"Nothing in the world is more flexible and……" — Laozi

"Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it."

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In 1985 as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I have to get a licence to drive a motorcycle to protect myself and the people around me. I am… — Tim Allen
My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business. — Paul Lynde
I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't have… — Michelle Branch
This matter is in litigation. All of you know lawyers. They are adamant that you don't say anything. — Connie Chung
To choose and be so adamant about this exact location just a block or two away from 9/11, again is… — Sarah Palin
Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
I am very adamant about keeping my private life private. I don't prefer to talk about my family. — Luis Miguel
Just because an individual in his 30s hasn't found true love and, yes, there are opportunities to date but it… — Jeff Garcia
But who would force the soul tilts with a straw Against a champion cased in adamant — William Wordsworth
When Eve upon the first of Men The apple press'd with specious cant, Oh! what a thousand pities then That… — Thomas Hood
Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went… — Archie Panjabi

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