Aggressive Quotes - Page 27

• In country music, there are certain female artists, like Gretchen Wilson, where you're going to find lesbians because they're responding to that more aggressive side.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Country, Artist, Female

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• I lived in Chicago for a few years and got a sense of - kind of that broad-shouldered, windy, um, stern, Midwestern, warm-slash-passive aggressive, wonderful - every adjective I can think of, very cold.

  Amy Poehler

  Thinking, Years, Chicago

  "Amy Poehler: Playing Politics, But Only On Television". NPR Interview, www.npr.org. October 20, 2011.

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• I was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Cutting, Throat, Left

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• I went to England in the '70s, and I was in my early 20s. There was still a residue of that era of being an underclass or colonial. I assume it must have been a more aggressive and prominent attitude 40 years before that, because Australia internationally wasn't regarded as having much cultural value. We were a country full of sheep and convicts.

  Geoffrey Rush

  Country, Attitude, Australia

  "Geoffrey Rush To The Rescue". Interview with Gillian Mohney, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 22, 2010.

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• Legitimate steps of self-defence which Israel takes in its war against Palestinian terror - actions which any sovereign state is obligated to undertake to ensure the security of its citizens - are presented by those who hate Israel as aggressive, Nazi-like steps.

  Ariel Sharon

  Hate, War, Israel

  "We must rely on ourselves, says Sharon" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2005.

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• When Alani started to speak, Jackson held up a finger. In the past five minutes, he'd had more mood swings than a menopausal woman. First turned-on, then territorial, bored, aggressive and now on alert.

  Lori Foster

  Past, Swings, Bored

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• Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring and to channel them into nonviolent outlets. It takes strength to face our sadness and to grieve and to let our grief and our anger flow in tears when they need to. It takes strength to talk about our feelings and to reach out for help and comfort when we need it.

  Fred Rogers

  Grief, Sadness, Grieving

  Fred Rogers (2004). “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, Large Print Press

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• Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women who display these same traits often pay a social penalty. Female accomplishments come at a cost.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Powerful, Successful, Men

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.26, Knopf

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• Cath wished she didn't use the word "just" so much. It was her passive-aggressive tell, like someone who twitched when they were lying.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Lying, Use, Passive Aggressive

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Fangirl”, p.51, Pan Macmillan

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• Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat.

  Rodney Stark

  Military, Mean, Marine

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• No, the state is anything but the result of a contract! No one with even just an ounce of common sense would agree to such a contract. I have a lot of contracts in my files, but nowhere is there one like this. The state is the result of aggressive force and subjugation. It has evolved without contractual foundation, just like a gang of protection racketeers. And concerning the struggle of all against all: that is a myth.

  Hans-Hermann Hoppe

  Struggle, Common Sense, Foundation

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• The English are potentially very aggressive, very violent

  Jack Straw

  Violent

  " 'Fair and effective' Straw lays down the law" by Michael White, www.theguardian.com. January 10, 2000.

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• It is imperative to take the initiative, to build firewalls around Alberta, to limit the extent to which an aggressive and hostile federal government can encroach upon legitimate provincial jurisdiction.

  Stephen Harper

  Government, Limits, Initiative

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People find my things sometimes aggressive.  But I don't see it as aggressive.  I see it as romantic, dealing with a dark side of personality.

  Alexander McQueen

  Inspirational, Dark, People

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• No one may threaten or commit violence ('aggress') against another man's person or property. Violence may be employed only against the man who commits such violence; that is, only defensively against the aggressive violence of another. In short, no violence may be employed against a non-aggressor. Here is the fundamental rule from which can be deduced the entire corpus of libertarian theory.

  Murray Rothbard

  Men, Libertarian, Violence

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• There is very little in civilized life that demands everything you got intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Driving is living. It's aggressive instead of passive living.

  Janet Guthrie

  Demand, Littles, Driving

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• You get respect in society if you are aggressive. If you fight then people respect you. If you fight back, people like you for that as well. When Ive been beaten up, if Ive been in a pub doing nothing wrong, the fact I chose not to fight back, that I would never throw a punch back, people say Im weak. I dont think thats a weak thing at all. I think why should I descend to their level? If Ive done nothing wrong, throwing a punch back makes me as bad and corrupt as them. As evil as them, as stupid as them.

  Richey Edwards

  Stupid, Fighting, Thinking

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• Science is competitive, aggressive, demanding. It is also imaginative, inspiring, uplifting.

  Vera Rubin

  Uplifting, Science, Demand

  "Bright Galaxies, Dark Matters". Book by Vera Rubin, 1997.

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• It is folly to imagine that the aggressive types, whether individuals or nations, can be bought off ... since the payment of danegeld stimulates a demand for more danegeld. But they can be curbed. Their very belief in force makes them more susceptible to the deterrent effect of a formidable opposing force.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Military, Demand, Belief

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• Certainty sees things in restrictive, protective, aggressive ways, and thus isn't seeing at all.

  Jerry Saltz

  Doubt, Way, Certainty

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• The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.

  Criss Jami

  Teaching, Men, People

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.32, Criss Jami

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• The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.

  Adam Kluger

  Laid Back, Music Industry, Industry

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• When I started making enough money to afford high-end, fancy skincare products with sexy bottles and impressive claims, I decided to give them a try. As a result my skin acted up and got irritated. I think sometimes women may be overcleansing their skin. Some products and masks can be too aggressive and irritating for certain skin types. I believe the more simple, natural, and easy the skin care regime, the better off your skin will be.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Sexy, Believe, Simple

  "Q&A: Jennifer Aniston and Her Makeup Artist Talk Beauty". Interview with Tina Turnbow, www.thecut.com. July 1, 2013.

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• We have to be aggressive when those we stick up for have no voice. I don't consider it radical to say cruelty is wrong and that animals should be respected. I consider it radical to eat corpses, put electrodes in animals' heads, make elephants live in chains in the circus, and poison animals we consider a nuisance.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Animal, Elephants, Voice

  Veg Family, March 2003.

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• I'd like to see a more aggressive attitude on the part of the United States. That doesn't mean launching an immediate preventive war.

  Curtis LeMay

  Attitude, War, Mean

  "Mission With LeMay: My Story" by Curtis E. LeMay, MacKinlay Kantor, (p. 559), 1965.

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