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THE ADVENTURE OF THE DYING DETECTIVE — Arthur Conan Doyle

I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain. — Bernard Hopkins

Why cover the same ground again? ... It goes against my grain to repeat a tale told once, and told so clearly. — Homer

This is what happens when you go against the grain of truth: you get splinters later on. — Augusten Burroughs

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'. — Joey Ramone

I'm the rebel totally going against the grain. I always want to do the extreme. I want to get as many people looking as possible. — Tupac Shakur

It goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can't get out of, but I think this is very usual in life — Joe Hill

I'll run against the grain till the day I drop? — Les Claypool

Professor Henry Higgins: Oh, Pickering, for God's sake stop being dashed and do something! — George Bernard Shaw

Originality is taking the road less traveled, championing a set of novel ideas that go against the grain but ultimately make things better. Of — Adam M. Grant

I always seem to be singing against the grain. — Morrissey

... people decided what they thought and would not be moved, not even by the most patient, the most rational argument. — Alexander McCall Smith

I was always the weirdo who wanted to have an egalitarian service in synagogue and felt I was always going against the grain. — Susan Isaacs

The pleasure of authenticity exists only against the grain of society. — John Zerzan

To go against the grain is the secret of bravery. — Dejan Stojanovic

Learn to sustain yourselves; lay up grain and flour, and save it against a day of scarcity. — Brigham Young

I can't help but go against the grain, I suppose it is in my fabric to be a rule-breaker. — Victoria Chang

What makes people so impatient is what I can't figure; all the guy had to do was wait. — Ken Kesey

The apprentice avoids all use of Java classes. The journeyman embraces Java classes. The master knows which classes to embrace and which to avoid. — Michael Fogus

Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it. — Jean De La Bruyere

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting. — Donna Mills

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I should mind The People's Court, snatch the mic from Doug Llewellyn — Tash

The largest opportunities are found in ideas that go against the grain. — Omar Hamoui

No. I didn't look at the last few scripts. I didn't want to read them because I'm a 'Breaking Bad' fan. I wanted to experience it with everyone. — Steven Michael Quezada

The heart prefers to move against the grain of circumstance; perversity is the souls very life. — John Updike

You can't go against the grain of the universe and not expect to get splinters. — C.S. Lewis

It's always great to play a character that goes against the grain. Finn defies what people think when they think of stormtroopers. — John Boyega

Spare no expense on the stuff that matters. — Andrew Mayne

One of the anarch's emoluments is that he is distinguished for things that he has done on the side or that go against his grain. — Ernst Junger

I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge. — Wyclef Jean

I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me. — Amber Heard

Nothing ventured, nothing gained, sometimes you've got to go against the grain. — Garth Brooks

I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world. — Elijah Wood

I've never had any real big blow-ups. I go against the grain. Hey, it's life, I'm happy. — Jermaine Jackson

Run against the grain of a nation's genius and see where you get with your laws. — Walter Lippmann