#resist

In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements. ↗

— Fredric Jameson

#agreements #american #binding #countries #cultural

Why should I be frightened of dying? I did not know what death truly was; no one did. Who had made dying a bad word? Yes, it was universally considered awful—unwanted, painful, feared—because when it happened it stopped us from moving and being, and we interpreted that as if something had ended. But what if it were actually a beautiful experience? What if, with death, something actually began instead? ↗

— Charles Novacek

#memoir #age

Marxism teaches that exploitation and degradation somehow produce resistance and revolution. It's been hard to say why. What I've learned from women's experience with sexuality is that exploitation and degradation produce grateful complicity in exchange for survival. They produce self-loathing to the point of extinction of self, and it is respect for self that makes resistance conceivable. ↗

— Catharine A. MacKinnon

#marxism #rape #resistance #revolution #trauma

Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are forcing Universalism upon unwilling and resistant subjects. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#everywhere #forced #forcing #governments #nowhere

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings. ↗

— Steven Seagal

#find #harming #integrity #least #live

Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#conscience #europeans #example #importance #know

The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#certainty #creative #formulated #his #judgment

I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world. ↗

— Cindy Sheehan

#against #bush #chavez #his #i

Temptation is impossible for me to resist... Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description. ↗

— Tom Sizemore

#description #hollywood #impossible #job #job description

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

#attaining #end #force #grows #important