Isabelle Adjani

I like working emotions that can take you beyond your life. And yet you have to resist them in order remain within your life. Otherwise, you're burned. I like that fight. It's more of a fight with yourself.

French Actress

Gerald Jampolsky

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

American Psychologist

Pooja Bedi

It's really nice to know that people can't resist me. I want to be longed. I want people to really like me like nothing else in the world.

Indian Actress

Joyce Meyer

When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He's doing.

American Author

Thomas Hobbes

A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.

English Philosopher

Epictetus

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

Greek Philosopher

Natasha Rothwell

I think it's so important for us to make art and to be loud and to resist with our art.

American Actress

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

French Writer

Oscar Wilde

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

Irish Poet

Jeff Bridges

American Actor

Used to describe confrontation beyond physical fights, including emotions and desires.

Metaphorical Fight

Often refers to personal challenges like cravings or habits.

Internal Struggle

Suggests ongoing effort. The action of resisting often isn't just a one-time event.

Persistence Required

Emphasizes an aspect of personal discipline in choices or behavior.

Self-Control

Commonly used when someone wants to yield to a desire but chooses not to.

Temptation Focus

Specific technical context, often related to materials or products.

Technical Durability

Pointing to the exact property a material can withstand, like heat or chemicals.

Specific Resistance

Used to express deliberate action taken against policies or changes.

Active Opposition

Indicates that the resistance is active and may involve different forms of protest.

Not Passive

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The past, present and...

 some kind of personality thing. And if you pick up one of those magazines, it's hard to resist, isn't it? Doing the test to find what is your learning style, what is your loving style, or what is your working style? Are you this kind of person or that? So I think that we have a common-sense idea

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 i'm taking a trip across town to meet chef babette davis owner of stuff i eat in inglewood she's been preparing vegan delights for the last 30 years voila her food is so hard to resist you started with dessert and you started without me you put yum in front of me i'm gonna

The Water Crisis PIPE...

 Knowing that your own brain is lying to you while not being able to resist its commands can be agonizing. But with knowledge and understanding comes the power to seek help, and future research into the brain may finally provide the answers we're looking for.

Debunking the myths of...

 and they proposed that it was actually these germs that cause diseases, hence the name germ theory. Though most people held onto their assumptions and strongly resisted this theory, its supporters were determined to prove them wrong

How a few scientists...

 and influential families both were defenders of freedom both were heroic and war but apprehensive about marshalling the peace both resisted efforts to make them Kings and both were claim to want to return to public to

The impact of Simón...

 Maybe you'll have a whole bag full of them. You'll never lose track of your things again. The GPS dot will fundamentally reorder your life. But will you be able to resist the temptation to track your fellow man?

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 other nations followed, with colonial empires spreading the system around the world. As France's main rival, Britain had resisted revolutionary ideas and retained its traditional units.

Why the metric system...

 Can you resist tackling a brain teaser written by one of the smartest people in history? Let's give it a shot. The world's rarest fish has been stolen from the city aquarium.

Can you solve...

 I have to resist the temptation to offer comfort being cruel in order to be kind because if they are to survive in the world outside they must learn to cope on their own