However, on his private life, Sennett is guarded to a point of gracious stubbornness.
In Borgen, Fonsmark is ethical to the point of extreme stubbornness – scathing of other people's weakness, determined to communicate the true story rather than the lines being spun by those in power.
The Catholic tradition takes as its starting point the stubbornness of human nature, and goes on to stress the possibility, indeed the necessity, of conversion, urging the believer to be open always to an authentic change of heart.
Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point," wrote psychology legend Leon Festinger, who pioneered early work on motivated cognition, the study of stubbornness.
Even Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, piled on, saying: "There comes a point when stubbornness is not leadership; it is stupidity".
Though younger and slenderer than the bullies, Moore stood up resolutely to them, and, in doing so, showed "the strong determination — and perhaps a dash of stubbornness — in the face of notable odds that have characterized his later life," McVeigh points out.
He showed flashes of stubbornness.
They have a sort of stubbornness".
Resilience, of course, is itself a kind of stubbornness.
The turnaround, he said, was born out of stubbornness.
