Derrick A. Bell quote: "Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements."

Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good...
DERRICK A. BELL

Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppres...
DERRICK A. BELL

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with ...
DERRICK A. BELL

A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing gr...
DERRICK A. BELL

Connie took it all in stride. On one occasion, we ran into the opposing attorney in many of these ca...
DERRICK BELL

It appears that my worst fears have been realized: we have made progress in everything yet nothing h...
DERRICK BELL

Everybody's got their poison, and mine is sugar.
DERRICK ROSE

It is very important to me to maintain a consistent workout regimen during the season. The Bulls sta...
DERRICK ROSE

Women make love for love, men make love for lust.
DERRICK HARGE

All physical activity begins with the body's core. I maintain the strength in my core so that I ...
DERRICK ROSE

Make no mistake about it. Gun control is not about crook control. It's about America control.
DERRICK GRAYSON

The fundamental metaphor of National Socialism as it related to the world around it was the garden, ...
DERRICK JENSEN

On Halloween, don't you know back when you were little, your mom tells you don't eat any can...
DERRICK ROSE

The only thing that holds the government back from just going ballistic on us is the Second Amendmen...
DERRICK GRAYSON

I love eating it - grilled chicken, pasta, rice, and other foods that give me long term energy. Ever...
DERRICK ROSE

Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're...
DERRICK JENSEN

We get people of every age. We attract extremely avid hikers who've logged a thousand miles in a yea...
BRIDGET DERRICK

Those who participate will find peace, serenity and camaraderie.
BRIDGET DERRICK

Our terrain here is pretty wooded and it's somewhat rolling.
BRIDGET DERRICK

There's a 10k (6.2-mile) hike, a 5k (just over three miles) and a short, interpretive hike around th...
BRIDGET DERRICK

For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. T...
DERRICK JENSEN

People say 'what do you mean' when you talk about 'bringing down civilization.' What...
DERRICK JENSEN

Part of the problem is that we have become so dependent upon this system that is killing and exploit...
DERRICK JENSEN

If the world is presented as resources to be exploited, then, more than likely, you're going to ...
DERRICK JENSEN

If your looking for a great husband, first ask yourself are you ready to be a great wife"
DERRICK RAINES

Maud Gonne was - excuse me, Maud Gonne was central to the Gaelic literature revival. She wrote plays...
DERRICK JENSEN

I want you to begin keeping a calendar of who you see and when: the first day each year you see butt...
DERRICK JENSEN

That's probably one of the most disrespectful things you can have happen to you, ... When you get st...
DERRICK POPE

Although we don't like having to bring the Tower ravens inside, we believe it is the safest thing to...
DERRICK COYLE

If they are any discrepancies, we want to make sure that if there are individuals in need that we su...
DERRICK JOHNSON

He was quiet, but when he got angry about something, he would get violent.
DERRICK ALLEN

Brian Watson is our three-point specialist.
DERRICK ESTELLE

You've just got to break down and tackle Dante, because you never know what he's going to do. He's v...
DERRICK BLAYLOCK

Wow, it was a big win, an enormous win. They have some big wins and are a perennial Atlantic 10 cont...
DERRICK BYARS

I want to thank my mom, Brenda Rose. My heart, the reason I play the way I play, just everything. Ju...
DERRICK ROSE

If it's been a really hard rehearsal, we'll just join our hands and pray at the end.
DERRICK NULL

That motivates me and Mike, ... Me and Justin and a lot of freshmen came out here like, 'We can win ...
DERRICK WILLIAMS

We talked all week about establishing the running game. We established out running game, and now we ...
DERRICK WILLIAMS

Justin and I were good friends in high school and we talked about it happening just this way. We wan...
DERRICK WILLIAMS

That's why I came to Penn State. I think I'm a great football player. If I get the opportunity to sh...
DERRICK WILLIAMS

College is new stuff for me. So the game I'm looking forward to most right now is the first game -- ...
DERRICK WILLIAMS

It's a huge day. We have people from all over the country coming. [And] I just talked to a group fro...
DERRICK WILLIAMS

He's going to change things at Penn State University.
DERRICK WILLIAMS

And they haven't seen anything yet,
DERRICK WILLIAMS

You (trim) 25-30 yards a game just off of that.
DERRICK BROOKS

In all of my books, I've emphasized that the fundamental difference between civilized and indige...
DERRICK JENSEN

They always define it as coming out of the closet, but I don't consider myself to be out of the clos...
DERRICK GLOVER

We wanted to put that flame out really fast.
DERRICK BYARS

My great-grandmother grew up in a sod house in Nebraska. When she was a tiny girl - in other words, ...
DERRICK JENSEN

When I was younger, I just thought about playing in the NBA.
DERRICK ROSE

If I just do everything the opposite of what my dad did, I think that will make things pretty easy. ...
DERRICK ROSE

We are taking advice on the vaccinations against avian flu, and in the meantime we will continue to ...
DERRICK COYLE

It's purely precautionary. I always said that if bird flu got as far as Germany, I would put the bir...
DERRICK COYLE

The first day was very stressful for them, but now they're happy. When I walked in this morning, Tho...
DERRICK COYLE

What this means is that corporations and those who run them cannot stop exploiting resources and ama...
DERRICK JENSEN

We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on i...
DERRICK JENSEN

What I fear and desire most in this world is passion. I fear it because it promises to be spontaneou...
DERRICK JENSEN

No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization...
DERRICK JENSEN

I'd say it unfolded like we planned it.
DERRICK BURGESS

Love does not imply pacifism.
DERRICK JENSEN

A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper.
DERRICK JENSEN

Don't waste you're youth, you'll never get it back
DERRICK MELLO

Yes, it's vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industriali...
DERRICK JENSEN

You know they can do one of three things, ... Somebody has got to run it; somebody has got to block....
DERRICK BROOKS

You never know what he's going to do. He's very shifty and unpredictable. They could have a wedge on...
DERRICK BLAYLOCK

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical.
DERRICK JENSEN

Picking Wayne Newton takes some rodeo insight. He'll perform on our last Sunday, which is our finals...
DERRICK ADAMS

We never gave up. That was our motto this week — fight to the end, never give up. I believe. That'...
DERRICK WILLIAMS

They're being kept in a big airy room with lots of light and fresh air. They're doing very well in t...
DERRICK COYLE

I love Disney. It's just something I do.
DERRICK JOHNSON

The erosion of personal freedom and liberty as a result of federal policy and legislation is alarmin...
DERRICK GRAYSON

Have you ever felt love?

Did you need scientific proof of this? How would you have defini...
DERRICK JENSEN

It will be very hard. You’ll make a million mistakes, and you’ll pay for them all, one way or an...
DERRICK JENSEN

To reverse the effects of civilization would destroy the dreams of a lot of people. There's no way a...
DERRICK JENSEN

Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all ma...
DERRICK JENSEN

Being healthy is a complete lifestyle for me. It allows my brain to function at a very high degree s...
DERRICK ROSE

I won't ever put myself in a bad position so that people can say bad things about me. I make sma...
DERRICK ROSE

I feel a lot more humility, a lot more togetherness this training camp. The fire is lit. ... That's ...
DERRICK BROOKS

I feel grateful, to be honest with you. Thank God for the effort out there, on both sides of the bal...
DERRICK BROOKS

It's tough. You just never know which play is going to be the one that changes the ballgame.
DERRICK BROOKS

For anybody who thought I lost a step, I hope I showed them.
DERRICK BROOKS

We have a good defensive team. You have a good group of guys who made the team defensively so I wasn...
DERRICK BROOKS

It shows you that one person's life can make a difference. You had to stop in some sort of reverence...
DERRICK JOHNSON

Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Vi...
DERRICK JENSEN

They realize that we have a game-breaker back there not only in Cadillac but in (Michael) Pittman an...
DERRICK BROOKS

He's one of the better ones you'll see. Daniel Bennett threw well this week, too. And Steve (Phillip...
DERRICK LANDRUS

We played horrible, but the key is we won. Looking at how Avon Park played in their semifinal with s...
DERRICK KIRCE

I call him Cool Hand Luke. That's his name, because nothing gets to him, on the field or off the fie...
DERRICK BURGESS

But it still hurts. It hurt the team. I probably did like, this, on the guy. I don't know, man. That...
DERRICK BURGESS

When practice comes, they both come every day to play and work at getting better. When you're a star...
DERRICK BURGESS

I mean, I knew it had been bad here back in the day,
DERRICK BURGESS

I still think it will.
DERRICK BURGESS

It's an adjustment. But we are going to see how it works out for the team and what we're going to do...
DERRICK BURGESS

It was hard, because we didn't get a couple of things done to stop them.
DERRICK BURGESS

I could see what was happening. There was a good group, a good nucleus there. They just needed a boo...
DERRICK BURGESS

Kentucky knows how we play. They're going to be ready for us, and we're going to be ready for them.
DERRICK BROOM

You know, I'm not sure why he started me, but I'm glad he did.
DERRICK BROOM

One thing we won't do, we won't call it off. It'll be a great game for whoever tunes in.
DERRICK BROOM

In this game there are so many rules favoring the offense. To see a little defense being played is a...
DERRICK BROOKS

Going up in my collection with all my other stuff.
DERRICK BROOKS

It's a very humbling experience. I'm just so thankful to be a part of three division championships i...
DERRICK BROOKS

You know they can do one of three things. Somebody has got to run it; somebody has got to block. Or ...
DERRICK BROOKS

In years past, we have had a lot of turnovers and defensive scores. Last year, that part of our game...
DERRICK BROOKS

We can't play like we did today and expect to win tomorrow. We'll get run out of the gym.
DERRICK BONNER

There were a lot of our fans there. It was real special.
DERRICK BONNER

We wanted to make a statement and show everyone how good we are. We did that on their home court and...
DERRICK BONNER

I know eventually my time will come, ... because these guys can't play forever.
DERRICK BLAYLOCK

Just stay in his face, ... Stay close enough to him so you can get in there and try to knock the bal...
DERRICK BLAYLOCK

I hope it messes him up, so he's back there bobbling. Ben will give you those knuckle balls that are...
DERRICK BLAYLOCK

I'm going to be pretty pumped up, but not too much to where I get myself out of sync. I'll calm down...
DERRICK BLAYLOCK

I hope it messes him up so he's back there bobbling them. I'll probably call him later and talk a li...
DERRICK BLAYLOCK

It's tough tackling him. But if you get enough guys around him, it's possible.
DERRICK BLAYLOCK

We never gave up. That was our motto this week fight to the end, never give up. I believe. That's...
DERRICK WILLIAMS

It's important to give back to the community you came from. I am glad I got my part in the cycle. Ho...
DERRICK WALKER

There were a lot of days I could have quit. It is an honor to be here. All of these people have affe...
DERRICK WALKER

I couldn't miss this night. It was just a matter of getting our schedules in sync.
DERRICK WALKER

Will probably tried a little too hard and got caught out a couple of times. He was a bit of a target...
DERRICK WALKER

Overall it was a pretty good day. Alex made a good start and did what he needed to do to put himself...
DERRICK WALKER

When [Lewis] is out, I have to step up. I just do what I can and if it's up there, I go get it.
DERRICK WALKER

It was awesome. I never thought I'd be in that position. It's amazing. Honestly, I still can't belie...
DERRICK TURNBOW

Last year we were up here for exhibition games and I was still hoping to be on the team. A year late...
DERRICK TURNBOW

All three games, I just wasn't making that good of quality pitches. Just had to battle there.
DERRICK TURNBOW

I think things might change a little bit, knowing that you have some security. But now there is pres...
DERRICK TURNBOW

We're not there yet but I'm optimistic.
DERRICK TURNBOW

They're still talking about it. Right now, I'd say it's 50-50.
DERRICK TURNBOW

I made a bad pitch and he did what he was supposed to do with it.
DERRICK TURNBOW

There are times I'm off mechanically and he knows exactly what to do. He helped me a lot last season...
DERRICK TURNBOW

He's been an unbelievable amount of help to me. He sees me down there every single day and when I'm ...
DERRICK TURNBOW

They're in the early stages. We'll see. I'd love to be here, so I hope it happens.
DERRICK TURNBOW

I just want to thank God for blessing me with some athletic talent and letting me play for the Unive...
DERRICK THOMAS

I know they've had some problems with their heavy equipment. The judge has said they're going to rep...
DERRICK SPINKS

There's been some that have torn things up and up and left. Every industry has those poor type of pe...
DERRICK SPINKS

We repaired the place we worked, and we do that on all of our jobs. We had a crew that had moved fro...
DERRICK SPINKS

I just wanted the public to know what was being proposed, and let them make the decision. I think it...
DERRICK SPINKS

[It] feels great to win. This is the second time I've won this award. This is the most important awa...
DERRICK SMITH

We walk the walk and not just talk the talk. On the other side they talk about women, but when the o...
DERRICK SMITH

This is what we expected and there wasn't really any moment when we were worried - everything went t...
DERRICK SMITH

You keep inside yourself. When one team is not doing well, that's frustrating on the bench. But then...
DERRICK SIMMONS

It slows you down a little bit, I think. Other than that, there's not much of a change.
DERRICK SIMMONS

It's always good to have the crowd behind you, no matter where you are.
DERRICK SIMMONS

I'm really excited for the program to start because it allows history majors to go into a profession...
DERRICK SHARP

It means a lot to us. It came out well in the end, these games are never easy.
DERRICK SHARP

We've got to keep winning, stay grounded and stay hungry.
DERRICK SHARP

We know what they're going to do and what they like to do. We're just going to have to go out there ...
DERRICK SHARP

You can sell art, but (making it) gives you riches besides. Tap into that. That's a benefit.
DERRICK ADAMS

Bud City's been with us many years, and we've loved it, but we noticed a change in traffic patterns....
DERRICK ADAMS

It's something to motivate each of the schools, and to see who is doing the best job in the weight r...
DERRICK ALLEN

When Eric sat out, I told myself I have to do more.
DERRICK BERRY

It's a blessing to be home right before Christmas. It's a whole lot better than being over there.
DERRICK BERRY

The decision to recall these products is a demonstration of our commitment to the safety of our cust...
DERRICK RUSSELL

The first time I heard his name, I stopped listening to all the things about the other candidates.
DERRICK ROBERTS

We told each other, no matter what happens, stay positive and pick each other up. Right now, we're a...
DERRICK ROBERTS

We're starting off slow. We're just trying to fight back the whole game, but you won't win many game...
DERRICK ROBERTS

I wanted to win to get this medal. I really wanted to beat him, to show him that I could beat him. I...
DERRICK REED

Last week at Arcadia, I ran my race but I did not finish, so Coach Lal told me to finish hard and go...
DERRICK REED

This is the time of the year when I want to start coming out. At the beginning of the year, I was st...
DERRICK REED

We're trying to get her done though.
DERRICK RADKE

This is all geared toward addressing some of their concerns, or as many as we thought we could.
DERRICK RADKE

It will be like all the others, in won't be plowed for now. It's just a question that hasn't been an...
DERRICK RADKE

We feel good about our chances. Everyone's healthy and in good shape, but more so than anything else...
DERRICK RACINE

The guys team this year is young, and we're certainly not the most experienced team in the field. Bu...
DERRICK RACINE

Any and all pressure we feel, we put on ourselves.
DERRICK RACINE

Red Bull should be there [at the top].
DERRICK PUMAREN

Eligibility was a big concern and we didn't want to go to the game with just 13 players. We had some...
DERRICK PRINGLE

It's nerve-racking seeing the storm heading straight for Galveston, knowing how the city is and how ...
DERRICK POPE

I told my mom and told her to make sure to make sure to pack all the baby pictures. Pictures are goo...
DERRICK POPE

The type of mistakes that we made, ... if we could have turned those around, the game would have bee...
DERRICK POPE

If Katrina never happened and Rita was the only storm coming, I think a lot of people would have sta...
DERRICK POPE

A trip that takes four hours took about 15-16 hours. I'm pretty [nervous]. It's a big storm going th...
DERRICK POPE

People are nervous because they don't know what to expect.
DERRICK PARKER

They can't make a noise, flush the toilet, run the water. They can't do anything to let the people w...
DERRICK NULL

She wanted to be a writer and live on past her death.
DERRICK NULL

We're doing that party, clubby, disco thing -- so much so, that we're thinking of doing some really ...
DERRICK MCKENZIE

We're ourselves now. We know what we do, we know we do it well and we just want it to be us, rather ...
DERRICK MCKENZIE

Music in England is like clothes. It's a fashion thing. But we're still doing the same kind of music...
DERRICK MCKENZIE

That's the message. Enjoy. Get out and party. Have a good time. We want to entertain you, but we wan...
DERRICK MCKENZIE

We weren't pressed for time. You could start and finish when you want. You can work when you want. I...
DERRICK MCKENZIE

We believe in disco funk. We're fully into it. We felt we should produce and write music along that ...
DERRICK MCKENZIE

As Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich dedicated much of his energy to improving the lives of the ch...
DERRICK MAX

One way or another, everyone's lost sight of why we're here. That's part of my angst with this whole...
DERRICK MAX

One way or another, everyone's lost sight of why we're here.
DERRICK MAX

Our members, like Congress and the American people, are rightly preoccupied with doing their part to...
DERRICK MAX

Obviously, it is not a clear path for reform. That being said, I do think we've got some momentum.
DERRICK MAX

'How many guys were here for the Super Bowl year?' Probably five guys raised their hands,
DERRICK MASON

The good thing about it is we've practiced with Anthony. He got an opportunity to play in the second...
DERRICK MASON

There's nothing more demoralizing than losing, and then you lose your starting quarterback. I think ...
DERRICK MASON

We can't keep making mistakes, we can't keep playing like this. It's demoralizing to lose, even wors...
DERRICK MASON

He just needs to calm down a little bit. He wants to make a play so bad sometimes. A couple of times...
DERRICK MASON

I'm just going to continue what I've been doing for the last eight or nine years, ... That's just to...
DERRICK MASON

That was my main thing coming here, to be with a young team, a team that has the potential to win a ...
DERRICK MASON

This is a new offense for all of us. Just as I'm learning, Kyle's learning. Everybody is learning on...
DERRICK MASON

With a healthy Steve, your chances of winning go up dramatically. Knowing Steve and what kind of com...
DERRICK MASON

Jamal looks like he's in shape and prepared, considering his offseason circumstances. He looks like ...
DERRICK MASON

We just need to go out and show him how much we've improved, and how much we've learned from him. Sh...
DERRICK LOW

We would score and bring the lead down, then all of a sudden they would hit a 3 or hit an easy shot.
DERRICK LOW

He, obviously, is the backbone of that team.
DERRICK LOW

If we had not have dropped the fly ball it might have been a different story in the first. I would f...
DERRICK LANDRUS

(Matt) Miller did a nice job pitching. The wind was blowing hard to left and he really settled down ...
DERRICK LANDRUS

Yeah, he's the type of hitter that when he gets the bat on the ball it's going to go.
DERRICK LANDRUS

You take that out he had a pretty dominate game.
DERRICK LANDRUS

Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

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Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

Derrick A. Bell

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