Counteract Quotes
46 quotes by 44 authors
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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
— James Madison
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As one gets older being sad and miserable can become a bit of a habit. To counteract this, she suggests making a point of savoring…
— Rumer Godden
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I am continually amazed by the credence given to religious claims in the intellectual community; and, as a human being, i am appaulled by the…
— George H. Smith
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...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to end discrimination, but also to…
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast.…
— Josemaria Escriva
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In those days, a gay man was made to feel nothing but shame about his feelings and his sexuality. I wanted my drawings to counteract…
— Tom of Finland
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I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would…
— Samuel Johnson
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Nowhere in the world is a woman safe from violence. The strengthening of global commitment to counteract this plague is a movement whose time has…
— Asha-Rose Migiro
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Society as we know it is almost a conspiracy against human health. One of the main forces working to counteract that is the trailsman.
— Stewart Udall
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For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had to create an…
— Muhammad Ali
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Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.
— Saul Alinsky
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We teach children to save their money. As an attempt to counteract thoughtless and selfish expenditure, that has value. But it is not positive; it…
— Henry Ford
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Understanding that everything is impermanent, that happiness is transformed into suffering, and that all phenomena are lacking reality in themselves and are only projections of…
— Bokar Rinpoche
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THE ROMANS SALTED their greens, believing this to counteract the natural bitterness, which is the origin of the word salad, salted.
— Mark Kurlansky
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All religions and cultures suffer from sources that preach hate against the 'other.' Throughout history some have, tragically, practiced what their sources preached, while some…
— Alan Dershowitz
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...those who sit at their work and are therefore called 'chair workers,' such as cobblers and tailors, suffer from their own particular diseases ... [T]hese…
— Bernardino Ramazzini
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It's perhaps not so much how your amygdala is tuned that makes you politically extreme, but that your intrinsic nervousness makes you more responsive to…
— Robin Dunbar
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Therefore, it is we who are responsible for much of the evil in the world; and we are each morally required to accept rather than…
— Stephen A. Diamond
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Following an anti-inflammato ry diet can help counteract the chronic inflammation that is a root cause of many serious diseases, including those that become more…
— Andrew Weil
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No matter how much strong black coffee we drink, almost any after- dinner speech will counteract it.
— Kin Hubbard
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