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21 " Even with the desire for a better life, we can be reluctant to do the work of boundaries because it will be a war. The battle falls into two categories: outside resistance we get from others and the resistance we get from ourselves. "
― Henry Cloud , Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
22 " The sun is setting on the New Republic,” Leia said. “It's time for the Resistance to rise. "
― Claudia Gray , Bloodline (Star Wars)
23 " [T]he radical geographer Iain Boal had prophesied, " The longing for a better world will need to arise at the imagined meeting place of many movements of resistance, as many as there are sites of closure and exclusion. The resistance will be as transnational capitalism. "
24 " What's this about slippers?" Stephanie's mom said, walking in." Dad's just saying he could never lead the resistance against a robot army because he wears slippers." " This is very true," her mum said." Then it's decided," Stephanie's father said. " When the robot army makes itself known, I will be one of the first traitors to sell out the human race." " Wow," said Stephanie." Now that's an about-turn," said her mum." It's the only way," said her dad. " I have to make sure my family survives. The two of you and that other one, the small one--" " Alice." " That's her. You're all that matter to me. You're all I care about. I will betray the human race so that the robot army spares you. And then later, I will betray you so that the robot army spares me. It's a dangerous ploy, but someone has to be willing to take the big risks, and I'll be damned if I'm about to let anyone else gamble with my family's future." " You're so brave," Stephanie's mum said." I know," said her dad, and then quieter, " I know. "
25 " Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter we persevere in nothing great but from a pride in overcoming them. "
26 " The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character. "
― Arnold Schwarzenegger
27 " I joined the People's Armed Forces in 1961 to 1984, and I was also a soldier in the southern battle of Vietnam during the resistance against the Americans. I went to the battlefield in order to regain national independence. "