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Quotes About Defiance

You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Touch is... one of the most ancient transactions, a defiance of the plasma membrane and the loneliness it brought.
~ Natalie Angier
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care what they think.
~ Unknown
I wanted their stories to be a reminder that, no matter what insignia the behemoths may wear, or what philosophy they may spout, a bully is a bully, and no matter how much they beat you down, as long as you've got one finger left, you can still poke the bastards in the eye. -Blackhearts: Author's Introduction: A Finger In The Eye: By Nathan Long
~ Unknown
Let the black flower blossom as it may!
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me.
~ Nathaniel Lee
If you want to stop me you're going to have to came at me like your going to kill me." -Hatsuharu
~ Natsuki Takaya
Arisa: "You bastard! Why don't I teach you a lesson!" Kyo: "I'd like to see you try, bitch!" Yuki: "I have a winning hand." Tohru: "I knew you'd be good at this.
~ Natsuki Takaya
My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.
~ Natsuo Kirino
If the old man looked at straight lines to keep his act together, I was going to stare at curved lines and go down in flames.
~ Natsuo Kirino
Throughout the thirty years of our life together the authorities have given us no respite. They were after us all the time. If we published a magazine, they closed it down. If we started a project they prevented us from carrying it through. If we established an association they told us we were breaking the laws and banned its activities. Now they were driving us out of the country.
~ Nawal El Saadawi
I refuse to be a slave, either to money or to love.
~ Nawal El Saadawi
They carry grenades and will die rather than be captured,' Scar informed him. 'Problem?'Thorn enquired. 'It will wash off.
~ Neal Asher
Well, you can fuck off,' said Blade. 'I am Mobius Clean,' said the AI.
~ Neal Asher
This is America. People do whatever the fuck they feel like doing, you got a problem with that? Because they have a right to. And because they have guns and no one can fucking stop them.
~ Neal Stephenson
reading Amusing Ourselves to Death in 2006, in a society that worships TV and technology as ours does, is nearly an act of defiance, one of those I-didn't-realize-it-was-dark-until-someone-flipped-the-switch encounters with an illuminating intellect?
~ Neil Postman
If you want to live life exactly the way you want to, rather than following convention, then you've got to defy convention to finance that lifestyle.
~ Unknown
There's a lot of people saying we'd be better off dead. I don't feel like a satan but I guess I am...keep on rockin' the free world.
~ Neil Young
My private affairs are no concern of society's. Conventions are only made to be broken. Why shouldn't I have my own way of breaking them?
~ Unknown
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
~ Nelson Mandela
The grave plight of the people compels them to resist to the death the stinking policies of the gangsters that rule our country….
~ Nelson Mandela
Although we had no hope of defeating the enemy in the battlefield, nevertheless, we fought back to keep the idea of liberation alive. From a conversation with Richard Stengel, January 13, 1993
~ Nelson Mandela
There is nobody more dangerous than one who has been humiliated.
~ Nelson Mandela
Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.
~ Nelson Mandela