“The job of a friend is not to decide what should be done, not to run interference or pick up the slack. The job of a friend is to understand, and to supply energy and hope, and in doing so to keep those they value on their feet a little longer, so that they can fight another round and grow strong in themselves.” ShouldLittlesDoneRunningJobsValuesFightingEnergyStrongGrowsFeetFriendsPicksRoundsInterference Author:Merle Shain
“We all know that election reform takes time. That's because those who have benefited from the system are the ones who fight hardest to preserve it. So if we're going to succeed, we need an independent coalition of citizens who believe in reform, who believe that our election laws should treat every voter equally, who believe that low levels of competition and participation are not healthy for democracy. The Independence Party is helping to build that coalition and I am happy to join you in doing so.” IfsKnowsNeedsShouldBelieveHelpingLawFightingLevelsPartyDemocracyCitizensHealthySucceedLowsTreatsIndependentElectionIndependenceCompetitionHardestReformPreservesVotersTake TimeParticipationCoalitionsLow Level Author:Michael Bloomberg
“An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should be the act of an individual willing to say something new, something not quite familiar.” ShouldArtArtistFightingIndividualStrongVisionClearWillingIntegrityArt IsRemainsFamiliarSomething NewClear Vision Author:Maya Lin
“You may batter your way through the thick of the fray, You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt; You may be a jack-fool, if you must, but this rule Should ever be kept at the front;-- Don't fight with your pillow, but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed.” IfsWayShouldMayFightingTroubleFrontsFoolBedLaysKicksSweatThickSwearPillowFrayGrunt Author:Edmund Vance Cooke
“All American and Israeli goods and products should be boycotted in a way that undermines American and Israeli interests so as to act as deterrence to their war against Muslims and Islam that is being waged under the pretence of fighting terrorism. This boycott should become an overwhelming trend that makes these two states feel that their economies are in a real and actual danger.” WayFeelsShouldTwoWarRealStatesFightingInterestEconomyDangerProductsIslamTerrorismGoodsTrendsOverwhelmingIsraeliPretenseBoycottFighting TerrorismDeterrence Author:Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
“Never stop fighting no matter what anyone says. If it's in your gut, your soul, there's nothing, no worldly possession that should come between you and your expression.” IfsShouldSoulMatterFightingExpressionNo Matter WhatPossessionYour SoulGutsWorldlyWorldly PossessionsNever Stop Fighting Author:Kanye West
“I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people.” PeopleThinkingShouldFightingCommunityMurderInternationalTerrorInnocentInhumanInternational CommunityTerror Attacks Author:Vladimir Putin
“The U.S. should be equally responsible for diminishing the cocaine market within the United States as it is in fighting the drug elsewhere.” ShouldStatesFightingUnitedUnited StatesDrugResponsibleElsewhereCocaine Author:Evo Morales
“Even though the outcome wasn't the way it should have been, publicly I still feel in my heart I won the Sugar Ray Leonard fight.” WayFeelsShouldHeartHas BeensStillsFightingMy HeartShould HaveFighterOutcomesRaysSugarShould Have Been Author:Marvin Hagler
“I have no religious belief myself, but I don't think we should fight about it. In particular, I think that we should not rubbish moderate religious leaders like the Archbishop of Canterbury because I think we all agree that extreme fundamentalism is a threat, and we need all the allies we can muster against it.” ThinkingNeedsShouldFightingBeliefReligiousLeaderParticularAgreeThreatExtremesAlliesFundamentalismModeratesRubbishReligious BeliefMusterReligious LeadersCanterbury Author:Martin Rees
“Obama is not just a powerful speaker, but a thinker engaged with the ideas of his country and his age--this argument by historian James Kloppenberg should therefore fascinate anyone interested in American politics or how ideas shape public life. Tracing the influences of Obama's family, educational, and work experiences on his ideas, Reading Obama locates a unique individual in the crosscurrents of American democracy and continuing fights over American ideals.” ShouldIdeasCountryAgeFightingReadingIndividualPowerfulDemocracyInfluenceShapesUniqueIdealsArgumentEducationalEngagedThinkerHistorianSpeakersContinuingAmerican PoliticsPublic LifeAmerican DemocracyTracingUnique IndividualsWork Experience Author:Martha Minow
“People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back. And given what the United States Government and Western powers have done to the third world, I feel that these countries should fight back.” PeopleWorldFeelsShouldCountryStatesDoneGovernmentFightingGivenUnitedUnited StatesViolenceThirdsWesternRebelThird WorldState GovernmentUnited States Government Author:Yuri Kochiyama
“Feminism is a choice, and if a woman does not want to be a feminist, that is her right, but it is still my responsibility to fight for her rights. I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn't make certain choices for ourselves. I believe women not just in the United States but throughout the world deserve equality and freedom but know I am in no position to tell women of other cultures what that equality and freedom should look like.” IfsKnowsWorldWantShouldBelieveLooksDoeStillsStatesCertainChoicesCultureFightingI BelieveUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesRightsFeminismPositionDeserveFeministGroundedOther Cultures Book:Bad Feminist: Essays Source: Bad Feminist: Essays
“The holiness of the kingdom of God must be preserved. If Jesus refused to acknowledge and fight for Israel as God's favored nation- even though it was the one nation in history that actually held this status at one time- how much more must his followers refuse to acknowledge and fight for America as God's favored nation" To say it another way, if Jesus was committed solely to establishing a kingdom that had no intrinsic nationalistic or ethnic allegiances- not even with Israel- how much more should his followers be committed to expanding this unique, non-nationalistic kingdom?” IfsWayShouldAmericaFightingJesusNationsUniqueCommittedRefuseIsraelKingdomsAcknowledgeHolinessFollowersOne TimeExpandingAnother WayKingdom Of GodAllegianceNationalistic Author:Gregory A. Boyd
“I mean, the job is Pearl Harbor. And you better not spends weeks and weeks and weeks trying to assign blame or deciding on a complete plan for fighting the whole war, you know, and letting a committee decide where the battleships should go and all of that. You better spring into action with the best people you have.” PeopleKnowsShouldTryingMeanWarWholeActionJobsFightingPlansWeekSpringBlameCommitteesPearlsHarbors Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“I thought I should forget Hollywood and go back to Hong Kong. I'm so lucky that finally Hollywood accepts my comedy fighting.” ShouldFightingForgetAcceptingComedyLuckyHollywoodHong KongSo Lucky Author:Jackie Chan
“We ask our men and women in uniform to leave their families, our guardsmen and reservists to leave their jobs. We ask you to fight, to sacrifice, to risk your lives for your country. The last thing you should have to do is fight for a job when you come home.” MenShouldCountryHomeJobsLastsFightingAsksRiskSacrificeMen And WomenShould HaveComing HomeUniforms Author:Barack Obama
“When it comes to fighting for freedom, those who are willing to fight should not be limited by our bigotry. Only rewarded with our gratitude.” ShouldFightingWillingGratitudeBigotryFighting For Freedom Author:John Ridley
“I do not believe, as do so many musicians, that genius should be left to fight its way to the light. Genius is too rare, too precious, to be permitted to waste the best years of life--the years of youth and lofty dreams--in a heart-breaking struggle for bread. To starve the soul with the body is to do worse than murder. Think, too, of what the public loses!” ThinkingWayShouldYearsBelieveHeartSoulDreamBodyLightFightingLeftLosesStruggleYouthGeniusWasteMusicianMurderBreadLoftyBest YearHeart BreakingYears Of Life Author:Ignacy Jan Paderewski
“Since I do seven different styles of martial arts, I don't foresee myself fighting the same in any two movies. I think every fighting style should fit the character that's doing the fighting.” ThinkingShouldArtTwoDifferentCharacterFightingStyleFitSevenMartial ArtsDifferent Styles Author:Michael Jai White
“In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens. It would be a great service to tell girls who plan to work in society to expect this subtle, uncomfortable discrimination-tell them not to be quiet, and hope it will go away, but fight it. A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex, but neither should she "adjust" to prejudice and discrimination.” ShouldArtStillsWould BeGirlFightingSexClassPlansSpecialFieldsCitizensQuietPrejudicePrivilegeDiscriminationTreatedUncomfortableSubtleGoing AwayArt And ScienceGreat ServiceSecond Class CitizensFeminine MystiqueTell A Girl Author:Betty Friedan
“I'm constantly proving myself. I have to always prove myself. There are roles where I feel like, "That should have been a straight offer. Why am I having to call my people and fight for it?"” PeopleFeelsShouldHas BeensFightingRolesOffersProveShould HaveShould Have BeenProve Myself Author:Taraji P. Henson