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Music is my ears and heart; it's the only escape that, even with a mountain of homework, I can't resist dropping everything just to lose myself in its rhythm and soul. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 2 months ago
As you persist and resist the urge to desist, you'll persist and achieve the bliss. – Covenant Akinlotan	added by covenantay 3 months ago
To change is to evolve; to resist is to wither. – Aloo Denish Obiero	added by Aloo-Denish 6 months ago
The imminent era draws near when humanity may be replaced by AI, a technological realm infiltrated by ominous forces seeking Earth's destruction. A plea echoes to Christians and non-Christians alike: pray, pray for what is approaching—a war against spiritual dominion and mankind. Urgently beseech the divine, for the moment is now, not tomorrow. Tomorrow may be too late for some, as sad as it sounds. To those who hear the truth and resist obedience, be prepared to confront formidable forces. Let not your hearts harden, for in prayer lies the hope for divine intervention in the face of impending challenges. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 10 months ago
There is a long history of nations trying to win wars through strategic bombardment, to break the will or capacity of an opposing state to resist, it has an incredibly poor record of success. – Justin Bronk	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Democratic Socialism devolves into totalitarian Socialism and eventually into full on Communism as people resist statism. – A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
Was my lab kind of freewheeling and fun? Yes, you know, was the word retarded used sometimes, yes. That there was sort of outright sexism to people, no, and I certainly wouldn’t have tolerated that if that was the case so I do resist certainly a locker room atmosphere – I resist that characterization. Was it light and banter-full and people joked around and made fun of each other sometimes, yes, but in a very mutual kind of way. – David Sabatini	Found on CNN 1 year ago
One of the key advantages is it helps create a stigma around surveillance, which is really important to encourage lawmakers to create meaningful rules, so the public can more intuitively resist really corrosive and dangerous kinds of surveillance. – Woodrow Hartzog	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I’ll resist for just a few more hours what I’ve resisted for a few weeks, which is to comment on specific candidates, kevin McCarthy is part of the problem. – Bob Good	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The achievement gaps that have been a stain on our education system are even worse today than they were three years ago, going back to the systems of before the pandemic isn’t good enough. We must resist the temptation to return to systems that were not serving all students well. – Miguel Cardona	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Please resist the impulse to respond to the very loud noise in your left ear. I’m happy to be the loud noise in your right ear, when it comes to being one of the cool crowd, I know the pressure that you feel. I’m sorry that sometimes those of us on the conservative side aren’t as activist-oriented. But I want to help you. – Kevin Cramer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is a way to turn the tables on a first world power, it's just incredible to watch that despite the unbelievable loss of life and sacrifice, what the will to resist and the resolve to resist can do. – Mark Schwartz	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When a state or the federal government makes a commitment to execute people in bulk, to do it over a period of time in a way that doesn't give it a lot of time to adjust to errors and problems, that political momentum is often hard to resist. – Austin Sarat	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Police are not professionals on mental health or mental illness, a person that is schizophrenic, paranoid, the first thing they do when they see an officer in a uniform is panic. They resist. – Frances Garrett	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Success to him was to relish the failure of all the inefficacious attempts that altered forms (in the shapes of disheartening remarks, abominations, taunts, agitation, maladies and envious faces) faster than seasons but couldn’t resist him moving. – Shayan Das	added by shdpoems 2 years ago
If your immune system isn’t in top shape, daily stress from work and life can cause you to feel run down and develop inflammation and chronic diseases, by eating foods that are immune system boosters, you can help your body be stronger and better resist stress and diseases such as heart disease and cancer. – Annelie Vogt von Heselholt	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
At some point, when we will have helped Ukraine as much as possible to resist, when I hope Ukraine will have won and fighting will have stopped, we will have to negotiate. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It is a basic principle of a tyrant to unarm his people of weapons, money, and all means whereby they resist his power. – Sir Walter Raleigh	added by Normando 2 years ago
Civilians can not resist brute armed force. – Mikhail Velichko	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think it is one of the symbols of resistance, it gives them hope, people are resisting and defending their homeland from an illegal occupation and... if you want independence you have to be able to stand up and resist and I think that's what the brave people of Ukraine and leadership has done. – Selcuk Bayraktar	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Those in the direst need of the medication resist it the most. – Goa Kerle	added by Goa_ 2 years ago
The purpose of Japan's response is to send a message that we will be ready and we will resist if there's an invasion( of Japanese territory), that we will not allow the borders to be changed by force, we don't want a real war, the objective is political -- that China is persuaded from an aggressive act like the one that Putin has taken in the last several days and weeks. – Yoko Iwama	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Ukrainian people are fighting for The Ukrainian people lives and fighting for the survival of The Ukrainian people young democracy. Congress has a moral obligation to stand behind The Ukrainian people as The Ukrainian people resist the evils of Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Putin campaign of carnage. – Vladimir Putin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. – Epictetus	added by Normando 2 years ago

Music is my ears and heart; it's the only escape that, even with a mountain of homework, I can't resist dropping everything just to lose myself in its rhythm and soul.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
2 months ago

As you persist and resist the urge to desist, you'll persist and achieve the bliss.

– Covenant Akinlotan

added by covenantay
3 months ago

To change is to evolve; to resist is to wither.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
6 months ago

The imminent era draws near when humanity may be replaced by AI, a technological realm infiltrated by ominous forces seeking Earth's destruction. A plea echoes to Christians and non-Christians alike: pray, pray for what is approaching—a war against spiritual dominion and mankind. Urgently beseech the divine, for the moment is now, not tomorrow. Tomorrow may be too late for some, as sad as it sounds. To those who hear the truth and resist obedience, be prepared to confront formidable forces. Let not your hearts harden, for in prayer lies the hope for divine intervention in the face of impending challenges.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
10 months ago

There is a long history of nations trying to win wars through strategic bombardment, to break the will or capacity of an opposing state to resist, it has an incredibly poor record of success.

– Justin Bronk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Democratic Socialism devolves into totalitarian Socialism and eventually into full on Communism as people resist statism.

– A.E. Samaan

added by AlvaroSiman
1 year ago

Was my lab kind of freewheeling and fun? Yes, you know, was the word retarded used sometimes, yes. That there was sort of outright sexism to people, no, and I certainly wouldn’t have tolerated that if that was the case so I do resist certainly a locker room atmosphere – I resist that characterization. Was it light and banter-full and people joked around and made fun of each other sometimes, yes, but in a very mutual kind of way.

– David Sabatini

Found on CNN
1 year ago

One of the key advantages is it helps create a stigma around surveillance, which is really important to encourage lawmakers to create meaningful rules, so the public can more intuitively resist really corrosive and dangerous kinds of surveillance.

– Woodrow Hartzog

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ll resist for just a few more hours what I’ve resisted for a few weeks, which is to comment on specific candidates, kevin McCarthy is part of the problem.

– Bob Good

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The achievement gaps that have been a stain on our education system are even worse today than they were three years ago, going back to the systems of before the pandemic isn’t good enough. We must resist the temptation to return to systems that were not serving all students well.

– Miguel Cardona

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Please resist the impulse to respond to the very loud noise in your left ear. I’m happy to be the loud noise in your right ear, when it comes to being one of the cool crowd, I know the pressure that you feel. I’m sorry that sometimes those of us on the conservative side aren’t as activist-oriented. But I want to help you.

– Kevin Cramer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is a way to turn the tables on a first world power, it's just incredible to watch that despite the unbelievable loss of life and sacrifice, what the will to resist and the resolve to resist can do.

– Mark Schwartz

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When a state or the federal government makes a commitment to execute people in bulk, to do it over a period of time in a way that doesn't give it a lot of time to adjust to errors and problems, that political momentum is often hard to resist.

– Austin Sarat

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Police are not professionals on mental health or mental illness, a person that is schizophrenic, paranoid, the first thing they do when they see an officer in a uniform is panic. They resist.

– Frances Garrett

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Success to him was to relish the failure of all the inefficacious attempts that altered forms (in the shapes of disheartening remarks, abominations, taunts, agitation, maladies and envious faces) faster than seasons but couldn’t resist him moving.

– Shayan Das

added by shdpoems
2 years ago

If your immune system isn’t in top shape, daily stress from work and life can cause you to feel run down and develop inflammation and chronic diseases, by eating foods that are immune system boosters, you can help your body be stronger and better resist stress and diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

– Annelie Vogt von Heselholt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

At some point, when we will have helped Ukraine as much as possible to resist, when I hope Ukraine will have won and fighting will have stopped, we will have to negotiate.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is a basic principle of a tyrant to unarm his people of weapons, money, and all means whereby they resist his power.

– Sir Walter Raleigh

added by Normando
2 years ago

Civilians can not resist brute armed force.

– Mikhail Velichko

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think it is one of the symbols of resistance, it gives them hope, people are resisting and defending their homeland from an illegal occupation and... if you want independence you have to be able to stand up and resist and I think that's what the brave people of Ukraine and leadership has done.

– Selcuk Bayraktar

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Those in the direst need of the medication resist it the most.

– Goa Kerle

added by Goa_
2 years ago

The purpose of Japan's response is to send a message that we will be ready and we will resist if there's an invasion( of Japanese territory), that we will not allow the borders to be changed by force, we don't want a real war, the objective is political -- that China is persuaded from an aggressive act like the one that Putin has taken in the last several days and weeks.

– Yoko Iwama

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Ukrainian people are fighting for The Ukrainian people lives and fighting for the survival of The Ukrainian people young democracy. Congress has a moral obligation to stand behind The Ukrainian people as The Ukrainian people resist the evils of Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Putin campaign of carnage.

– Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

– Epictetus

added by Normando
2 years ago

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