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I resisted

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I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control? Laurell K. Hamilton

But the pressure to speak is constant and intolerable. However, I resisted most of it. Calvin Coolidge

I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at skiing. I was too skinny. I had terrible technique. They were saying I should be a snowboarder, and luckily, I resisted. Bode Miller

I resisted the film business as long as I could, because of the big circus act and the amount of money that it costs to make films - I saw my father suffer through that. Danny Huston

I resisted being an actor for some time. Henry Hopper

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. Joyce Maynard

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