Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.


Andre Gide

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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
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Our rejection of the occupier at heart is resistance.
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Mass is resistance to motion.
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Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
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Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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Persistence wears down resistance.
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