche”, p.202, Modern Library

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• I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart.

  Jennifer Garner

  Heart, Problem, Break

  Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 28, 2009.

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