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The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but from a collision between two goods

Sports is a bloodless rehearsal of confrontation, and everyone shakes hands or high fives or fist bumps at the end to show that everything is okay.

I remember when I was a kid my first real confrontation with space travel was when the Challenger exploded and I remember how traumatic that was for me, because I remember watching that on the news and all the children in our class were watching.

Halifax against Spurs, the original David against Goliath confrontation

I avoid confrontation. When I’m on set I never snap at anyone. I don’t have a temper.

A wasteland is a confrontation to a man of stature: an empty place, a gauntlet thrown down in challenge and defiance. A place like that cries out to be conquered and civilised.

I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

The only way art lives is through the experience of the observer. The reality of art begins with the eyes of the beholder, through imagination, invention and confrontation.

Missions is not applied anthropology, comparative religion or sociology. It is storming the gates of hell. It is a power confrontation-h and-to-hand combat with Satan and his demons.

Past records of inter-Korean relations show that confrontation between fellow countrymen leads to nothing but war.

Once a major military confrontation occurs, North Korea will definitely be annihilated.

There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.

Terror must never be allowed as a means for political confrontation.

Sometimes I wonder which is worse – confrontational people who are afraid of caring or caring people who are afraid of confrontation.

There’s only one reason why a character drinks: to seek confrontation. To fight for what they want in ways normally denied them.

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country’s desire to avoid confrontation with China.

Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.

The GOP’s thirst for confrontation and crisis is symptomatic of a destructive and nihilistic streak that has overtaken our political system. When one party repudiates the whole concept of compromise, it is inevitable that the government will lurch from one crisis to another.

Michael Brown and Eric Garner died because they got into a confrontation that could have been easily avoided. That’s what made their deaths so tragic.

I have a very hard time with confrontation in my own life, and I end up being way too nice.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

Pakistan just cannot survive if it continues to do so (continue this confrontation with India).

Another problem is the confrontation with India. Pakistan just cannot survive if it continues to do so (continue this confrontation).

We don’t have polls from the business world, but it’s pretty clear that the energy corporations in America would be quite happy to be given authorization to go back into Iran instead of leaving all that to their rivals. But the state won’t allow it. And it is setting up confrontations right now, very explicitly. Part of the reason is strategic, geo-political, economic, but part of the reason is the mafia complex. They have to be punished for disobeying us.

Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society. It’s also extremely dangerous with all the weapons development. The two countries have already come close to nuclear confrontation twice and this could get worse. So dealing with the relationship with India is extremely important.

Colombia is potentially a very wealthy country. It has tremendous resources, but its wealth is highly concentrated. Most of the population lives in misery, which has led to violent confrontation throughout the century.

I do not think that having children – I have three teenagers – keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.

Anxiety is essential to the human condition. The confrontation with anxiety can relieve us from boredom, sharpen the sensitivity and assure the presence of tension that is necessary to preserve human existence.

Think of the 40 years of confrontation. What is it we gained?…The old style has exposed itself: it is fruitless.

There are women who take it to the wire. That’s what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.

Some among the European elite have sought out confrontation with us. As a consequence, we won’t help Europe, although we could do so when it comes to the refugee question. A joint closure of borders would be essential. In this regard, the Russians would be 10 times more effective than the Europeans.

When you’re in that state of grief, any little breeze, any hello, any confrontation, any grazing of someone meeting your eyes, might cause you suddenly to burst into grief. You could be looking at a jar of peanut butter in the supermarket, and then start crying.

What worries me the most is that most men are so weak. Because of that they act like they don’t care and like machos – because they are too fragile inside. They’re scared of confrontation and afraid of so many things.

I’m too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip – even if the service has been really shoddy.

I’ve spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful.