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“Now, I have always wanted to agree with Lady Bracknell that there is no earthly use for the upper and lower classes unless they set each other a good example. But I shouldn't pretend that the conse...”
“A society coming apart at top and bottom, or passing over into another form, contains just as many possibilities for revelation as a society running along smoothly in its own rut. The individual is...”
“Confronting discomfort is giving me strength, in a world where perfect strangers can render me powerless.”
“Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.”
“You should have worn a baby pink t-shirt on which a child sucks his thumb. That would have given you the required juvenile look. ~ Subhangi Tyagi”
“When we come face-to-face with our fears we are really confronting ourselves.”
“We have to confront ignorance in our nation.”
“Jack Kennedy protected a mature and presidential image tough, yet not unduly combative.”
“The king's "only interest in government was a pious but simpleminded desire for reproachment”
“This is one of the marks of a truly safe person: they are confrontable.”
“Merdeka!' the Malay man screamed.'Merdekaaaaaa!' the sea of people echoed.”
“During the Japanese invasion, bombs had fallen from the sky and people could run for cover. Now, they exploded in the middle of the road, or in the fields while people were playing soccer.”
“Confrontation is not bad. Goodness is supposed to confront evil.”
“Frasier (Responding to the suggestion that he undertake the difficult work of closure in a relationship): "What you just said about my success made a lot of sense. I tuned you out after that.”
“Purify our minds that we may be "first pure, then peaceable," and fortify our souls, that our peaceableness may not lead us into cowardice and despair, when for Thy sake we are persecuted.”
“Those who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level.”
“You cannot force people to walk with God. You cannot force them to repent. All you can do is live with integrity and invite them to do so as well. Take things a step at a time. Give them consequenc...”
“He looked the Prince up and down, like a hangman taking his measurements. 'Of course there will be a revolution,' he said. 'You are making a nation of Cromwells. But we can go beyond Cromwell, I ho...”
“Confrontation affords you the opportunity to hear the other side of the story.”
“We see, then, that even from the zoological point of view, which is the least interesting andnote thisnot decisive, a being in such condition can never achieve a genuine equilibrium; we also see so...”
